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Print And Pattern 2
Style Bowie

$39.95 – Paperback book / Laurence King

Patterns are everywhere, an antidote to gloomy economic times, we see them creeping over shop fronts, packaging design, clothes and home accessories. Who wants mass-produced minimalism when you can have patterns with per... Buy or find out more 


Just My Type
Simon Garfield

$24.99 – Paperback book / Profile

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Twentieth Century Pattern Design
Lesley Jackson

$69.99 – Hardcover book / Mitchell Beazley

Pattern design flourished throughout the 20th century. From Art Nouveau at the end of the 19th century to computer-generated digital images at the turn of the Millennium, each new generation had their own distinctive app... Buy or find out more 


Paris Underground
Mark Ovenden

$29.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

The delectable follow up to "Transit Maps of the World"- with a French twist A word-of-mouth sensation, "Transit Maps of the World" garnered rave reviews and offered delicious eye-candy to the many who devoured its lusci... Buy or find out more 



Graphic Design: Australian Style Manual
Suzie Haddock, Astred Hicks, Andrew Barnum, Felix Oppen

$74.95 – Paperback book / Mcgraw Hill

An invaluable resource that covers the foundations of graphic design with a unique Australian/New Zealand perspective. The theory and thought behind graphic design in an Australian and New Zealand context is covered, giv... Buy or find out more 


Lettering A Reference Manual Of Techniques
Andrew Haslam

$59.95 – Hardcover book / Laurence King

Using a combination of explanatory text, step-by-step photographs and classic and contemporary examples, this unique survey brings together over 130 processes involved in creating lettering and applying it to surfaces. I... Buy or find out more 



Pattern & Ornament In The Arts Of India
Henry Wilson

$59.95 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

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Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion And Sales Material
Stefan Sagmeister

$59.95 – Paperback book / Abrams

Created to accompany an international traveling exhibition, 'Another Book about Promotion and Sales Material' explores the work of one of the worlds most famous graphic designersStefan Sagmeister. Divided into four secti... Buy or find out more 



Characters: Cultural Stories Revealed Through Typography
Stephen Banham

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

Characters presents a selection of stories about the signs seen around a city – in this case Melbourne – that have helped to shape its character and its intriguing history.

The places, experiences and stories are uni... Buy or find out more 


Japanese Illustration Now
Christian Campos

$49.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

This extraordinary overview of contemporary Japanese illustration showcases the works of 100 of Japan’s most successful and exciting artists and designers.

The images embrace a huge range of styles, from traditional to... Buy or find out more 



Scandinavian Design Alternative Histories
Kjetil Fallan

$39.99 – Paperback book / A & C Black

Scandinavian design is still seen as democratic, functional and simple, its products exemplifying the same characteristics now as they have done since the 1950s. But both the essence and the history of Scandinavian desig... Buy or find out more 


The Toaster Project: Or A Heroic Attempt To Build A Simple Electric Appliance From Scratch
Thomas Thwaites

$29.95 – Paperback book / Princeton Archit. Pr

"Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster." So begins The Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where... Buy or find out more 



82 Modern Style Ideas To Create At Home
Inside Out

$34.99 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books

82: Modern Style Ideas to Create at Home is the new book from the team at the highly acclaimed Inside Out magazine. Inside Out provides inspiration to its readers with practical and beautiful projects and clear advice.

T... Buy or find out more 


Stitt Autobiographics
Alexander Stitt

$89.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant

Stitt Autobiographics is a pictorial record of the 50-year professional life of graphic designer Alex Stitt, who has been the hand behind many aspects of Australia's culture since the 1950s, and has been described by Phi... Buy or find out more 



Inventing The Medium Principles Of Interaction Design As A Cultural Practice
Murray Janet H

$69.00 – Hardcover book / Mit Press

Digital artifacts from iPads to databases pervade our lives, and the design decisions that shape them affect how we think, act, communicate, and understand the world. But the pace of change has been so rapid that technic... Buy or find out more 


Sarah Illenberger
Sarah Illenberger

$47.50 – Hardcover book /

At the intersection of photography, art, and graphic design, Sarah Illenberger creates vivid imagesthat make stories come to life. The visual language of Sarah Illenberger is extremely effective at translating content, d... Buy or find out more 



Erratic Visual Impact In Current Design
Robert Klanten

$70.00 – Paperback book / Die Gestalten Verlag

Movement, tension, balance, and surprise are being increasingly explored in todays visual culture. More and more cutting-edge design, photography, and art depicts subjects that initially appear to be stable or to be symm... Buy or find out more 


Curves Thalen And Thalen

$125.00 – Hardcover book / Stichting Kunstboek

For ages silver ware has been the source of inspiraton for many an artist. The trade reached an unprecedented level thanks to religious silver ware. Unfortunately, orders dropped away in the course of the twentieth-centu... Buy or find out more 



