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COLLECTIONS
UK January 2026 • US January 2026
208 Pages • 7 bw
PB 9780761874898 • £18 99 / $25 95
ePDF 9780761880431 • £17 09 / $23 35
ePub 9780761879039 • £17 09 / $23 35
Hamilton Books
Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs
The Conversation of Cities
Richard Keeley
In conversation with the great works of author, theorist, and activist Jane Jacobs, this study investigates her thoughts on cities, nations, and economies for today’s urban challenges
With the publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) changed the way urban planners, architects, politicians, and ordinary citizens the world over understood the city and its challenges Less attention has been paid to her subsequent works on cities and economies; Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs seeks to remedy that neglect With careful attention to context, Richard Keeley explores Jacobs s understanding of streets and neighborhoods in cities great and small and her vision of the city as an organism extended through generations He examines Jacobs's theories on the dynamics of economic development, the ethics of the workplace, and the difficulties of ethical business practice He concludes with a reflection in Jacobsian terms on the need for a politics of place spanning generations
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UK January 2026 • US January 2026
248 Pages • 39 bw illus
HB 9781350325340 • £85 00 / $115 00
PB 9781350325388 • £24 99 / $34 95
ePDF 9781350325357 • £76 50 / $103 50
ePub 9781350325364 • £76 50 / $103 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Rupturing Architecture
Spatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Violence in Iraq, 2003–2023
Sana Murrani, University of Plymouth, UK
This is the first book to critically and visually explore the spatial practices of refuge in response to conditions of war, violence, and displacement experienced in Iraq from 2003 to 2023.
Written by an Iraqi architect who has lived through the trauma of several wars, 10 years of UN-imposed sanctions, an invasion, and the subsequent violence, this book captures a broad spectrum of spatial responses to trauma and presents a fresh perspective on how ordinary Iraqis create refuge across the spaces of the home, the urban environment, and border geographies
In the face of spatial wounding and the many injustices suffered by the Iraqi people, there has also been a wealth of refugemaking practices that showcase their creative and imaginative design and adaptability to change and trauma over time
Rupturing Architecture employs methods such as creative deep mapping, memory work, storytelling, interviews, and case studies of architectural responses to the geographies of war and violence At the core of the book are the lived and felt experiences of fifteen Iraqis from across Iraq, whose resilience underscores a broader narrative of spatial justice and feminist spatial practices The book articulates the dual nature of rupturing as both a sign of trauma and a powerful act of resistance, examining how these forces shape domesticity, urbanity, and border spaces
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UK March 2026 • US March 2026
240 Pages • 67 bw illus
HB 9781350345362 • £85 00 / $115 00
PB 9781350345409 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350345379 • £76 50 / $103 50
ePub 9781350345386 • £76 50 / $103 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Architecture, Media, Archives
The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project Ana Bonet Miró
Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his drawings The critical role that Littlewood played, however, remains largely unrecognized by architectural scholarship, and a whole area of the project’s cultural agenda remains overlooked
Architecture, Media, Archives is the first serious study of the complex relations between Littlewood and Price, reframing the Fun Palace as an extended media project and positioning Littlewood more clearly as co-designer
Drawing on extensive archival material, the book considers how, due to a lack of institutional support, the aims of the Fun Palace – to transform the passive mass-audiences of post-war consumer society into active citizens, through forms of selfdirected, pleasure-led and open exchange – were realized through different ‘sites of information’ throughout the 1960s From broadsheets, pamphlets and journals to films and press news, the book addresses the conditions of production, circulation, storage and reception of these ‘sites’ and reveals how they not only recorded the transformation of the project, but also fundamentally enhanced and informed its meaning in specific ways
The book also raises important questions about the agency of the Fun Palace archive in shaping the reception of the project in the decades since its inception, presenting its analysis through a novel ‘Fun Palace Reception Index and Chart’, fundamentally altering our view of the project itself and transforming the way in which we understand the technological and cultural production of the 1960s
