Brick Index celebrates the overlooked artistry of UK bricks, showcasing the textures, colors, and maker’s marks stamped into their “frogs.” Featuring 155 actual-size photographs with an index detailing time, place, and maker, the book includes an introduction by brick historian David Kitching and an essay by design critic Rick Poynor, with photography by Inge Clemente.
Brother's in Clay tells the story of Georgia's rich folk pottery tradition – the hisotrycal forces that shapes it and the families and individual artisans who continue to keep it alive,
This book showcases extraordinary cars, with a standout section on Lamborghini. Featuring period photos of Bertone designs like the Marzal, Bravo, and Athon, it highlights iconic the design of many iconic cars.
Defining momnets in studio ceramics from 1950-2000, with selections from the SMits Collection and Related Works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With contributions by Grethen Adkins, Garth Clark, Rebecca Niederlander, Susan Peterson, Peter Selz
This richly illustrated volume showcases over 800 color photographs of perfume bottles, spanning exquisite flacons by René Lalique, Baccarat, and Lucien Guillard, as well as figural and novelty bottles. Including original packaging, catalogs, and advertising images, it serves as an essential reference for collectors and enthusiasts of decorative perfume design.
This illustrated guide focuses on collectible military watches and clocks, detailing over 150 models issued over the past century to global armed forces.
A collection of objects designed by architects varying from teapots to tables; hardware to chairs; radios to dressers to sofas; all the way to jewellery.
This book explores the impact of fifty iconic vehicles on British design, from the 1908 Ford Model T to the 1998 Smart Car. Each entry provides a concise appraisal, highlighting how these cars achieved lasting influence and earned a significant place in design history.
This book explores furniture from ancient Egypt to 400 BC, emphasising style, construction, and detailed measured drawings. It presents continuity of design across centuries, showcasing features like animal-hoof chair legs evolving from cattle to lions, and decorative motifs such as pine cones, offering a thorough study of early craftsmanship and aesthetic development in ancient furniture.
A book of the work of George Ohr – an American ceramic artist and the self-proclaimed "Mad Potter of Biloxi" in Mississippi. In recognition of his innovative experimentation with modern clay forms from 1880 to 1910, some consider him a precursor to the American Abstract-Expressionism movement.
This book presents a dialogue between Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, exploring the aesthetics, techniques, and philosophy of one of the 20th century’s most influential craftsmen. It offers insights into their creative processes and the distinctive lifestyle shaped by dedication to traditional and studio pottery.
This explores the overlooked textile work of Henry Moore. Initiated in 1943 under Zika Ascher’s guidance and later commissioned by David Whitehead Fabrics, Moore created 28 designs for silk squares, upholstery, and wall hangings. Using vibrant colors and modern materials, his textiles aimed to bring art into daily life, documented here with previously unpublished designs and illustrations.
A book about the patterns and fabrics of Juergen Lehl, a German designer who worked in Tokyo since starting a company there in 1972
This book explores a period of British design history when a new generation of designers crossde boundaries between architecture, interiors, product design, craft, and fashion to redefining avant-garde creativity.
This is the first major publication by multidisciplinary designer Samuel Ross, showcasing his work for A-COLD-WALL* and his studio SR_A. Featuring over 300 images, previously unpublished materials, and essays by figures such as Virgil Abloh, Takashi Murakami, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, it provides a comprehensive study of Ross’ contributions to fashion, art, and design.
This book documents the eclectic collections of Martin Parr, spanning 25 years of photographic and themed objects. It features memorabilia of political figures, cultural icons, wristwatches, photographic trays, kitsch wallpaper, and items commemorating events like 9/11 and Sputnik. The collection combines humor, poignancy, and the eccentricity of everyday objects.
Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing machines to railway carriages.
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of the Paisley Pattern, tracing its origins over 2,000 years and its European popularity in 18th-century shawls. Highlighting Paisley as the leading producer, the book reproduces 150 designs from the Paisley Museum collection, including original pattern books, providing historical context and inspiration for textile historians, designers, and students.
In conjuction with their exhibit at The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Maryland, Dr. George and Connie Manger produced this catalogue featuring over 125 pieces of pottery from the Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys.
Accompanying the first retrospective of Shoji Hamada, this collection of essays and illustrations examines his work at Mashiko and St. Ives, as well as his visits to Ditchling. It highlights Hamada’s craft, techniques, and influence on studio pottery, offering insights into his role in bridging Japanese and Western ceramic traditions.
In this unusual archive, Rose Salane documents 64,000 NYC MTA “slug” coins—counterfeit tokens collected from 2017–2019. Categorized by patterns of Faith, Place, Chance, Imitation, and Blank, the coins reveal fragments of commuter histories and urban movement. The work honors the everyday circulation of New Yorkers, transforming overlooked fare tokens into a reflection on time, place, and collective experience.
This book is a round up of all forms of aesthetic taste in America – from politics, to religion, to home decoration and advertising.
This book covers materials, forming methods, surface decoration, glazing, and firing techniques of clay. The third edition expands technical guidance, includes colour charts of clay and glaze combinations, outlines historical developments in ceramics, and provides references to key resources and museums, supporting both introductory study and advanced practice.
Publication to accompnay the exhibition Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise.
This book offers brief profiles of important designers, architects, engineers, graphic artists, movements, and manufacturers, and shows influential designs in automobiles, furniture, fabrics, fashions, and products.
With photographs and texts, this book focus on the vvernauclar North Carolina potters bring to their materials, tools, techniques and history.
This book examines the full range of textiles produced by William Morris and his firm, Morris & Co.. The revised edition expands earlier research with updated scholarship and photography, detailing embroideries, printed and woven fabrics, carpets, and tapestries, alongside analysis of design development, production methods, and Morris’s workshop practices.