Outdoor Types An Urban Alphabet Gift Edition With 100 Magnets
Simon Jennings

$35.00 – Paperback book / Ilex

In a homogenized world dominated by electronic and computerized type forms, author Simon Jennings takes a unique look at the real world, and presents over five hundred found letter forms through thoughtful photographs of... Buy or find out more 


Sustainism Is The New Modernism A Cultural Manifesto
Schwarz M And Elffers J

$45.00 – Paperback book / Distributed Art Pub

Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers' Sustainism Is the New Modernism declares the dawn of a new cultural era, as we transition from modernity to sustainity--towards a world that is more connected, more localist, more digit... Buy or find out more 



Dymaxion Car Buckminster Fuller
Norman Foster

$120.00 – Hardcover book / Ivory Press

In 1933, the visionary architect, engineer and designer Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) built a car that was at that time the world's most fuel-efficient car. The Dymaxion Car ran on 35 miles per gallon, while every other... Buy or find out more 


Parisian Interiors Bold Elegant Refined
Stoeltie Barbara And Rene

$80.00 – Hardcover book / Flammarion

Bursting with color and dramatic focal points, these exceptional interiors offer exclusive access into the homes of Paris' finest art and antiques aficionados. The magic of Paris is distinctly captured in its interiors: ... Buy or find out more 



Green Design
Dorian Lucas

$65.00 – Paperback book / Braun Publishing

Sustainability has become one of the most important words and objectives in the last years. The modern society gains to live more conscious and to leave only a small footprint on earth. Eco-friendly and eco-friendly prod... Buy or find out more 


Fanzines
Teal Triggs

$39.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

This is a high-impact visual presentation of the most interesting fanzines ever produced. Ephemeral and irreplaceable, many have been lost to all but a few passionate collectors.

Fanzines have been one of the liveliest f... Buy or find out more 



Graphic Arts

$99.00 – Hardcover book / Frechmann Kolon Gmbh

The story and history of the development of Graphic arts from the end of the 19th century through to its many applications in film, animation and forms of media . Many artists chose graphic production. Among them are Mag... Buy or find out more 


Home Love: 100 Inspiring Ideas For Creating Beautiful Rooms
Megan Morton

$55.00 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books

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Graphic Inside The Sketchbooks Of The Worlds Great Graphic Designers
Heller Steve And Talarico Lita

$49.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

In this new book from one of the great authorities on graphic design, some 100 of the worlds leading graphic designers open up their private sketchbooks, giving the reader an unparalleled insight into their creative deve... Buy or find out more 


History Of Modern Design Second Edition
David Raizman

$75.00 – Paperback book / Laurence King

Surveying applied arts and industrial design from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial context in... Buy or find out more 



Food Design XL
Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter

$85.00 – Hardcover book / Springer Verlag

Why are pizzas round, and why are fish fingers rectangular? Why do we cut a cake one way and bread another way? "Food Design", which was published in 2005, gave the first answers to these questions. Now the dedicated aut... Buy or find out more 


Ideaology The Designers Journey Turning Ideas Into Inspired Designs
Stanley Hainsworth

$49.99 – Paperback book / Rockport Books

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3 D Typography

$80.00 – Hardcover book / Mark Batty Publisher

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Woman As Design
Stephen Bayley

$79.99 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline

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Vintage Stripe 200

$30.00 – Paperback book / Seigensha

Stripes are a primitive decorative motif found throughout the world since ancient times, and adapted for use in medieval Europe and Japan, for example. Later, marine stripe fabrics for casual clothing found great popular... Buy or find out more 


Drainspotting
R Camerota

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Mark Batty Publisher

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The Melbourne Design Guide 2009/2010
Viviane Stappmanns (Ed)

$40.00 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant

Offering an insight to the inner workings of Melbourne’s design community, this little big book is the friend you’ve always wanted to have. Lovingly compiled after many months of research, the new Melbourne Design Gu... Buy or find out more 


 

Kings Way: The Beginnings of Australian Graffiti: Melbourne 1983–93
Duro Cubrilo, Martin Harvey and Karl Stamer

$64.99$0.00 – Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press

A quarter of a century ago, the New York City hip-hop phenomenon left its mark on Australian walls-a graffiti-writing culture was born.

In a barrage of blinding colour, cryptic words and bombed out train carriages, Kings... Buy or find out more 



Ghobad Shiva A Selection Of Graphic Works

$25.50 – Paperback book / Nazar

A celebrated graphic designer with a distinct Iranian flavour, Ghobad Shiva's works are sought by museums and collectors across the world. This pocket-edition serves as an introduction to a distinct and impressive collec... Buy or find out more 


Classic Design In The World

$23.50 – Paperback book / Seigensha

An encyclopaedic collection of some 3,200 designs and patterns from all ages and cultures is presented here. It contains designs and patterns composed of animal, plant and human motifs found on clothing, chinaware, wall ... Buy or find out more 



Vintage Check 200

$30.00 – Paperback book / Seigensha

Lattice weave patterns, also known as plaid, have a long history that can be traced through older cultures, but were popularised in western fashion circles at the beginning of the 19th century. Now Tartan checks and Burb... Buy or find out more 


One Thousand New Eco Designs And Where To Find Them
Rebecca Proctor

$55.00 – Paperback book / Laurence King Publishing

As we become only too aware of the damage man has caused to the planet, more of us want to furnish and decorate our homes with products that do not harm the environment. But being sensitive to the environment does not me... Buy or find out more 



True Crime Detective Magazines
Dian Hanson

$90.00 – Hardcover book / Taschen

Gun-toting femme fatales caught in the action!