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UK March 2026 • US March 2026
232 Pages • 44 bw illus
HB 9781350454897 • £80 00 / $110 00
PB 9781350454934 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350454903 • £72 00 / $99 00
ePub 9781350454910 • £72 00 / $99 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Modern Architecture of Quito
Global, Local, and the In-Between
Edited by Christian Parreno,
San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador
Situated at the crossroads of the foreign and the vernacular, Quito the capital of Ecuador, with its world-famous yet understudied built environment stands as a testament to architectural in-betweenness This book interweaves history and theory to explore how near and far influences have shaped its unique character
Case studies present diverse and unexpected episodes in the architectural history of this city, spanning the intricacies of its topography, the design of modernist houses and the appropriation of the motel typology Together, they show how fluxes of different origins have created an architecture marked by diversity and interrelation To theoretically frame these investigations, this anthology readdresses the notions of the global and the local, examining their tension and unavoidable coexistence, while introducing the in-between as a phenomenon with many variations and embodiments, increasingly referenced in architectural thinking This book not only furthers the evolution of these concepts but also demonstrates their value as tools for analyzing the architectures of Latin America and the Global South more broadly
With contributions from both international experts and a new generation of Ecuadorian scholars, Modern Architecture of Quito is an indispensable resource for students and researchers investigating the development of architectural modernism in Latin America
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UK February 2026 US February 2026
144 Pages • 20 bw images
HB 9798765163047 £20 00 / $27 00
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ePub 9798765163054 £18 00 / $24 30
Bloomsbury Academic
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UK February 2026 • US February 2026
• 50 colour illus
216 Pages
PB 9781350433991
• £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350433953
• £85 00 / $115 00
ePDF 9781350433960 • £76 50 / $103 50
ePub 9781350433977 £76 50 / $103 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
COLLECTIONS
UK February 2026 • US February 2026
288 Pages 102 colour illus
PB 9781350505070 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350505049 £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9781350505056 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350505063 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
There's a Criminal Touch to Art
How Ulay Stole Hitler's Favorite Painting and Redefined Performance Art
Marina Abramovic, Abramovic LLC, Noah Charney, Art historian, author & Ulay
The definitive book on the theft of Hitler's favorite painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie and its importance to the history of art theft as well as the history of art On 12 December 1976, German conceptual artist Ulay stole Hitler ’s favorite painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin It was art theft as conceptual artwork he hung the painting on the wall of a workingclass immigrant family then phoned the museum to let them know where they could retrieve it This is among the most famous performance artworks in history, and Ulay’s most iconic artistic action This unique and groundbreaking book tells the complete story of this art theft as artwork from three perspectives and with three authors While Ulay passed away in 2020, he recorded his own first-person account of the action in conversation with art historian Noah Charney This direct account from Ulay will provide one part of the book The action was conceived and undertaken along with Ulay’s partner at the time, Marina Abramovic, who is among the most famous living artists in the world her account of the action will follow Ulay’s in this book Finally, Noah Charney will write about the action and placing it within the context of art history as well as the story of art theft The result is the definitive book on this fascinating incident's importance to both the history of art theft and the history of art
Invisible Ink
Feminism and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Art
Luise Guest, University of New South Wales, Australia
What does it mean to be a woman artist – or a feminist artist – in China today? Analyzing how Chinese women artists have reinvented traditional forms of ink and brush painting, Invisible Ink shows how the use of ink in their work becomes a tool of gender and art historical subversion in contemporary Chinese art
