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From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture and no artist's work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla D'Errico's. In this instructional guide, she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at her character design process.

(Paperback, 4th edition)

(Hardback)

The world's first official postage stamp was issued in May 1840: the legendary "One Penny Black" with the profile of the Queen of England. This publication discusses the significance and functions of postage stamps as prominently visible elements of communication design.

(Hardback)

A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, it contains over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box.

(Paperback)

A unique collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Puffin book cover. From picture books to paperbacks, teen fiction to Puffin Classics, this is a selection from seventy years of outstanding British design and illustration in one sturdy little box.

(Hardback)

Postdigital Artisans profiles 60 contemporary artists and designers, accompanied by rich illustrations of their "postdigital" work.

(Paperback)

Whether it's messing about in boats on the Norfolk Broads, water-skiing at Felixtowe, reclining at the water's edge on a Welsh beach, or soaking up the culture of the Scottish capital, this set of posters evokes the golden era of British rail travel.

(Paperback)

Offers a look into the techniques and theories of pattern drafting for womens garments. Covering a variety of styles, textiles and sizes, this book is useful for pattern courses ranging from introductory to advanced. It provides an introduction to the concepts and processes of patternmaking, as well as a more advanced analysis of style and design.

(Hardback)

How some design appears to be something that it is notby beautifying, amusing, substituting, or deceiving.

(Paperback)

Describes the fundamentals of how to design, including an exploration of the basics of colour, drawing, composition, repeat and the transference from flat textile to three-dimensional product, and the impact of using digital and hand printing methods. This book places printed textile design in the context of the market and manufacturing.

(Paperback)

The marketing and promotion of fashion is entering a fast-moving and challenging phase

(Hardback)

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

(Hardback)

The first critical assessment of Antwerp fashions avant-garde creative practices and vanguardist approaches to menswear, the male body, and male sexuality from the 1980s to the 2020s.

(Hardback)

Quentin Blake is a collaboration between Tate and the House of Illustration, published to coincide with the gallery's inaugural exhibition; Inside Stories, a landmark show by Quentin Blake.

(Hardback)

Inspired by the late, great Georges Perec, who is famous for writing a book whose sole subject was the letter 'E', illustrator Katja Spitzer and freelance writer Sebastian Gievert have teamed up to tackle that most quandarous of letters, the letter Q.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Racinet's Costume History is a landmark in the study of clothing and fashion. This reprint presents Racinet's exquisitely precise color illustrations, as well as his delightful descriptions and witty commentary. From Eskimo attire to high French couture, this is an unrivalled encyclopedia for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians, and anyone interested in style.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, curators and creatives, this edited collection re-evaluates British fashion designer Bill Gibbs international legacy in relation to contemporary concerns such as sustainability, cultural appropriation, and fashion education.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback, 4th edition)

"Now in its fourth edition, this 'toolkit for inspiration' introduces the research techniques fashion designers use to find and develop ideas for their original collections"--

(Paperback)

Provides the reader with a comprehensive, relevant, and visually rich insight into the world of research methods specifically aimed at product designers. This book includes practical case studies and tutorials that will inform, inspire and help you to conduct product design research better.

(Hardback)