Design
ORBITAL PLANES: A PERSONAL VISION OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROLAND MILLER
A dazzling photographic inventory of the Space Shuttle Program, from the author of Interior Space
HOME MADE RUSSIA: POST-SOVIET FOLK ARTEFACTS
Written by Fuel
Back in print: Fuel's highly popular collection of improvised implements and homespun tools from Soviet Russia
DESIGN AS AN ATTITUDE: NEW EDITION
Written by Rawsthorn, Alice
Acclaimed author Alice Rawsthorn revises her bestselling field guide to design in the wake of a pandemic, technological change and the escalating climate emergency
DESIGNING PEACE: BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE NOW
How design can help foster the conditions for global peace: an intersectional visual conversation between activists, designers, architects and theorists
ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY
Written by Kelly, Jerry
The story of a foundational aspect of publishing, from Gutenberg's press to today's digital type. It's common knowledge that the name Gutenberg and the words "moveable type" go together.
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN 221 OBJECTS: FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLEN S. MIRANKER
Written by Miranker, Glen
A dazzling collection of rare art and documents illuminate the life of Sherlock Holmes beyond the page. As one of the most beloved characters in the English language, Sherlock Holmes sometimes seems to have a life of his own, one that leaps beyond the pages of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories.
MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D.
Written by Lomazow, Steven
A gorgeously illustrated tour of several centuries of American magazine history. The history of the American magazine is intricately entwined with the history of the nation itself.
LILL TSCHUDI: THE EXCITEMENT OF THE MODERN LINOCUT 1930-1950
The first new book on Swiss artist and printmaker Lill Tschudi in decades. Lill Tschudi (1911-2004), daughter of a merchant family from the rural Swiss canton of Glarus, moved to London in 1929-30 to educate herself at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
DESIGNING MODERN JAPAN
Written by Teasley, Sarah
A revealing look at Japanese design weaving together the stories of people who shaped Japan's design industries with social history, economic conditions, and geopolitics. From cars to cameras, design from Japan is ubiquitous.
INVENTING THE ALPHABET: THE ORIGINS OF LETTERS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Written by Drucker, Johanna
The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies. Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet.
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