Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Camouflage has become a global cult in today’s fashion and design world. Its fascinating story tells of the interplay between military developments and the worlds of art, design and popular culture on the other. The animal kingdom provides examples of all the essential principles of camouflage: the chameleon, whose colours change to merge with its setting; the zebra, whose vivid stripes disrupt…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Fashion is a fascinating story that never ends, and Christian Lacroix is the most seductive of storytellers. Lacroix is one of the most inventive and admired fashion designers in the world. He is also incredibly well-versed in fashion history, and he brings that expertise to bear in this delightful imaginary museum of historic and contemporary fashion. Each featured piece – whether from costume…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Pompeii is the best known and probably the most important archaeological site in the world. This is the most up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive account for the general reader of its rise, splendour and fall. The drama of Pompeii's end has been handed down by Roman writers, its paintings and mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery, and its houses and public buildings still…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Dior is the most prestigious and internationally celebrated of all the great couture houses. Christian Dior’s successors – Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré and John Galliano – have remained faithful to Dior's vision while at the same time reinterpreting it in their own new and distinctive ways. This massive, luxurious book traces the history of the House of Dior through the…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 792) Аннотация: The Earth from the Air photography project has become a dazzling international success. Yann Arthus-Bertrand's photographs are regularly exhibited in cities across the world and stand as the ongoing visual record of the planet we all inhabit. This book is the latest in a series of highly successful titles published in association with this project, which includes the worldwide bestseller The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Far more than just an interiors book, Family Lifestyle HOME is a bible for living with children in domestic environments that are as effortlessly stylish as they are educational, as comfortable with the hurly burly of family life during the day as they are elegant for evening entertainment. The first in a new series that celebrates how parents can live, entertain and travel in style just as much…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: As the world gets smaller and our travel options get broader, our lives get busier and our holidays ever more precious. We want to be certain of making a decision we will not regret. More than that – we want experiences that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Enter Herbert Ypma, perennial traveller and arbiter of hotel cool. With HIP HOTELS ATLAS, Ypma presents a global range of truly…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Hybrid Interiors presents twenty-five imaginative interiors where styles, cultures, trends and end uses are mixed and matched. These spaces – from Amsterdam to Rome, from Berlin to Beijing – provide settings for a dialogue between contemporary design and historic preservation, living space and working space, and classic style and popular culture. The idiosyncratic experiments on the pages of this…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Recent exhibitions on the Golden Age of Danish painting and the ‘rediscovery’ of Vilhelm Hammershøi have whetted a growing interest in and taste for Danish painting of the nineteenth century. Yet surprisingly, there have been few studies of this vital school of art. That deficit is now corrected with this landmark study of Danish art. Between 1790 and 1910, Danish painters developed a…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Fusing classical principles with today’s sensibilities, this book offers six takes on the twenty-first-century dandy. Each section features a specially commissioned 16-page fashion shoot by a rising star of fashion photography and eight pages of bespoke inspiration, instruction, interviews and insight. The reference section has a tailor’s glossary and contact information. Whether your taste runs…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Here is a quirky look at one hundred of New York’s offbeat shops and shop windows, from such Manhattan mainstays as Macy’s and Katz’s Delicatessen to the idiosyncratic, including the 99¢ store on East 14th Street, or Dr Rico Perez’s drugstore in the Bronx. At a time when much of New York is succumbing to the uniformity of the mall, these are the shops that are bucking the trend. • This…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book explores the sixteen most exciting young architectural studios in Australia, and the progressive projects built in Australasia that are winning them global attention. Highly attuned to the growing influence and economies of the Far East, where many of these architects are already working, Australia and the pioneering spirit of its creative community are well-placed to lead the way.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This is a spectacular celebration of England’s picture perfect villages, grouped by area and by county. Clustered around the parish church and green, or winding along an eccentrically curving street, villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. The village inn and the local farm, great houses, cottages and beautiful country gardens speak of a way of life which has developed slowly since…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A true original: this lavishly photographed book captures the style of American fashion maverick Iris Apfel, who, over the past forty years, has cultivated a personal chic that is exuberantly idiosyncratic. Combining genres, colours, textures and patterns without regard to period, provenance or, ultimately, aesthetic convention, she is one of the few style icons of our time. Here, in over ninety…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: This is the first book devoted exclusively to rings considered by theme rather than by date – though the author, a world expert, brings her rich historical and literary knowledge to the subject. Rings of all periods are included – from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Renaissance up to the 20th century. The rings are drawn not only from great museums but from private…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: From spiked stilettos to negative heels and from platform soles to ballerina flats, all is documented in this bible of footwear styles, materials and production methods – a must-have for any shoe addict or professional. Organized by time and by style, this ravishing book, uniquely illustrated with photographs of actual period shoes, takes us on a remarkable tour of the shoe closets of the world…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A signage system is much more than just a set of signposts and symbols… good signage design creates an identity and adds flair to any environment. Signage Systems and Information Design explores signage as information design where graphics and architecture come together. The author begins by describing the basic rules of signage design – signs must be visible but not distracting, informative but…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: At the turn of the nineteenth century, society portraiture was on the brink of an extraordinary renaissance. Never in the history of painting has portraiture revealed such a glittering array of talents and rich variety of styles as it did during this period of profound social upheaval and change. This superb book opens at that moment and closes as the genre struggled to survive and evolve in the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: The twentieth century, with its revolution in architectural methods and materials, opened up new possibilities for stained glass. During the last thirty years, a great many projects have been created in stained glass all over the world, in both new buildings and historical churches and institutions. Studies of this phenomenon have been rare until now, and this book is a pioneer in the survey of…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In hundreds of illustrations, this book celebrates the amazing variety and ingenuity of today's urban artists. The popularity of sticker art has rocketed among contemporary urban artists, but the medium's history stretches back to the 1950s and is intertwined with the growth of the advertising industry. Countless urban artists have cited the fight against ubiquitous consumer manipulation as their…