Design Monograph: Starck by Judith Carmel Arthur
$33.00 NZD
Category: Art & design | Series: Design Monograph Ser.
A design monograph on architect Philippe Starck, also a ground-breaking designer of furniture, interiors and hotels. Contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of Starck, followed by an illustrated appreciation of his work.
Tove Jansson by Paul Gravett
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & design | Series: The\Illustrators Ser.
An insightful appreciation ofthe life and art of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin books, which are adored by children and adults across the globe. This book provides fresh insight into and a deep appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson (1914-2001), one of the most original, influential, and ...Show more
Reading Fashion in Art by Ingrid E. Mida
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
Dress and fashion are central to our understanding of art. From the stylization of the body to subtle textile embellishments and richly symbolic colors, dress tells a story and provides clues as to the cultural beliefs of the time in which artworks were produced. This concise and accessible book provide ...Show more
Hundertwasser in New Zealand - The Art of Creating Paradise by Andreas J Hirsch
$70.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
'New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing ...Show more
The Collection - Te Kohinga by Julia Waite
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
Travel back through history and across place - one artwork at a time Since opening in 1888, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki has become home to one of the largest public art collections in Aotearoa New Zealand. This collection handbook illustrates more than 220 important and beloved New Zealand and int ...Show more
Declaration: a Pacific Feminist Agenda by Ane Tonga
$50.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda, edited by Ane Tonga, gathers together some of the Pacific’s leading activists, scholars and critical thinkers in a dynamic discussion about Pacific feminisms in the visual arts, shared histories, literature, cosmologies and everyday experiences. The publication is ...Show more
Patchwork: A World Tour by Catherine Legrand
$65.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
A vibrant, in-depth survey of the techniques and traditions of patchwork around the world. What do Korean bojagi wrapping cloths, Cameroonian Bamileke boubous, Peruvian montera hats, and Hungarian cifraszür shepherd cloaks have in common? Each is made using the ancient technique of patchwork--the art o ...Show more
The Madman's Gallery: The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art by Edward Brooke-Hitching
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made.From the author of the bestseller The Madman's Library (SundayTimes Lite ...Show more
Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism by Suzanna Ivanic
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
A clear, concise and detailed analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of Catholicism. Focusing on a carefully curated selection of Catholic art and artefacts, this book explains the meaning of the iconography and the mystic power of the faith's ritual objects. A wealth of ofte ...Show more
Performance in Contemporary Art by Catherine Wood
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
New into paperback, In this important new survey, Catherine Wood proposes performance not as a genre of art separate from object-making but as an attitude that has infiltrated the entire terrain of contemporary art. Fromthe musical-theatricals of Marvin-Gaye Chetwynd to the public encounters created by ...Show more
Extra Bold - A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Ellen Lupton; Jennifer Tobias; Josh Halstead; Leslie Xia; Kaleena Sales; Farah Kafei; Valentina Vergara
$56.00 NZD
Category: Art & design
Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative career handbook for designers that we've all been waiting for. Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, the book opens with critical essays that rethink design principles and practices through theories of feminism, racism, inclusion, a ...Show more