Best Art and Design Books of 2011
Forty-Six Square Metres Of Land Doesn't Normally Become A House
$70.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
This book starts on the front cover and ends on the back with no empty pages in between - to maximize available space. Which is what the book is about. With the largest houses in the world and ever-increasing suburban sp... Buy or find out more →
Colour Moves: Art and Fashion
$44.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson
Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in New York City, "Colour Moves" focuses not only on abstract painter and colourist Sonia Delaunays art but also her avant-garde fashion designs fr... Buy or find out more →
The New Artisans: Handmade Designs For Contemporary Living
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
Showcases work by designers and makers who use craft techniques rather than mass-production methods to create stylish, whimsical, covetable objects.
The practice of handmade craft has undergone a huge resurgence in recen... Buy or find out more →
The Redstone Book Of The Eye
$39.95 – Paperback book / Random House
From Grayson Perry to David Shrigley here is a collection of extraordinary images to excite the eye, tease the eye, see things anew and make you smile.
Julian Rothenstein is the brilliant editor and designer of Redstone ... Buy or find out more →
Second Skin
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Almost from the moment of our birth, clothing acts as our second skin, yet we rarely consider where our clothes have come from and the effects they might have on the environment and ourselves. This heartfelt, practical a... Buy or find out more →
Ai Weiwei Speaks With Hans Ulrich Obrist
$12.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk
'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?'
Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one o... Buy or find out more →