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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Unstable Presence
ISBN: HB: 9783791359113, Prestel Publishing, May 2020
184 pp., 39.4x29 cm, 120 colour illus.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's installations engage the audience in unique and seductive ways – measuring their heart rate, surveilling their faces, even circulating their breath. Often characterized by particular interactions between the work and the viewer...
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£29,99
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Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980
ISBN: HB: 9783791359168, Prestel Publishing, May 2020
336 pp., 29x25 cm, 220 colour illus.
Focusing on the extensive influence of Scandinavian design in the United States, this book shows how Nordic ideas about modern design and the objects themselves had an indelible impact on American culture and material life. It also considers America'...
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£49,99
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Catlady A Love Letter to Women and Their Cats
ISBN: HB: 9783791385990, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
224 pp., 22.2x16.5 cm, 80 colour images 
There's no question that cats rule the world – ask any cat owner and they'll tell you how these balls of fur insert themselves into our lives and establish dominion over the household. In this book, Leah Goren brings together smart, funny essays by b...
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£14,99
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Duro Olowu Seeing
ISBN: HB: 9783791359489, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
320 pp., 25.5x20 cm, 300 colour illus.
Nigerian-born British fashion designer Duro Olowu is internationally renowned for his womenswear label launched in 2004 that speaks to a cosmopolitan sensibility informed by his international background and a confident eye for visual disciplines from...
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£29,99
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Interiorities Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Leonor Antunes, Henrike Naumann, Adriana Varejao
ISBN: HB: 9783791359557, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
176 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 92 colour illus.
The artists featured in this book approach the inner self through a variety of media. The work of Njideka Akunyili Crosby comprises vibrantly patterned paintings on paper that negotiate the complex cultural terrain of a life formed between two worlds...
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£29,99
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Lummi Island Cooking
ISBN: HB: 9783791385679, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
208 pp., 28x23.5 cm, 80 colour images 
Everything that Chef Blaine Wetzel makes is sourced within a few miles of his kitchen, often hours after it has been harvested from the ocean, the forest, or his own small farm. Lummi will inspire professional and home chefs to pay close attention to...
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£35,00
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Makers Paris The Artists, Artisans, and Iconoclasts Shaping the City
ISBN: HB: 9783791386225, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
256 pp., 27x21 cm, 225 colour illus.
This inspirational guide introduces you to the locals behind thirty-five of Paris's unique shops, studios, and more. Through beautifully illustrated spreads, immerse yourself in the daily practices of diverse creatives including fashion designer Isab...
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£29,99
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Masters of Art Bosch 
ISBN: PB: 9783791386256, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious imagery during his lifetime and for centuries afterward. His enigmatic and mind-bending depictions of hu...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Schiele
ISBN: PB: 9783791386263, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Egon Schiele left an enormous artistic legacy that is all the more powerful for the brevity of his career. Isabel Kuhl's lively text follows Schiele's trajectory from an artist in the Art Nouveau style to a powerful interpreter of human sexuality and...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Freud 
ISBN: PB: 9783791386270, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Lucian Freud dedicated his life to portraying the people in his world without flattery or refinement. Although his technique and style evolved tremendously over the decades, Freud never wavered in his uncompromising standards or unsentimental approac...
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£9,99
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