The book explores how the work of Bingyi, Ma Yanling, Tao Aimin, Xiao Lu and Xie Rong invoke contemporary manifestations of the traditional Chinese form of ink and brush painting to explore themes of the embodied, gendered experience of Chinese identity, including: motherhood and daughterhood; the exercise of state control over fertility in the implementation of the One Child Policy; and the experience of menopause in a society that prizes youth and beauty Each chapter examines one artist, analysing carefully selected key works and drawing on interviews with the artists themselves It positions the artists as intervening, not only in historically exclusive, elitist literati traditions, but also in contemporary art discourses in which their contributions have been similarly marginalised It explores the ambivalent views of the artists towards (Western) feminism and positions their work as counter-hegemonic expressions of a specifically Chinese experience of patriarchy
Clay Works
Earthen Sculpture in South Asia
Susan S Bean, Peabody Essex Museum, USA
Until recently, polychrome terracruda (air-dried clay) sculpture has been virtually absent from exhibitions and scholarship on South Asian art history This is beginning to change As early Indic texts and accounts published in the last few centuries attest, this malleable and dynamic medium has played a fundamental role in the region’s visual arts
This boundary-breaking book traces the longstanding interactions between clay, sculptors, and their clienteles; shaping and reshaping religious practices, social formations, and aesthetic values across the region The first chapter explores the history of terracruda as artistic medium; the following two chapters present long trajectories of practice in the Buddhist Himalayas and the Deccan; and the latter two chapters offer insight into terracruda sculpture’s role in cultural transformations the 18th and 19th-century artistic florescence in Bengal, and British colonial displays of terracruda figures at international exhibitions Employing an ecological approach that recognizes substances, things, and objects as players in the world, Clay Works celebrates the contributions of clay’s supple plasticity and ephemerality and brings a much-needed and timely perspective to South Asian art history
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Material Culture of Art and Design
UK January 2026 • US January 2026
296 Pages • 50 colour illus
PB 9781350507845 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350507838 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9781350507852 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350507869 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Material Culture of Art and Design
UK October 2026 • US January 2026
296 Pages • 33 colour and 45 bw illus
HB 9781350354845 • £90 00 / $120 00
PB 9781350354920 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350354852 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350354869 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Material Culture of Art and Design
UK January 2026 • US January 2026
240 Pages • 75 colour illus
HB 9781350372757 • £90 00 / $120 00
PB 9781350372788 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350372740 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350372764 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Australian Object Making Material Histories
Edited by Molly Duggins, National Art School, Australia, Mark De Vitis & Georgina Cole
This boundary-breaking volume examines an array of objects that, in various ways, complicate narrow definitions of art and Australian identity It shows how each object has informed and enriched contemporary Australian personal and political life in complex, often overlooked ways.
Featuring essays and object case studies by leading and emerging art historians, artists, curators, historians and anthropologists, The Australian Object offers a material intervention into Australian art and cultural histories by highlighting objects that expand definitions of art, nationhood and identity It employs an object-led approach that combines art history’s attentiveness to form and meaning with material culture’s concern for use, materials and patterns of movement, incorporating methodologies from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge systems, art-making, museology, postand de-colonialism, ecology, design and theology Focusing on the useful, mobile and multi-sensory aspects of objects, contributors follow their trajectories across cultures, times and places
The book is divided into five thematic sections: Living Objects, Collecting Objects, Migrating Objects, Monumental Objects and Immaterial Objects Furniture, ceramics, photo-montage, signage and boardgames are newly examined as material agents shaping social, cultural, political and religious life in Australia and beyond
Ceramics in the Victorian Era
Meanings and Metaphors in Painting and Literature
Rachel Gotlieb
This book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic debates between 1840 and 1890 Largely ignored in recent scholarship, Ceramics in the Victorian Era: Meanings and Metaphors in Painting and Literature argues that the signification of a pot, a jug, or a tableware pattern can be more fully discerned in written and painted representations