Follows the evolution and devolution of this distinctly American genre from 1924 to 1969

At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into c... Buy or find out more 


Illustration Now Taschen 25
Julius Wiedemann (Ed)

$0.00 – Hardcover book / Taschen

TASCHEN’s 25th anniversary - Special edition!

From magazines and newspapers to ads, websites, album covers, and even mobile phone wallpaper, illustration is a crucial element in visual communication today. With unlimit... Buy or find out more 



Redback Graphix
Anna Zagala

$39.95 – Paperback book / Nat Gallery Of Aust

Redback Graphix will bowl readers over with colour and edgy social comment. From 1979-94 design and screen printing studio Redback Graphix produced posters that combined witty graphics with eye-watering colours to give v... Buy or find out more 


Design Futuring Sustainability Ethics And New Practice
Tony Frey

$39.95 – Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr

Design Futuring argues that ethical, political, social and ecological concerns now require a new type of practice which recognises design’s importance in overcoming a world made unsustainable. By using case studies in in... Buy or find out more 



Antique Packaging

$40.00 – Hardcover book / Index Publishing

A curious collection of boxes and packaging from past eras that have left an aesthetic mark on the present. Buy or find out more 


Clarice Cliff For Collectors
Greg Slater

$55.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson

The colorful and memorable ceramics produced by Clarice Cliff remain among the most popular designs of the Art Deco period. Aimed at collectors from novices to experts, this new guide is organized into three parts: key i... Buy or find out more 



Limited Edition
Sophie Lovell

$135.00 – Hardcover book / Birkhauser

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Lord Of The Logos Designing The Metal Underworld
Christophe Szpajdel

$95.00 – Paperback book / Die Gestalten Verlag

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Tres Logos

$85.00 – Paperback book / Die Gestalten Verlag

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John Warwicker The Floating World Ukiyo E
Mack Michael Ed

$115.00 – Paperback book / Steidl

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Japan Season By Season
Sandrine Bailly

$59.95 – Hardcover book / Abrams

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Illusive 3
Klanten & Hellige

$105.00 – Hardcover book / Die Gestalten Verlag

Illusive. Contemporary Illustration Part 3 follows in the footsteps of the bestselling Illusive and Illusive 2 books and continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. This definitive refe... Buy or find out more 



Regular Graphic Design Today
Klanten R Et Al Editors

$112.00 – Hardcover book / Die Gestalten Verlag

Graphic design is in constant flux. In recent years, the digitalisation of media and the return of materials and personal identity have strongly influenced the development of graphic design and its adjoining disciplines.... Buy or find out more 


Eco Design Handbook Third Edition
Fuad Luke Alastair

$33.95 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

This fully updated and revised book remains the most comprehensive publication on the market today to catalogue and represent the vast array of ingenious green products available to the everyday consumer. Scrutinizing ev... Buy or find out more 



Design Revolution One Hundred Products That Are Changing Peoples Lives
Emily Pilloton

$55.00 – Paperback book / Thames And Hudson

Featuring more than 100 contemporary design products and systems - safer baby bottles, a waterless washing machine, low-cost prosthetics for landmine victims, Braille-based building blocks for blind children, wheelchairs... Buy or find out more 


Faber And Faber: Eighty Years Of Book Cover Design
Joseph Connolly

$49.99 – Trade paperback / Faber

An impassioned guide and love letter to the designers, artists and authors at the heart of Faber's design story.

Joseph Connolly - book collector, antiquarian dealer, and acclaimed novelist - has compiled an impassioned ... Buy or find out more 



The Sydney Design Guide 2008/2009
Viviane Stappmanns (Ed)

$35.00 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant

The Sydney Design Guide goes beyond sun, sand and surf to introduce a metropolis that is home to a world-class creative community. Conceived for the intrepid traveller and the curious local alike, this funky little book ... Buy or find out more 


Sonora: Magic Market Mexico City
Kurt Hollander

$49.00 – Flexi / Actar

A visual and graphic tour through the infamous magic market of Mexico City. Powders, soaps & invocations from 'dominating your man', 'shut your mouth', 'powerful garlic', 'come to me', 'diabolical invocation of satan... Buy or find out more 



Handmade In Melbourne
Nancy Ianni and Julia Gaw

$29.95 – Paperback book / Geoff Slattery Publishing

The first edition of Handmade in Melbourne was published in 2006 to great success and acclaim from the artisan world and the general community. For this, the second edition of Handmade, we decided to not only increase th... Buy or find out more 


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