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The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns by Laszlo Roth
$20.00 NZD
Category: Design | Reading Level: good-very good
The exciting new edition of this landmark collection offers more than 600 practical pattern solutions for every packaging challenge--the single largest resource available! Every pattern is drawn to scale, has been test-constructed for dimensional accuracy, and is ready for immediate use. A CD provides t ...Show more
Symbols, Signs and Signets - A Pictorial treasury with over 1350 Illustrations by Ernst Lehner
$14.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Series: Dover Pictorial Archive Ser. | Reading Level: good
Reproducing in historical sequence 1355 signs, seals, and symbols from the simplest drawings of heavenly bodies, through the intricate heraldic devices of the Middle Ages, to modern cattle brands and hobo sign language, this book will be of immense value to the commercial artist and designer. The develo ...Show more
Variety - Pusutang Visual Art House by Xu Liaoyuan (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Design | Reading Level: very good
Pacific Pattern by Susanne Küchler & Graeme Were
$35.00 NZD
Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good
Lavishly illustrated with contemporary, archival and museum images, Pacific Pattern takes us on a stunning visual journey through the history of the Pacific, the various techniques and culture associated with fibre and fabric. This is the first book to cover not only the ritual domain but everyday patte ...Show more
Two-Dimensional Man - A Graphic Memoir by Paul Sahre
$35.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Reading Level: near fine
Paul Sahre ranks alongside modern-day design heroes Stefan Sagmeister and Chip Kidd as one of the most influential graphic designers of his generation. Two-Dimensional Man is a fresh take on the traditional design monograph: part memoir, part art book, part meditation on creativity. Throughout, Sahre co ...Show more
Hyper-activi-Typo-graphy from A to Z by Studio 3
$25.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Reading Level: near fine
16 cm x 21 cm / 196 pages (including answers) / hardback Who knew that a publication that looks like an attractively designed children's book could take such a revealing look at the demanding topic of typography. The colorful pages of Hyperactivitypography from A to Z present a simple and fun, yet amazi ...Show more
Lewis Carroll's Alice - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The "calculated pandemonium" of the splendidly irrational kingdom of Wonderland is what Barry Moser set out to capture in illustrating the Lewis Carroll classic.In his seventy-five wood engravings, Moser depicts with consummate invention, wit, and skill the quite exceptional inhabitants and sights of Wo ...Show more
Frank Carpay by Douglas Llloyd Jenkins
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
This book is a celebration of the life and work of Frank Carpay, a talented New Zealander who received little or no recognition in his lifetime. After his death Frank's wife Carla preserved many examples of his work, deciding that the Hawke's Bay Museum should be the permanent home of their archives. Hi ...Show more
Graphic Trade Symbols by German Designers from the 1907 Klingspor Catalog by F.H. Ehmcke
$12.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Series: Picture Archives S. | Reading Level: good
An interesting resource. The designs are primarily of logo like graphics, although they do not bear any business names. A ton of different professions and merchants are represented from agriculture to zithers. There are dozens of individual images, the last 28 pages of the book contain full page layouts ...Show more
Lloyd Loom - Woven Fibre Furniture by Lee J. Curtis
$14.00 NZD
Category: Design | Reading Level: good
Design of the 20th Century by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
$12.00 NZD
Category: Design | Reading Level: very good
This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.
Graphics and Space by Wang S
$35.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Reading Level: very good
When monochromatic and dull repeated patterns no longer satisfy our visual hunger, designers use graphics to transform otherwise cold spaces into works of art.From retail shops to restaurants, museums to offices, this book focuses on the graphics of spaces . The effective use of chairs, wallpaper, tabl ...Show more