Across five case studies, the book explores a rhetoric and set of conventions that developed within the representation of ceramics, emerging in the late-18th century, and continuing in the Victorian period Each case study begins with a textual passage exemplifying the outlined theme and closes with an object analysis to demonstrate how the fusing of text, image, and object are critical to attaining the period eye in order to better understand the metaphorical meanings of ceramics
Essential reading not only for ceramics scholars, but also those of material culture, the book mines the rich and diverse archive of Victorian painting and literature, from the avant-garde to the sentimental, from the well-known to the more obscure, to shed light on the at once complex and simple implications of ceramics’ agencies at this time
The Gallery at Cleveland House Displaying Art and Society in Late Georgian London
Anne Nellis Richter
In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the public A ticket to the gallery’s Wednesday afternoon openings was a sought-after prize, granting access to the collection and the house’s dazzling interior in the company of artists, celebrities, and Britain’s elite This book explores the gallery's interior through the lens of its abundant material culture, including paintings in gilded frames, furniture, silver oil lamps, flower arrangements, and the numerous printed catalogues and guidebooks that made the gallery visible to those who might never cross its threshold
Through detailed analysis of these objects and a wide range of other visual, material, textual and archival sources, the book presents the gallery at Cleveland House as a methodological case study on how the display of art in the 19th century was shaped by notions about public and private space, domesticity, and the role art galleries played in the formation of national culture
Combining historical, cultural and material analysis, the book will make essential reading for researchers in British art in the Regency period, museum studies, collecting studies, social history, and the histories of interior decoration and design in the 18th and 19th centuries
UK February 2026 US February 2026
272 Pages
HB 9798765151761 £80 00 / $110 00
PB 9798765151822 • £32 99 / $45 00
ePDF 9798765151921 £29 69 / $40 50
ePub 9798765151914 • £29 69 / $40 50 Bloomsbury Academic
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UK February 2026 • US February 2026
264 Pages • 4 b&w photos
PB 9781666964967 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781666964943 • £95 00 / $130 00
ePDF 9798216262039 • £85 50 / $117 00
ePub 9781978760370 £85 50 / $117 00
Bloomsbury Academic
What Art Is Now
Creativity in the Age of AI
Michael E Jones, University of Massachusetts, USA & Michael Caballes, Freelance photography
What Art is Now: Creativity in the Age of AI explores one of the most urgent questions of our time: What happens to human creativity when machines can generate music, paintings, poetry, and design? This thought-provoking book examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we define, create, and experience art Blending philosophy, law, neuroscience, and cultural history, the authors investigate how AI challenges traditional notions of authorship, originality, and artistic value Written for a broad audience from artists and educators to tech developers and curious thinkers What Art is Now invites readers into a conversation that spans centuries of creative thought and confronts the promises and perils of machine-made imagination Can AI be truly creative, or is it only mimicking the human mind? Will artists be replaced, or will they find new ways to collaborate with algorithms? And what rights do humans have over works produced in partnership with machines? Timely, accessible, and deeply interdisciplinary, this book offers a roadmap for understanding the rapidly shifting terrain of art and technology At stake is more than just the future of the arts it’s how we understand ourselves as creative beings in a world where intelligence is no longer uniquely human
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Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design
UK March 2026 • US March 2026
232 Pages • 36 bw illus
HB 9781350419421 • £90 00 / $120 00
PB 9781350419469 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350419438 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350419445 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Warburg, Kandinsky, and Shestov on Renewal of Art and Humanity
Artistic, Philosophical, and Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Marina G Ogden, University of Glasgow
This book explores the meanings of the concept of renewal in the work of the three twentieth-century innovators of European culture
