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This text provides easy-to-follow instructions for making all the major styles of Japanese bookbindings and traditional book cases.

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English edition first published 2011 by Berg.

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The colourful and stylised kimono, the national garment of Japan, expresses not only Japanese fashion and design taste but also reveals something of the soul of Japan, and is seen by many as a symbol for all that is Japanese - simplicity, elegance and beauty.

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A collection of posters by renowned graphic artist Andrzej Klimowski

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In this fascinating book, Sandy Black charts the development of knitting, from domestic handcraft to one of the most sophisticated computer controlled textile production processes used in high fashion. With stunning new photography, Knitting draws on the V&A's superlative collection of knitted fashions and artefacts.

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Packed with diagrams, knitwear samples and images from a range of contemporary designers, this book offers an approach to designing garments from initial research, finding sources of inspiration and developing the design, through an exploration of colour, texture and knitting techniques to constructing a garment and creating and writing a pattern.

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Provides the reader with the fundamental skills, knowledge and inspiration to design and create their own innovative knitted textiles. This book offers an introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design. It describes the varieties of yarn and fibre, their characteristics and their behaviour, from the traditional to the contemporary.

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A comprehensive study of women's and men's fashion accessories providing fashion merchandising students with a detailed analysis of the fashion accessory categories. Broken into three units, this text not only covers the major categories but provides an overview of the accessories business and discusses the materials used to produce accessories.

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A practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of Kodomo drawing. It includes detailed information on how to apply digital color, 3D designs, vectorial drawing, and a host of other useful design applications. It is suitable for manga artists, illustrators, and graphic designers.

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The first catalogue raisonn on one of the leading designers of our time, with many of his creations, such as Chair_One (2004) or the Mayday lamp (1999) already recognized as design classics. A fascinating read for those interested in the present and future of design.

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Profiles more than forty iconic artists in relationship to their sartorial choices via a mix of anecdotes, portraits of the subjects in their studios, art and runway imagery, and commentary by critics, designers, and the artists.

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Terry Newman combines illuminating anecdotes about authors and their work, archival photography, first-person quotations from each writer and current designers, little-known facts, and clothing-oriented excerpts that exemplify their original writing style.

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This activity book uses humorous and informative one-page comics and exercise prompts to guide young readers (and readers who are young at heart) through easy-to-master lessons on the skills needed to make comics.

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"The rise of the English couture industry, and the transatlantic network that supported it during a turbulent period of depression, war, and post-war reconstruction"--

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The first book to examine, in detail, the luxurious garments produced by the rarefied London couture industry - from lavish ballgowns to sharply tailored suits and spectacular court dress - as well as the designers who conceived them, their clients and the prestigious publications that disseminated and promoted the 'London Look'.

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A 528-page monograph presenting for the first time twenty years of works by M/M (Paris), one of the most emblematic and influential design practices and art partnerships of the twenty-first century. Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak originally established M/M (Paris) as a graphic design studio in 1992.

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A rose-colored look at the history of eyeglasses, from their origins as a useful, if unsightly, tool to their current status as an essential part of the fashion narrative.

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A new approach to theory development for practice-driven research, proposing that theory is something made in and through design.

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A powerful collection of perspectives on the contemporary and evolving meanings of home, and how they capture both the shared and conflicting narratives that impact the USA today.