New Books

Listening to Type: Making Language Visible
Designer Alex W. White packs the pages with fifteen hundred images - modern and ancient, specially created and found - that illustrate typographic concepts and continue to yield more complexity and connectivity with each viewing. All the basics of type design are covered, and in-depth information is provided on more advanced topics such as the differences between type applications, how typography creates identity, and what best inspires readers.
Jul 15, 2017
category Typography Books
A Century of Prints in Britain
A Century of Prints in Britain is an essential guide featuring over 200 highlights from the Arts Council Collection's renowned print holdings.
Jul 5, 2017
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category Print Design Books
Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives
Sarah Williams Goldhagen's new book, Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives, explores how the world around us influences our day-to-day existence without our realizing. Drawing on recent research in cognitive neuroscience and psychology, Goldhagen describes the effects that cities, landscapes, streetscapes, and buildings can have on our physical health and social lives.
Jun 8, 2017
category Urban Design Books
Houses for Aging Socially: Developing Third Place Ecologies
Many who now age in place often experience greater social isolation and loss of purpose than residents of nursing homes. What is the shape of housing that accommodates retirement lifestyles for the 85 percent who do not live in the nation's top 50 urban cores yet desire greater cooperative structures of living in low-density housing? The book reworks components of the familiar single-family home to promote new levels of connectivity in neighborhoods once resistant to sharing. The traditional individual porch is rescaled to serve multiple units as a hyper-porch; garage galleries hydridize car parking to become mixed-use neighborhood work and maker spaces; and patio mats o er live-work venues within a compact footprint. All three strategies revitalize neighborhoods through return of informal economies and social networks.
May 30, 2017
category Architecture Books
Type Tricks
Type Tricks is about typographical rules and the underlying structure of the work process in the design of new typefaces. In that way, it is both a reference book and a user manual. In an illustrative format, it presents the different stages of type design in an easily accessible manner.
May 30, 2017
category Typography Books
Studio O+A: Twelve True Tales of Workplace Design
In keeping with Studio O+A's unique approach to design, Twelve True Tales reimagines the traditional designer's monograph as a company self-portrait with quirky design proverbs, behind-the-scenes photos and a graphic novel insert that presents the firm's history with characteristic irreverence.
May 26, 2017
category Interior Design Books
Hotchpotch: Lexicon of (un)Useful Creative Knowledge
A book about little-known (un)useful facts from the creative field. Structured as a dictionary, it includes meaningful information, idle gossip and anecdotes from A to Z. This is where Coco Chanel, David Carson and Chupa Chups come together and create inspirational connections and knowledge.
May 4, 2017
category Design Books
The Nature of Design
In this insightful, irreverent, and beautiful exposition of the design process, one of the world's most prolific practitioners proposes an absolutely clear distinction between Design and Art. Lockard asserts that the design profession itself accepts and often promotes a misleading definition of design, and here challenges professionals, their clients, and students of design to examine the fundamental nature of the discipline.
May 3, 2017
category Design Books
How to Draw Type and Influence People
How to Draw Type and Influence People shows how we use type to understand different messages. Each typeface is introduced and explained and then creative exercises show the reader how to draw each font and invite them to explore the associations evoked by the styles, to reveal why they have come about and how to create their own versions.
Apr 12, 2017
category Typography Books
Body Modern
Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 images, Body Modern imaginatively explores the relationship between conceptual image, image production, and embodied experience, offering the first in-depth critical study of Fritz Kahn and his visual rhetoric. Michael Sappol concludes that Kahn's illustrations pose profound and unsettling epistemological questions about the construction and performance of the self.
Apr 7, 2017
category Illustration Books
Small Homes, Grand Living
Small Homes, Grand Living's assortment of projects and homes pays homage to the iconic innovation within modest living areas and shows the creative usage of space in continually expanding urban areas. As more people across the globe move into cities, living space becomes a precious commodity. A collection of cozy cocoons shows the personality and innovation of those living inside: a home is both shelter and a welcoming reflection of the residents. Small Homes, Grand Living offers real interior design solutions directly from the occupants' imaginations.