Aby Warburg’s, Wassily Kandinsky’s, and Lev Shestov’s rethinking of the meanings of art and culture transcended temporal and disciplinary boundaries, which led to the reframing of the traditional bonds between pictorial reality and different forms of art Drawing on intercultural and interdisciplinary perspectives, Marina G Ogden brings the pioneering thoughts of the three twentieth-century innovators of European culture together Making a compelling case for affirming the concept of renewal as the foremost idea galvanizing cultural advancement in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century as well as for its continued contemporary relevance, Ogden argues that the work of Warburg, Kandinsky and Shestov redefined the relationship between expression and perception, perception and memory, artist and artwork, and between artistic expression and form By engaging Sigmund Freud’s, William James,’ John Ruskin’s, Karl Jaspers,’ Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s and other thinkers insights into philosophy, art and the nature of creativity with those of Warburg, Kandinsky and Shestov, the exploratory perusal of the concept of renewal evokes interconnections between artistic, philosophical, and psychoanalytic viewpoints
Viral Behaviors
Viruses and Viral Phenomena across Science, Technology, and the Arts
Roberta Buiani, University of Toronto, Canada
In a new era of global virology that requires novel methodologies to improve the comprehension of viruses and viral phenomena, Viral Behaviors explores the cultural, material, and artistic significance of viral agents
Across a rich variety of case studies stemming from different areas of interest covering literature, the graphic arts and scientific visualization, as well as performance, installation and bioart this book asks whether embracing the complexity of viruses, rather than obsessively measuring, dissecting, or precisely mapping their parts and manifestations, may provide new methodological directions in the intersection of scientific thinking and artistic practice
The book examines the struggles and successes of science and technology to tame the elusive nature and behavior of viruses, and the potential of art-based and cross-disciplinary collaborations to better communicate their complex making and intense entanglement with the world at large Combining perspectives from art, philosophy, science and technology, it places biological and informational viruses alongside each other, revealing that, while the two types of agents affect the world in very different ways, their histories and manifestations contain surprising similarities that speak to a cultural continuum
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Visual Cultures and German Contexts
UK March 2026 • US March 2026
288 Pages • 73 bw illus
PB 9781350540170 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350540163 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9781350540200 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350540194 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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UK
HB 9798881804244 • £73 00 / $95 00
ePub 9798881804268 • £65 70 / $85 50 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Erotic Art in Modern Germany
Visual Cultures of Sex, 1871-1945
Edited by Camilla Smith, University of
Birmingham, UK & Ty Vanover, Dickinson College, USA
In what ways can erotica chart the story of a nation in transition? What can it reveal about the discontinuities and uncomfortable parallels between the periods of political and economic turmoil that characterize modern German history?
The rapid modernization of the German Empire in 1871 led to large-scale transformations in the cultural, social, and political spheres Exploring a rich diversity of erotic visual art from paintings and photographs, to postcard and graphic folios this volume reveals the impact of these changes on the erotic interests of the nation
Exploring various forms of artistic production, reception, and circulation, Erotic Art in Modern Germany argues for the cultural value of erotica in modern Germany It presents work by both highly regarded and lesser-known artists and explores themes such as legal cultures and the impact of censorship, sexuality and sexual reform, and changing political frameworks, from imperialism to fascism With its holistic, cross-disciplinary approach drawing from the fields of anthropology, film theory, Marxism, feminism, and trans- and queer theories the book complicates simplistic understandings of ‘modern’ erotica and powerfully underlines its enduring significance as a site of dissent and experimentation
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
The Woman Who Sculpted Golden Boy, Thomas Edison, and Other Monuments
Patricia Hoerth Batchelder
Poor, motherless at 5, uneducated after elementary school, Mary Evelyn Beatrice Longman made the presumptuous and ludicrous claim in 1893, at age 19, that she could create monumental public sculptures And, despite the fact that this was a field dominated by men, she did: the Genius of Electricity atop the AT&T tower in New York City; ornamentation of Lincoln speeches inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D C ; Thomas Edison in the Deutsches Museum, Munich, and the Naval Research Lab, Washington D C ; chapel doors at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md , and Wellesley College in Massachusetts; the William Boyd Allison Memorial on the grounds of the Iowa State Capitol, plus other monumental pieces and more than 100 portraits She was the first woman sculptor to become a full member of the National Academy of Design
