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Quick view All-American Ads of the 40s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: From Darkness into Light Wartime action and postwar triumph in the advertising of the 1940s At the beginning of the decade, America was at war. Patriotism was an integral part of everyday life, with the sentiment mirrored in advertising. As America... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Kenya Hara: Designing Japan A Future Built on Aesthetics MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: As Art Director for Muji since 2002, Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara (born 1958) and his aesthetic of pared-back, beautifully functional objects have taken the world by (quiet) storm. With Kenya Hara: Designing Japan, the designer presents his... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Basilius Besler: The Garden at Eichstatt MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: The 367 exquisite hand-colored plates of the Hortus Eystettensis, published in 1613 with elaborate descriptions to record the palatial gardens in Eichstätt, Bavaria, were a landmark in botanical illustration. This facsimile edition, featuring... MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Indigenous Present MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: This landmark volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Werner's Nomenclature of Colours MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: In the late eighteenth century, mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner devised a standardized color scheme that allowed him to describe even the subtlest of chromatic differences with consistent terminology. His scheme was then adapted by an Edinburgh... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Beauty of Everyday Things MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Our lives are filled with objects. Everyday things used in everyday settings, they are our constant companions. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be... MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view American Furniture: 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mr. Waffles Loves Design MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: By Lisa Roberts At four months old Mr. Waffles was rescued from a shelter by a family who collects contemporary design. Luckily for everyone involved - Mr. Waffles Loves Design! Take a tour through a history of design with this very smart and curious cat... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Off The Wall: American Art To Wear MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Edited by Dilys E. Blum with essays by Dilys E. Blum and Mary Schoeser, and a contribution by Julie Schafler Dale This is the first publication to consider art to wear, also known as wearable art, as a discrete American movement that mirrored the... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view