This special edition updates Jamie Hewlett’s first-ever monograph with around 30 brand new pieces. Through stories, characters, strips, and sketches from the Tank Girl era through Gorillaz and up to the present day, we trace Hewlett’s exceptional capacity for invention and celebrate a polymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.48 kg, 512 pages
This striking collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined jazz, from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Each cover reproduction, spanning photographic and illustrative works, is a marriage of music and design. It is a remarkable history of jazz, with background information included for each cover. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages
The Field Guide to Supergraphics: Graphics in the Urban Environment / Автор: Sean Adams, Издательство: Thames & Hudson, Серия: , Страниц: 384, Переплет: Твердый, ISBN: 9780500021347
In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his father’s publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, Gaines and his writers and artists reinvented the comic book, introducing mature themes and legendary titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. With more than 1,000 images, EC fans are sure to find something new. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 29 x 39.5 cm, 6.02 kg, 592 pages
Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical comic art in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers from a golden era of Black music. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages
Exotic plants, corals and crocodiles, birds and butterflies. Albertus Seba’s extraordinary catalog of natural specimens is not only one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements but also one of the most prized natural history books of all time. It is a beautiful tribute to the abundance and diversity of Earth's creatures, great and small, as well as a fascinating record of some now-extinct animals. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.41 kg, 512 pages
Global brands such as Rolex, BMW and Louis Vuitton are still using logos designed over 100 years ago. This book goes into the origins of modern trademarks and gathers over 6,000 logos from the mid-1800s to 1940. This is Jens Müller’s extensive complement to Logo Modernism and a must for those interested in branding and its influence. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 24.6 x 37.2 cm, 3.46 kg, 432 pages
The Marvel Age of Comics was a triumphant era of comic book and pop culture innovation that redefined the superhero genre. This treasure trove of images and exclusive insights reveals the making of such popular characters as the Hulk and Spider-Man, as well as the legends who created them, from Stan “The Man” Lee to Jack “King” Kirby. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pages
Celebrating over a century of fashion’s greatest talents, from Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. This updated edition features photographs of hundreds of garments selected from the permanent collection of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum in New York City. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.41 kg, 512 pages
A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler. View Rating and Reviews Chinese binding in bookcase, 25 x 34 cm, 0.92 kg, 302 pages
In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created The Fantastic Four—a powerhouse super hero team revolutionary for their flaws and complexity—that kicked the comic industry into high gear. This XXL volume from the Eisner Award-winning series reproduces the Four’s first 20 stories and charts how it became in Lee’s words “the world’s greatest comic magazine.” Famous First Edition: First printing of 5,000 numbered copies Hardcover, 28 x 39.5 cm, 4.76 kg, 700 pages
Graphs, maps, stats, and diagrams: this collection of infographics explores the development of visual communication in the big data age. More than 400 exemplary graphics—ranging from journalism to art, government to education—are accompanied by essays tracing the evolving art form that is pictorial explanation. Complete with in-depth fact sheets explaining each graphic project. Hardcover with poster, 21 x 31.5 cm, 2.43 kg, 480 pages
Good package design is crucial, as ever more products compete for consumer attention. Featuring over 500 works from more than 45 countries, the sixth edition of this book presents all 2019 and 2020 winners of The Pentawards, the global benchmark awards of the industry. Hardcover, 23.7 x 25.6 cm, 3.48 kg, 512 pages
This striking collection of jazz record covers shows the designs that defined a sound. Containing covers from the 1940s to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanied with essential background information. Spanning photographic and illustrative works, these album artworks match music and design in a remarkable history of jazz. Hardcover, 29.3 x 29.3 cm, 4.21 kg, 552 pages
Hiroshige was one of the last great artists of ukiyo-e, the woodblock print genre that flourished between the 17th and 19th century and did much to determine the world’s visual concept of Japan. This dependable introduction leads you through the blossoming cherry trees, beautiful women, and dramatic ocean views that made Hiroshige a household name and became exemplary of Japonisme. Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.62 kg, 96 pages
In this second volume, Jens Müller rounds off the most comprehensive exploration of graphic design to date. With around 3,500 seminal pieces and 78 landmark projects, year-by-year spreads, and profiles of industry leaders, discover how graphic design shaped contemporary society from the 1960s until today, from the hippie movement to new forms of visual language. Hardcover, 24.6 x 37.2 cm, 4.04 kg, 480 pages
Examine the distillation of modernism in graphic design with this vast collection of approximately 6,000 logos from 1940–1980. Ranging from media outfits to retail giants, airlines to art galleries, these clean, clear visual concepts may be seen as the visual birth of corporate identity. Hardcover, 24.6 x 37.2 cm, 3.59 kg, 432 pages
Українська абетка та казки в ілюстраціях Георгія Нарбута / Автор: , Издательство: Фоліо, Серия: Дитячий свiт, Страниц: 104, Переплет: тв , ISBN: 978-966-03-8558-0
Europe’s reputation as the center of the culinary world is confirmed with this expansive array of restaurant menus from across the continent. From extravagant bills of fare for royal feasts to delectable mid-century minimalist graphics, the gustatory customs of dozens of European countries are revealed in this encyclopedic design compendium. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 25 x 31.5 cm, 3.43 kg, 448 pages
This collection of 47 tales from Gustav Schwab’s seminal anthology of Greek myths tells of the exploits of Heracles, Jason, Odysseus, and a host of heroes. Through the masterful drawings of Clifford Harper and artworks from the leading figures of the Golden Age of Illustration, the world of Greek mythology is brought back to life. Hardcover, quarter-bound, 20.5 x 25.6 cm, 1.44 kg, 336 pages