The story of Evelyn Beatrice Longman's success embodies themes of recognizing our deepest desire in life and finding a way to live it This book tells the story of how this uneducated, impoverished young woman created beauty in such a big way; how she moved into a milieu so different from her childhood, and succeeded in a field of art that was overwhelmingly dominated by men It is an account of sacrifice and triumph amid changing times as well as the timeless human challenge of negotiating life with integrity
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Contextualizing Art Markets
UK February 2026
• US February 2026
312 Pages 50 colour illus
PB 9781350382343 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350382305 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9781350382312 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350382329 • £81 00 / $108 00
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The Valentine Gallery
The Forgotten Story of Valentine Dudensing, Matisse, Picasso, and the US Market for Modern Art (1926–1947)
Julia May Boddewyn, Independent, USA
This is the first book to examine the key role played by New York gallerist and dealer Valentine Dudensing (18921967) in shaping the canon of modern art in the United States
It reveals how Dudensing developed relationships with the country’s leading art collectors, establishing the market and bringing some of modernism’s most celebrated artists to American consciousness in the process Many of the paintings that he imported from Europe are now the cornerstones of US museum collections
Before the Museum of Modern Art opened in 1929, there were few places in New York to see contemporary art from Paris –the Valentine Gallery was one of them In the intimate and elegant rooms of the gallery's townhouse premises on 57th Street, the public witnessed the first solo US shows of Giorgio de Chirico and Joan Miró, the first retrospective of Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian's only lifetime solo exhibition In 1939, Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Guernica made its US debut there Despite its preeminent reputation as a leading centre for modern art for over two decades, the Valentine Gallery name has been lost to history Dudensing quietly closed the gallery in May 1947 and seemingly disappeared His death two decades later went unreported in the press
Drawing on a wealth of primary source materials, including the gallery's long-lost sales records, The Valentine Gallery unearths the story of this preeminent forum for modern art, revealing how a pioneering gallerist brought the School of Paris to eminence in the US, and ultimately changed the country's artistic taste forever
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UK March 2026 • US March 2026
304 Pages • 64 colour & 78 bw illus
HB 9781350428539 • £90 00 / $120 00
PB 9781350428577 • £28 99 / $39 95
ePDF 9781350428546 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350428553 • £81 00 / $108 00
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Art and Identity in Spain, 1833–1956
The Orient Within Claudia Hopkins, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Richly illustrated, this is the first study in English to explore the longevity of Orientalist art in Spain over a period of 120 years.
It highlights how artists in Spain shaped perceptions of Al-Andalus (Iberia under Islam 711–1492) and northern Morocco, from Spain’s liberal revolution of the 1830s to the end of the Protectorate of Morocco in 1956 Combining art history with a cultural studies approach, Hopkins foregrounds the diverse issues that underpin Orientalist expression: reflections on history and the nation, cultural nationalism, gender and sexuality, aesthetics and art commerce, colonialism and racial thinking In the process, the book challenges over-familiar understandings of Western Orientalism
Beyond Fortuny and Sorolla, many unfamiliar artists and exhibitions are introduced, amongst them Villaamil, whose nostalgic landscapes evoked the loss of Andalusi culture; Bécquer, who celebrated Spanish-Moroccan peace-making through the lens of Velázquez; the Symbolist Rusiñol, whose images of the Alhambra are infused with melancholy; Morcillo, whose extraordinary camp images opened a new space for male subjectivity; Tapiró and Bertuchi, who dedicated their lives to Morocco, and the Moroccan Sarghini, who participated in the state-funded Painters of Africa exhibitions in Franco’s Madrid
UK February 2026 US April 2026
192 Pages • 42 colour illus
HB 9781350415720 £75 00 / $100 00
PB 9781350415713 • £23 99 / $32 95
ePDF 9781350415737 £21 59 / $29 65
ePub 9781350415744 • £21 59 / $29 65
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Critical Design in Context
History,
Theory and Practices
Matt Malpass
Critical Design in Context has become a key text in design literature offering a conceptual introduction to the methods and operation of Critical and Speculative Design practice, and explaining how critical design can work in practice through a range of contemporary examples.
