History of Modern Design 2nd.ed., Paperback

A comprehensive guide to design over the last 300 years. This new edition has a global overview that brings the book bang up to date. Over 8000 cop...

William Morris (1834 - 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and even a libertarian socialist. His flower patterns are well-known ...

People have never been more broadly aware of design as a concept, or as something that fits into their everyday lives. Even the simplest of consume...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Susannah WalkerIllustration(s): Fully illustrated throughoutNumber of pages: 56Collection: Shire Lib...

A History of Modern India - Ishita Banerjee-Dube

DescriptionBauhaus Goes West is the story of cultural and artistic exchange between Germany and the West over a period of seventy years. It present...

Reducere. Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and desig...

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth.The Penguin History of Modern China shows how ...

2nd edition.

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Centur...

Publisher: Museum of Modern ArtIllustration(s): 120 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 x 260 x 16C...

The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culturePublisher: Metropolitan Museum of ArtAuthor(s): Mon...

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defini...

Focuses on fashion from 1850 to 2010, exploring it from an aesthetic point of view and as a manifestation of social and cultural change. 600 colour...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul E. CeruzziIllustration(s): 88 figuresNumber of pages: 536Collection: History of ComputingPublication date: ...

Reducere. Morocco is notable for its stable and durable monarchy, its close ties with the West, its vibrant cultural life, and its centrality to regional pol...

DescriptionCombining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Velayutham (Jamia Millia Islamia, India) SaravananNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 20...

Since Vietnam, both the way we fight and our reasons for going to war have become much more complex.The importance of a conflict is determined not ...

Reducere. Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has evolved over centuries. Spanning more than eight hundred p...

The ultimate survey of mid-century modern design and architecture.Illustrations: Over 1000 illustrations

Reducere. The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on ...

In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today.

Focuses on the modern aspects of the Criminal Justice, from 1900 to the present. This book offers students the advanced in historical scholarship t...

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Richard Haag is best known for his rehabilitation of Gas Works Park in Seattle and for a series of remarkable gardens at the Bloedel Reserve on Bai...

Design and Violence.

Arhitectura moderna prezinta intr-o maniera unica, revelatoare si detaliata stilurile de design si tehnicile de constructie ale principalilor arhit...

Paperback edition of Marr's history of Britain from 1900 to the end of WWII, which ties in with his BBC2 TV series. The hardback edition was a Sund...

A century of South African military history in a single volume, the first of its kind. Includes the Second Anglo-Boer War, the two world wars, and ...

Hearing has traditionally been understood as the second sense -- less rational and modern than seeing, the master of all senses, the first sense. R...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionHow would you feel, if after all hard work and striving for many precious years, you realize that you wasted your entire life?To avoid s...

The spotlight focuses on several individual gems of design, from the masterpiece of Italian design, Pietro Chiesa's vase Cartoccio (1932), back to ...

Reducere. DescriptionIcons, pictograms, and symbols are an important part of how we communicate in our every day lives. Whether they're used for branding, in...

A new volume from the esteemed architecture firm Historical Concepts features extraordinary homes rooted in tradition and enriched with a modern se...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 55 Line drawings, color; 30 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Halftones, color; 15 Tables, black a...

A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of Scotland's history since the sixteenth century, as well as ...