Apr 5, 2017
category Interior Design Books
Binning House
Canada's BC Binning House is arguably the first significant piece of modern residential architecture in Western Canada. Still standing in Western Vancouver as National Historic Site, the house has influenced generations of architects and continues to do so today. While the house is beloved by a select group of architects, academics, and local heritage buffs, its subtle splendours remain largely hidden in wider audience. This book, devoted to this exceptional house, sheds new light on Binning's ingenuity. Orignial photographs and drawings are presented along with writing that analyzes in detail, the architectural character of the house that makes it so special.
Apr 4, 2017
category Architecture Books
Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations and Refurbishments
Upgrade explores architectural and design concepts that seek to enhance and repurpose our surroundings. From slight changes to complete renovations, the spectrum of possibilities is vast. Extensions upon a rooftop. Factories turned into relaxing retreats. Wood additions contrast with antique brick exteriors. Through engaging anecdotes and inspiriting images, Upgrade provides vibrant exemplars and enthusiasm for revamping existing spaces.
Mar 28, 2017
category Architecture Books
Visual Thinking: Empowering People
Visual thinking and drawing are both becoming increasingly important in today's business settings. A picture really can tell a thousand words. Visualisation is a crucial part of the journey for companies seeking to boost enterprise agility, break down silos and increase employee and customer engagement. Visualising thought processes can help break down complex problems. It empowers teams and staff to build on one another's ideas, fosters collaboration, jump-starts co-creation and boosts innovation. Visual Thinking will help brush aside misconceptions that may have prevented you using these techniques in your workplace.
Mar 28, 2017
category Design Books
E>: Return on Experience
E> reflects the fundamental belief that design is integral to everything we do. It captures a dialogue that author, Tim Kobe, has been engaged in for over twenty-five years at Eight Inc.; a dialogue that reflects on the nature of how to see design, and in turn, the book showcases how Eight Inc. has used this process, across multiple platforms, in projects for Apple, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Nike, Coca Cola, Knoll, and Citibank. This book is not a treatise on do's and don'ts of design or business. It is a reflection on the nature of how to see design.
Mar 27, 2017
category Design Books
The Materials Sourcebook for Design Professionals
The Materials Sourcebook is an indispensable reference for design professionals on selecting and using materials in new ways to make their designs ever more efficient and effective. This book is organized into six main sections on all the major design material groups: Metal, Plastic, Wood, Plant, Animal, and Mineral. Each section is broken down into chapters examining individual types of material within each larger group. Nearly one hundred material types are featured, each one supported by examples of how it can be used in a variety of industries, an outline of its most desirable properties, and details about its form and texture.
Mar 27, 2017
category Industrial Design Books
The Dream Factory: Alessi Since 1921
The Dream Factory offers a comprehensive look at one of the most influential brands in design, which, for decades, has epitomized ingenious styling of objects for everyday use. This beautifully illustrated book details the emergence and success of designs that have since become authentic icons of the domestic landscape, presenting works by notable figures in the design world.
Mar 27, 2017
category Industrial Design Books
Critical Design in Context: History, Theory, and Practices
Critical Design is becoming an increasingly influential discipline, affecting policy and practice in a range of fields. Matt Malpass's book is the first to introduce critical design as a field, providing a history of the discipline, outlining its key influences, theories and approaches, and explaining how critical design can work in practice through a range of contemporary examples.
Mar 27, 2017
category Design Books
101 Danish Design Icons
Denmark has long loomed large in international design history. Today, Danish furniture, textiles, home appliances and utensils from the 1960s and '70s are more popular than ever, for sale at design galleries and a rarity at flea markets. This publication provides an extensive overview of those everyday objects that have to this day written design history both in Denmark and worldwide. Along with 32 leading scholars and journalists, the Head of the Library and Research at the Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen, Lars Dybdahl, explores the fascinating history of the individual objects.
Mar 27, 2017
category Furniture Design Books
Small Lofts: Remodeling Tiny Open Spaces
Small Lofts features over 30 lofts, almost all under 1000 square feet/100 square meters, with floor plans and high-quality photography exploring interiors from every angle. All demonstrate unique architectural features, innovative furniture solutions, and tasteful, space-saving designs that maximize both utility and style. Showcasing projects from Tokyo to Madrid, New York to Paris, Rome to Bratislava, Small Lofts provides ample inspiration for creating a sense of boundless space in compact quarters.