Critical Design moves away from traditional approaches that limit design's role to the production of profitable objects, focusing instead on a practice that is interrogative, discursive and experimental Since its publication and continued dissemination there is a much more diverse and plural body of practice that can be presented and discussed in a context of Critical Speculative Design (CSD) beyond the scope and gaze of the industrial designer This second edition begins to address this plurality in practice and extends the examples presented It considers Interaction Design (UI, UX), Futures and anticipatory innovation and design examples from critical service design, fashion design and design led social innovation
The text focuses more on the relationship between critical / speculative design and design futures, experiential futures, and foresight It introduces plural ontological design and its world-building agency in address to complex matters of concern In this new edition, the author also draws upon the theoretical work of Deepa Butoliya, Daniela K Rosner and others who have moved the contextual discourse of critical design to consider more diverse accounts and interpretations of the practice
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UK January 2026 • US January 2026
344 Pages • 74 B&W illus
HB 9781350338074
• £80 00 / $110 00
PB 9781350338067 • £26 99 / $36 95
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ePub 9781350338081 £24 29 / $33 25
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Design
Beyond the Human
Transdisciplinary Conversations about the Planet
Edited by Elio Caccavale, Glasgow School of Art, UK & Gordon Hush, Glasgow School of Art, UK
How can design shine a light on humanity’s relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants, now and in the future
Design Beyond the Human is a collection of essays by international scholars, designers and engaged citizens traversing activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology Divided into three sections - We Are Not Alone, Design Beyond the Human, and Mediating Human–Non-Human Relations Through Design - the text generates conversations capable of thinking about life on planet Earth, challenging the Anglo-European anthropocentric conceptualisation of design that dominates practice, education, and academic discourse Each section is unique: charting the transdisciplinary cultural perspective that is required to comprehend our predicament, the critique of human-centred design and its interdependence with capitalism, and the nascent practices and projects that are attempting to reconcile humanity's possible relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants
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UK February 2026 • US February 2026
344 Pages 56 bw illus
PB 9781350330023 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350329980 £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9781350329997 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9781350330009 • £81 00 / $108 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Place and Parametricism
Critical, Archival and Digital Approaches to Contemporary Design
Edited by Mark Burry, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Gini Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia, Jeff Malpas, University of Tasmania, Australia, Stanislav Roudavski, University of Melbourne, Australia & Mark Taylor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Can qualitative ideas of place be adequately encompassed by the quantitative methods of digital and parametric design? This wide-ranging and multi-faceted book explores how designers and architects capture the deeper qualities of place though their practice It provides a rigorous exploration of the nature of place and its role in design in parallel with a detailed analysis of the nature of parametricism
Parametric design aims to encompass all design criteria and values relating to how a building might be experienced by using algorithmic processes and computational technology Drawing on ideas and approaches from diverse, disciplinary perspectives, essays in this book argue for greater attentiveness to place in contemporary design practice, and consider the potential of parametric techniques to enhance the engagement with place in design contexts Considering place beyond the designer ’s touch, chapters explore other creative disciplines such as literature, art and music, seeking commonalities across the realm of imaginative endeavour in the creation of a tangible sense of place, environment and experience Authors also discuss notions of atmosphere and interiority, and consider the potential to extend beyond the bounded internality of architectural spaces and examine interiority through ecological systems, identity and urbanism
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Queer Crafts
Material Practices and the Making of Identity
Daniel Fountain, University of Exeter, UK
Through a focused analysis of work made from textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass, this book explores how contemporary artists, designers, and practitioners identifying as LGBTQ+ use a range of craft materials and processes to explore their identity and queerness
Queer Crafts provides a nuanced and timely study of the dynamic intersection of queerness and craft, examining a wide range of media – textiles, ceramics, wood, paper, metal, and glass Daniel Fountain demonstrates how LGBTQ+ practitioners – including LJ Roberts, Paul Yore, Rose Schmits, Nicki Green, Hansel Tai, Affect Metals, Troy Montes-Michie, Antonius Tín-Bui, Raul De Lara, Nifemi Ogunro, Tim Tate, and Hamad Butt – use these materials as powerful vehicles for self-expression, community building, and social critique Reframing craft through a queer and trans theoretical lens, the book analyzes how these practitioners reclaim histories, rewrite narratives, disrupt hierarchies, and craft their own worlds A significant contribution to the field, Queer Crafts is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners across a range of disciplines
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design
