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Art & design

From beautiful coffee table books to craft guides, these books explore art and design in all forms – for a great read or a memorable gift!

New art & design books

Delve into visual art, fashion, architecture and design with these beautiful new releases, available at Readings.

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Cover image for Cezanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie
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Cezanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie

$49.95
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Hidden Portraits

Sue Roe

$49.99
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Cover image for Type Designers of the Twentieth Century
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Type Designers of the Twentieth Century

David Jury

$79.99
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Cover image for Buildings that Changed History
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Buildings that Changed History

DK

$55.00
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Embroidery on Knits

Judit Gummlich

$36.99
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Cartier

$80.00
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Visual Arts favourites

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Cover image for Dangerously modern: Australian women artists in Europe 1890-1940
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Dangerously modern: Australian women artists in Europe 1890-1940

Hatje Cantz

$80.00
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Cover image for The Stations Brent Harris
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The Stations Brent Harris

Brent Harris

$35.00
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Cover image for Arts Project Australia - 50 Years
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Arts Project Australia - 50 Years

Kelly Gellatly (editor); Arts Project Australia (commissioning editor and contributor); Liz Nowell; Sue Roff; Cheryl Daye

$59.99
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A Bigger Message

Martin Gayford

$29.99
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Cover image for Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers
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Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers

Yayoi Kusama, Robert Slifkin, Lynn Zelevansky

$90.00
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Cover image for Nolan's Africa
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Nolan’s Africa

Andrew Turley

$120.00
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Architecture favourites

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Cover image for The City of Today is a Dying Thing
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The City of Today is a Dying Thing

Des Fitzgerald

$24.99
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Cover image for Australian House: The Robin Boyd Award
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Australian House: The Robin Boyd Award

Royal Australian Institute of Architects Limited

$120.00
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Cover image for Buildings that Changed History
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Buildings that Changed History

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$55.00
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Cover image for Interwar
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Interwar

Gavin Stamp

$55.00
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Looking to Hong Kong

Rocco Yim

$100.00
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Robert McCarter

$200.00
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Industrial design favourites

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Cover image for Tapio Wirkkala at Venini
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Tapio Wirkkala at Venini

$140.99
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Cover image for Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live
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Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live

IKEA

$39.99
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Cover image for Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook
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Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook

Dominic Bradbury

$80.00
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Cover image for 1000 Design Classics
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1000 Design Classics

Phaidon Editors

$140.00
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Cover image for Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s
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Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s

Jonny Trunk, FUEL

$54.99
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Cover image for Artisan Design: Collectible Furniture in the Digital Age
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Artisan Design: Collectible Furniture in the Digital Age

Judith Gura

$109.99
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Photography favourites

Discover our favourite photography books, from the work of international icons to archives of Melbourne's sprawling suburbs.

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Cover image for The Power of Choice
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The Power of Choice

Julian Kingma

$49.99
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Cover image for Garden People
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Garden People

Ursula Buchan, Anna Pavord, Brent Elliott

$34.99
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Cover image for Patti Smith: Before Easter After
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Patti Smith: Before Easter After

Patti Smith, Lynn Goldsmith

$149.00 $120.00
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Cover image for Small Museum
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Small Museum

Simone Rosenbauer

$105.00
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Cover image for Imagining a Real Australia
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Imagining a Real Australia

Stephen Zagala

$59.99
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Cover image for On Photography
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On Photography

Susan Sontag

$22.99
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Graphic design favourites

Insightful and inspiring books about the art of graphic design.

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Graphic Classics

Phaidon Editors

$140.00
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Cover image for Expressive Type
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Expressive Type

$39.99
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Cover image for Japanese Color Matching
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Japanese Color Matching

$78.99
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Cover image for Design as Art
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Design as Art

Bruno Munari

$24.99
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Cover image for BranD No.34: KAWAII PARTY
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BranD No.34: KAWAII PARTY

$44.99
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Cover image for Beyond Design: Special Printing Effects and Their Application
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Beyond Design: Special Printing Effects and Their Application

Sandu

$99.50
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Typography favourites

Delve into the surprisingly complex world of typography with these great books.

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Expressive Type

$39.99
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Cover image for Type Designers of the Twentieth Century
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Type Designers of the Twentieth Century

David Jury

$79.99
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Cover image for The Revival of Letterpress and Handmade Type
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The Revival of Letterpress and Handmade Type

Wang Sahoqiang

$73.99
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Albertus

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Baskerville

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Comic Sans

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Craft favourites

From sketching, painting and printing to sewing and mending, these craft books will help you unleash your creativity.

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Cover image for Embroidery on Knits
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Embroidery on Knits

Judit Gummlich

$36.99
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Cover image for Creative Modern Crochet for the Home
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Creative Modern Crochet for the Home

Lucy Djevdet

$39.99
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Mouche & Friends

Cinthia Vallet

$36.99
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Cover image for The Green-Wood Carver
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The Green-Wood Carver

Samuel Alexander

$34.99
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Piece by Piece

Lauren MacDonald

$39.99
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52 Weeks of Accessories

Laine

$36.99
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Fashion favourites

Learn about the history and impact of fashion, from iconic brands to influential periods.

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Vivienne Westwood

Tom Rasmussen

$39.99
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Cover image for 24/7 TOMOWAKA
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24/7 TOMOWAKA

Tomowaka

$49.95
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Cover image for Nike: Form Follows Motion
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Nike: Form Follows Motion

Mateo Kries, Glenn Adamson, Ligaya Salazar, Adam Bradley, Sam Grawe, William Myers, Hanif Abdurraqib, Rick Poynor

$110.00
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Cover image for Paul Smith
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Paul Smith

$100.00
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Cover image for Bags (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Bags (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Claire Wilcox

$29.99
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Bellissima

Collette Dinnigan

$100.00
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Interior design favourites

If you're looking to redesign and elevate your space, or just want some beautiful inspiration to pour over, you'll be set with these striking interior design books.

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Cocoon

Ali Heath

$55.00
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Cover image for The Maximalist
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The Maximalist

Dani Dazey

$69.99
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Cover image for Natural Living by Design
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Natural Living by Design

Melissa Penfold

$69.99
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It’s a Mood

Cara Woodhouse, Heather Summerville

$69.99
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Collecting

Kym Elphinstone

$79.99
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Dopamine Home

Rachel Verney

$49.99
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