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Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
 

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Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
In its debut edition in 1983, A History of Graphic Design received accolades from the Association of American Publishers as a publishing landmark. Now in its Fourth Edition, this unrivaled, seminal work continues its long tradition of providing balanced insight and thorough historical background. Widely accepted as the most authoritative book of its kind, this enlightening Fourth Edition offers more than 450 new images, along with expansive coverage of such topics as Italian, Russian, and Dutch design.

Under the new authorial leadership of Alston Purvis, A History of Graphic Design, Fourth Edition offers hundreds of full-color images supported by the latest information, including a new chapter on modern type design. With more than 1,000 illustrations, lucid text, and interpretive captions, this Fourth Edition reveals a saga of creative innovators, breakthrough technologies, and important design innovations.

Graphic design is a vital component of each culture and period in human history, and this Fourth Edition was carefully reviewed and updated to best represent the work of particular time periods and designers. This edition's historic account is an extraordinary panorama of people and events, including:
* The Invention of Writing and Alphabets
* Medieval Manuscript Books
* The Origins of Printing and Typography
* Renaissance Graphic Design
* The Arts and Crafts Movement
* Victorian and Art Nouveau Graphics
* Modern Art and Its Impact on Design
* Visual Identity and Conceptual Images
* Postmodern Design
* The Computer Graphics Revolution

A History of Graphic Design, Fourth Edition surpasses in detail and breadth the content, design, and color reproduction of previous editions. Professionals, students, and everyone who works with or loves the world of graphic design will quickly find this reference tool is an invaluable visual survey that they will turn to again and again.

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Tiny Houses by Mimi Zeiger (Hardcover - Rizzoli Intl Pubns)
 

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Tiny Houses by Mimi Zeiger (Hardcover - Rizzoli Intl Pubns)
In the spirit of treading a bit lighter on the planet, a new trend in sustainable living architecture is what is called "microgreen living"--literally the creation of tiny homes where people challenge themselves to live "greener" lives. This idea, which sprang from eco-awareness and the reduction of carbon footprints, has led people to consider low-impact living as a "greener" alternative to ordinary housing. Far beyond solar panels and the use of sustainable materials, homeowners have embraced the concept and have implemented many creative and stylish solutions for day-to-day living, such as a room that doubles as a shower with one swift movement of plexi-glass from a well-concealed pocket door. A tiny house is an experiment of space but also a challenge to simplify ways of life. TINY HOUSES brings together an international collection of over thirty prefab homes and living concepts under 1,000 square feet--some are practical and others are cheeky, ranging from treehouses and compact dwellings to floating houses. The book presents conceptual building plans, detailed illustrations, and vivid photographs of the homes, architects, and proud enthusiasts who live in them. How much space is unused and "wasted" in your own home? This book will inspire the reader to think about architecture and interior design in a new and enlightened way.

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Thom Filicia Style by Thom Filicia (Hardcover - Atria Books)
 

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Thom Filicia Style by Thom Filicia (Hardcover - Atria Books)
A lavishly illustrated, room-by-room guide to the secrets of shaping décor draws on the author's expertise as an interior designer for the Emmy Award-winning Queer Eye for the Straight Guy series and invites readers to develop personalized styles by completing a series of quizzes and exercises. 75,000 first printing.

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Michael Taylor Interior Design by Stephen M. Salny (Hardcover - W W Norton & Co Inc)
 

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Michael Taylor Interior Design by Stephen M. Salny (Hardcover - W W Norton & Co Inc)
Assesses the life and work of a ground-breaking interior designer and forefront contributor to the "California Look," in a visual tour of more than fifty of his commissions and other signature projects that reflect his use of classical and regional themes.

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Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings by H. d Espouy (Paperback - Illustrated)
 

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Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings by H. d Espouy (Paperback - Illustrated)
The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris was a famous training ground in the classical arts, and the renderings of its architects sent to study in Rome are perhaps the finest record of the details of classical architecture ever made. In training their eyes in the use of proportion and the distribution of light and shade, these students achieved images with three-dimensionality and effects of scale that capture details more effectively than any photograph. Hector d'Espouy (1854-1929), a teacher at the Ecole and a leading muralist of his day, collected these drawings (including some of his own) in several large folio volumes. This splendid collection is a distillation of the best of these drawings, featuring images of the Acropolis, the Parthenon, fragments from Pompeii, Roman temples, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and numerous other sites and artifacts. Executed in the demanding technique of India ink and water color rendering, the drawings exhibit a uniformly high level of scholarship and beauty of presentation. Classical architecture appeals to a large audience (the Dover edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture is currently in its 28th printing!) and this splendid compendium of studies, enhanced with informative Introductory Notes by John Blatteau and Christiane Sears, is sure to appeal to that audience. It will be welcomed by any architect, classicist or student who loves the simplicity, grace, and elegance that characterized the buildings of ancient Greece and Rome.

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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Hardcover - William Morrow & Co)
 

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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Hardcover - William Morrow & Co)
Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.

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A Global History of Architecture by Frank Ching (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
 

A Global History of Architecture by Fran...

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A Global History of Architecture by Frank Ching (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
History of Architecture is a required course in all accredited architecture programs, as well as many non-accredited and art history programs.

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Stone Hill Center by Michael Webb (Paperback - Clark Art Institute)
 

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Stone Hill Center by Michael Webb (Paperback - Clark Art Institute)
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando is a master of minimalism, known for his use of simple materials and his respect for the natural environment in which he works. This book celebrates Ando's Stone Hill Center at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, his first museum project set within a rural American landscape.

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