WRITER'S MAP: AN ATLAS OF IMAGINARY LANDS
It's one of the first things we discover as children, reading and drawing: Maps have a unique power to transport us to distant lands on wondrous...
PENGUIN CLASSICS BOOK
A historic guide to the world of Penguin Classics from its UK origin, covering a span from the ancient world to World War I, in a luxurious orange...
MAP OF THE WORLD (UPDATED & EXTENDED VERSION): THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ILLUSTRATORS AND STORYTELLERS
The world of contemporary mapmaking is brought up-to-date in this revised and expanded edition of a best-selling book. For centuries we have used the...
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WORLD ACCORDING TO COLOR: A CULTURAL HISTORY
Written by Fox, James
A kaleidoscopic exploration that traverses history, literature, art, and science to reveal humans' unique and vibrant relationship with color. We have an extraordinary connection to color--we give it meanings, associations, and properties that last millennia and span cultures, continents, and languages.
BUILDING A NEW WORLD: COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA POSTERS
This collection of nearly two dozen detachable, frameable, propaganda posters offer an outstanding selection of examples from East Germany, Russia, Southeast Asia, and China. Reproduced in startling color and printed on high-quality paper, they offer fascinating historical insight, as well as sublime examples of how graphic art can be both highly effective as well as visually stunning.
MAPPING NATURE ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Maps are inherently unnatural. Projecting three-dimensional realities onto two-dimensional surfaces, they are abstractions that capture someone's idea of what matters within a particular place; they require selections and omissions.
SNAILS & MONKEY TAILS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO PUNCTUATION & SYMBOLS
Written by Arndt, Michael
There are countless books that can teach you the alphabet, but almost none that focus on the tiny designs that run interference among the letterforms: those easily overlooked punctuation and typographic symbols.
NAKAJO
Written by 仲條正義
Japanese designer Masayoshi Nakajo?s genius is unparalleled. His illustrations and graphic works for advertisements, products, watch faces, posters, and the House of Shiseido are currently exhibited.
ALL-AMERICAN ADS OF THE 80S
The emergence of the digital world signaled a looming change in the advertising industry. Still cash, cocaine, and Calvins were the staples of flagrant consumerism. With cell phones just around the corner and the death of print in the air, advertisers were still devoting substantial dollars to one of the most outrageous, flamboyant, and prosperous decades of the 20th century.
ALL-AMERICAN ADS OF THE 60S
As America transitioned from the Eisenhower years to a decade of extremes, the '60s couldn't help but exude optimism and promise as America continued to display an unbridled economic future. The advertisements of this era expressed these go-go years, when rock and roll reigned supreme and man reached the moon. Just around the corner societal changes would spark a revolution.
ALL-AMERICAN ADS OF THE 70S
As television and other media began to compete for the advertising dollar, new ideas were being incorporated into a post-hippie world where social consciousness, health, and environmental awareness went head-to-head with the Me Generation. From disco to funk to punk, this weighty volume delivers an exhaustive and nostalgic overview of this transitional period of advertising.
LOGO BEGINNINGS
Written by Müller, Jens
Countless global brands, including Rolex, BMW, Louis Vuitton, and the New York Yankees, still use logos that were designed over 100 years ago. Yet there has never been a monograph devoted to the origins of logo design. In the second half of the 19th century, the trademark replaced traditional symbols such as the family coat of arms as a promotional and identifying symbol for companies.
JIM HEIMANN. STEVEN HELLER. TOYS. 100 YEARS OF ALL-AMERICAN TOY ADS
Written by Heller, Steven
Up until the 20th century, children's play was not a subject that demanded much attention. While objects that entertained children have been present from ancient history, it was only with industrial mass production--and a developing urban middle class--that toys appeared more frequently.
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