Today, the use of writing in public spaces has moved away from the old social and descriptive functions of public lettering, which were linked with expressions of power and its architecture. Instea...
Here is an indispensable guide to becoming a professional fashion photographer, from organizing a fashion shoot to presenting your portfolio to a potential client. This structured coursebook uses p...
For the first time, Chanel and Jean-Paul Goude reveal the unseen drawings, collages and sketches that have inspired Goude’s iconic advertising campaigns for Chanel’s world famous fragra...
Becoming a successful fashion designer involves understanding a wide variety of core principles. This foundation course is an ideal introduction for students, dressmakers and anyone interested in t...
The follow up companion to the bestselling Manolo Blahnik Drawings, this book presents a brand new collection of Manolo's celebrated shoe designs. The book is organized thematically to express Mano...
Throughout history, images have been used to reflect the meaning of words and to enhance our understanding of texts. With the invention of mechanized printing in Germany in the 15th century, illust...
Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece presents more than 200 objects currently housed in public collections around the world that offer both context and immediacy to the rich culture of Ancient Greece. Fro...
Casting a new light on one of the best-loved chapters in fashion history, Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years illuminates key Chanel collections and creations from behind the scenes.
– Co pani myśli o amerykańskim systemie gwiazd, Madame? – zapytał reporter. – Och! – zawołała wspaniała aktorka z najpiękniejszym akcentem. – Myślę, że jest to najgors...
A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Fréger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photogr...
Today - from haute couture to ready-to-wear - parkas, puffer coats and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and...
Andrzej Romanowski (ur. 1951) – historyk literatury, badacz literatury i kultury pogranicza, publicysta. Profesor zwyczajny Wydziału Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego i Instytutu Histo...
If all the portable artifacts of Ancient Rome were in a single location, the lives of students, historians, and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler. But the masterpieces are in museums all o...
Sneakers: The Complete Collectors' Guide was a phenomenal success and a key influence in the transformation of sneaker collecting from an underground subculture into a mainstream, multi-billion dol...
With the assistance of her close friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of The Supremes, both on- and off-stage, from their beginnings as The Primettes in June 1959 ...
2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the House of Dior. It was in 1947 that Christian Dior presented his first collection and heralded the birth of a new fashion silhouette for women. After the auste...
Music festivals are unique events in the Polish cultural landscape. Organized for fans of various genres of music, they make space for any and all preferences. They perform an integrating function,...
Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day....
Monografia Bożeny Gierat-Bieroń stanowi niezwykle rzetelne i całościowe opracowanie analizujące genezę włączenia polityki kulturalnej do działań Wspólnot/Unii Europejskiej, debatę nad tą kwe...
This is the perfect book for the man who has everything. It celebrates the gentleman’s search for the perfect sartorial detail, the ideal accessory, or beautiful gift for a loved one.