Mar 27, 2017
category Interior Design Books
Best of Residential
Best of Residential is a beautiful deep dive into the most cutting-edge residential design being done in the industry today. This book is a must have for the design community interested in the culture and those looking for a valuable resource on the best residential design.
Mar 27, 2017
category Interior Design Books
Space Works
Every room in the house presents its own specific challenges as well as presenting a plethora of choices when it comes to choosing important (and expensive) elements such as flooring and lighting. Whether it's a stylish but practical kitchen floor or plenty of hardworking bedroom storage, in Space Works hard-working expert advice is on hand from Caroline Clifton-Mogg, Joanna Simmons, and Rebecca Tanqueray. Every room is discussed in detail and the topics covered range from galley kitchens and bedroom lighting to choosing sanitary ware for bathrooms and creating children's work spaces for homework and crafting.
Mar 27, 2017
category Interior Design Books
Revolution: Interior Design from 1950
The last half of the twentieth century saw the emergence, evolution and consolidation of a distinct interior design practice and profession. This book is invaluable for students and practitioners, providing a detailed specialist, contemporary historical analysis of their profession and is beautifully illustrated, with over 200 photos and images from the 1950s through to the present day.
Mar 27, 2017
category Interior Design Books
White Space Is Not Your Enemy
White Space Is Not Your Enemy is a practical graphic design and layout guide that introduces concepts and practices necessary for producing effective visual communication across a variety of formats―from web to print. Sections on Gestalt theory, color theory, and WET layout are expanded to offer more in-depth content on those topics.
Mar 27, 2017
category Graphic Design Books
Vintage Fashion and Couture: From Poiret to McQueen
Vintage Fashion and Couture: From Poiret to McQueen tells the story of fashion through the work of its key design talents and the memorable women who have worn their designs. It explores designers' careers through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, and explains what makes each item so desirable and why it was so important for the fashion world. It describes the designers' role among their contemporaries, and their influence on the world of fashion.
Mar 27, 2017
category Fashion Books
Neuro Design: Neuromarketing Insights to Boost Engagement and Profitability
Today, businesses of all sizes generate a great deal of creative graphic media and content, including websites, presentations, videos and social media posts. Most big companies, including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Tesco and Google, now use neuroscience research and theories to optimise their digital content. Neuro Design opens up this new world of neuromarketing design theories and recommendations, and describes insights from the growing field of neuroaesthetics that will enable readers to enhance customer engagement with their website and boost profitability.
Mar 27, 2017
category Advertising Books
Cook Book Design
Cook Book Design features over 100 graphic design projects for cook books from all parts of the world, covering cuisines, desserts, pastry, drinks, etc.
Mar 27, 2017
category Graphic Design Books
Make It Now!: Creative Inspiration and the Art of Getting Things Done
Graphic artist Anthony Burrill offers a life-affirming guide to new thinking, creative problem-solving and getting things done. Full of inspiration and ideas as well as his best-loved prints and new work, this book will get you thinking bigger and better and recharge your creativity.
Mar 27, 2017
category Graphic Design Books
100 Illustrators
Drawn from TASCHEN's Illustration Now! series, this go-to catalog brings together 100 of the most successful and important illustrators around the globe. With featured artists including Istvan Banyai, Gary Baseman, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Brad HollandMirko Ilić, Anita Kunz, and Christoph Niemann, the international overview provides an invigorating record of the dynamism and diversity of the illustration scene. Each illustrator is featured with a self-portrait, samples from their portfolio, and a succinct description by Steven Heller, with a supplementary list of selected exhibitions and publications. In his introduction, Steven Heller describes the dynamic realm of illustration today and the challenging process of selection within this highly competitive and ever-moving genre.
Mar 27, 2017
category Illustration Books
Re-humanizing Architecture: New Forms of Community, 1950-1970
After the Second World War, a divided Europe was much affected by a period of reconstruction. This was influenced by the different political systems in the socialist East and in the capitalist West, the focus was on cohesion in society and its cultural and architectural expression. In parallel to the rapidly progressing industrialization of the building industry, debates on the humanization of the built environment were led on both sides with great intensity. The volume shows how, on the back of existentialism, new monumentality, and socialist realism, quite similar concepts and strategies were developed in order to find answers to questions relating to adequate structures for new forms of community and identity.
Mar 27, 2017
category Architecture Books