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A major survey of the Japanese designers, artisans, manufacturers and technologies that have shaped the world of modern design.

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A unique insight into Japanese dress from the 18th century to today, explored through sumptuous detail photography of some of the most fascinating pieces in the V&As collections.

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A useful guide on contemporary Japanese illustration.

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(Hardback)

This book presents over 500 traditional Japanese motifs, ranging from Ukiyo-e, ghost stories and Noh plays to traditional patterns, etc, with introductions of their cultural backgrounds. It also showcases outstanding graphic works inspired by and integrated with specific motifs, and features interviews with distinguished designer.

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(Hardback)

Showcases and analyses Van Goghs collection of Japanese prints, exploring the key role they played in his creative output.

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Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them.

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The Japanese woodblock print showcased breathtaking landscapes, blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons that torment the living, and made sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors into rock stars. This book reveals the most exceptional prints from 1710-1925, drawing from the finest impressions of museums and private collections worldwide.

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The Japanese woodblock print showcased breathtaking landscapes, blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons that torment the living, and made sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors into rock stars. This condensed edition reveals the most exceptional prints from 1680-1938, drawing from the finest impressions of museums and private collections worldwide.

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(Hardback)

Up to his untimely death in 2006 at 41, Jason Rhoades carried out a continuous assault on aesthetic conventions and the rules governing the art world - wryly subverting those very conditions by using them as materials for his work. This book deals with his life and work.

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From young to old creative forces, emerging to career-peaking, world-famous or as yet unknown, Schmidt's images, captured over a period of twelve years, are an incisive look into the art world. This book deals with his life and work.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This striking collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined jazz, from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Each cover reproduction, spanning photographic and illustrative works, is a marriage of music and design. It is a remarkable history of jazz, with background information included for each cover.

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One of the most popular composers to have emerged from Northern Europe

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An architecture book for all those excited by contemporary, innovative building design and development. Richly illustrated with a broad spectrum of architectural photography, drawings, and sketches.

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Features Basquiat's work from 1981 - the year of his first official participation in the group exhibition New York/New Wave at PS1 of New York - to his premature death in 1988. Covering through some 50 paintings and 20 works on paper, this work offers a new occasion for dialogue with the more modern expressions of 20th century art.

(Hardback)

Get up close to the bold brushwork and scribbled words of Jean-Michel Basquiat, one of the most successful artists of his time. This XXL-sized monograph gathers Basquiat's major works in pristine reproduction. Texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne introduce us to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.

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The groundbreaking sculptor's most comprehensive monograph to date

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(Paperback)

Jean-Paul Goude is a modern legend in the world of commercial art. From his New York days with "Esquire" magazine to his latest work for Galeries Lafayette, he has consistently provoked and delighted those who have encountered his work. This title celebrates his creative zest and perfectionism, and his affinity for making fresh and engaging work.

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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Landmark Trust commissioned an installation from Antony Gormley. This book records its places and explores their meanings. It is accompanied by photographs of the varied seascapes and waterways - and weather conditions - that the sculptures inhabit.