Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration

Benjamin on Fashion reconstructs and redefines Walter Benjamin's complex, fragmentary and yet influential fashion theory that he developed in the Arcades Project (1927-1940) and beyond, while situating it within the environment from which it emerged - 1930s Parisian couture.

Benjamin on Fashion reconstructs and redefines Walter Benjamin's complex, fragmentary and yet influential fashion theory that he developed in the Arcades Project (1927-1940) and beyond, while situating it within the environment from which it emerged - 1930s Parisian couture.

The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles.

The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles.

Learning by doing is the best way to get to grips with new ideas, and graphic design is no different.

Learning by doing is the best way to get to grips with new ideas, and graphic design is no different.

Fashion ephemera-from catalogues and invitations to press releases-have long been overlooked by the fashion industry and fashion academics.

Fashion ephemera-from catalogues and invitations to press releases-have long been overlooked by the fashion industry and fashion academics.

Learn to style for advertisements, magazines and portfolios and take your first steps into one of fashion communication's most dynamic and rewarding careers.

A wide-ranging introductory guide for readers making their first steps into the world of manga, this book helps readers explore the full range of Japanese comic styles, forms and traditions from its earliest texts to the internationally popular comics of the 21st century.

A wide-ranging introductory guide for readers making their first steps into the world of manga, this book helps readers explore the full range of Japanese comic styles, forms and traditions from its earliest texts to the internationally popular comics of the 21st century.

The little-known art of Berlin Work was once the most commonly practiced art form among European women.

The little-known art of Berlin Work was once the most commonly practiced art form among European women.

Where do shoppers meet before heading out to browse the stores?

Where do shoppers meet before heading out to browse the stores?

Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable.

A visual goldmine for designers of original print, weave and embellishment, Sourcing Ideas for Textile Design will help you generate new ideas, develop them methodically and finally create beautifully designed textiles.

Newcomers to the fashion industry often base costings on the sum of a style's fabric, trims and labor-and to that they simply add their markup.

Design your own original 2D patterns and use 3D prototyping to test your designs, achieve the perfect fit and make quick alterations.

The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British workers.

The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British workers.

Design, History and Time reflects on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts.

Design, History and Time reflects on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts.

A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre's most important, compelling and subversive writers.

A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre's most important, compelling and subversive writers.

Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization.

Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization.

The childlike character of ideal femininity has long been critiqued by feminists, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir.

The childlike character of ideal femininity has long been critiqued by feminists, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir.

The book is a comprehensive guide for students and practitioners who want to take a collaborative approach in their design practice.

The book is a comprehensive guide for students and practitioners who want to take a collaborative approach in their design practice.

This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked.

This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked.

Fashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality.

Fashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality.

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption.

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption.

Fashion is intimately tied to the material world.

Fashion is intimately tied to the material world.

The book builds an original argument for the department store as a significant site of design production, and therefore offers an alternative interpretation to the mainstream focus on consumption within retail history.

The book builds an original argument for the department store as a significant site of design production, and therefore offers an alternative interpretation to the mainstream focus on consumption within retail history.

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021

Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance.

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021

Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance.

Design and Agency brings together leading international design scholars and practitioners to address the concept of agency in relation to objects, organisations and people.

Design and Agency brings together leading international design scholars and practitioners to address the concept of agency in relation to objects, organisations and people.

Studies of millinery tend to focus on hats, rather than the extraordinarily skilled workers who create them.

Studies of millinery tend to focus on hats, rather than the extraordinarily skilled workers who create them.

In a world that is obsessed with luxury, critical luxury studies is a rapidly emerging field.

In a world that is obsessed with luxury, critical luxury studies is a rapidly emerging field.

Fashion design is increasingly gaining attention as an important form of cultural expression.