Plural perspectives and a critical contemporary agenda
Edited by Lara Penin, Parsons School of Design, USA, Alison Prendiville, LCC, University of the Arts, UK & Daniela Sangiorgi, Lancaster University, UK
Drawing on a diverse array of service and design related thinkers and practitioners, this volume is a timely and critical review of the themes and intersecting disciplines that are questioning and opening up the field towards plural perspectives, showing its complexity, exposing its challenges and offering practical examples and directions
With the growing popularity of service design both in industry and academia, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design examines the discipline’s core principles to develop our understanding of the context, role and impact of this practice The editors bring together multiple voices from around the world to share experiences and perspectives on how service design interacts with global topics such as climate, social justice and racial issues, and looks at directions for the future
Organised into five distinct sections, chapters explore a variety of key topics within the world of service design, including Plural Service & Design Cosmologies, A Critical Agenda for Service Design, Contextualising Services, Systems and Change, Developing Service Design Practices and Approaches, and Building Futures
Tupaia, Captain Cook and the Voyage of the Endeavour A Material History
Edited by Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll, Central European University, Austria
Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook’s first ‘voyage of discovery’ (1768-1771) Contributors consider material collections brought back from the voyage, paying particular attention to Tupaia's drawings, maps, cloth and clothes, and the attending narratives that framed Britain’s engagement with Pacific peoples
Bringing together indigenous and Pacific-based artists, scholars, historians, theorists and tailors, this book presents a crosscultural conversation around the concepts of acquired and curated artefacts that traversed oceans and entwined cultures Each chapter draws attention to a particular material, object or process to reveal fresh insights on the voyage, the societies it brought together and the histories it transformed Authors also explore animal iconography, instruments and ethnomusicology, and performances and rituals
This work challenges colonial museum collections and celebrations of Cook’s voyages, using materials old and new to make connections between past and present, whilst reinforcing Tupaia’s agency as both a historical figure and a contemporary muse This book draws a picture of the diverse materials and people at the centre of cultural exchange
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How to Read a Wedding Dress
A Guide to Changing Bridal Fashion from the 18th to the 21st Century
Lydia Edwards, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Lavishly illustrated in full color, How to Read a Wedding Dress displays annotated images of historical garments that outline important features and highlight how styles have developed over time, offering a fascinating overview of changing bridal trends over three centuries
In this ideal companion to her bestselling guide, How to Read a Dress, Lydia Edwards offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of bridal wear around the world, from the Renaissance up to the modern day This guide explores prevalent trends and developments, including how the Victorian fashion for white silk (a break from the previous 18th-century tradition of the bride simply donning a ‘best’ dress) over the course of the 19th century developed into the now familiar and indeed ubiquitous cultural icon of the white wedding dress and veil Finally, she explores how today, brides worldwide are reimagining the past and incorporating ‘vintage’ style as an integral part of their big day and considers style choices influenced by gender identity fluidity and same-sex marriage
Equipping the reader with eclectic examples of bridal wear over the centuries, this is the ultimate guide to the wedding dress for students, researchers of fashion history, and anyone looking for inspiration for their big day
Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes
Eleanor Houghton, Historical costume consultant, writer and illustrator
Meet the real, thinking, feeling woman that was Charlotte Brontë, as told in this biography by the surviving witnesses to her life – the clothes that she once wore. These garments were present as she penned Jane Eyre, as she walked the cobbled streets of Haworth, and as she stood with her fiancé at the altar in the summer of 1854 Yet, until now, their testimonies had remained unheard
Renowned Brontë scholar and dress historian Eleanor Houghton’s innovative, richly illustrated biography, Charlotte Brontë’s Life Through Clothes, finally gives voice to the gowns, bonnets, shawls, corsets, parasols and boots that make up the novelist’s wardrobe Secrets are revealed in their very fibres Brontë’s steel busked corset tells the story of corporate espionage and forbidden love, whilst her striped, silk dress shows how she coped with the new-found pressures of fame When exposed to 21st century technology, a tiny sample of fabric from her ‘Thackeray Dress’ reveals important innovations of the Industrial Revolution going on around her and a black lace veil expresses how she dealt with repeated familial loss
These clothes, some of which still bear the imprint of her foot or the sweat from her pores, prove themselves to be more than mere celebrity curios Set alongside letters, portraits, her novels and the recollections of those who knew her well, Charlotte emerges as a woman altogether braver, more vulnerable, less isolated, less provincial, more fashion conscious than anyone ever expected Myths are shattered, preconceptions challenged, and the real Charlotte Brontë finally emerges
Dress, Dreams, and Desire
A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis
Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
What can psychoanalysis tell us about the power and allure of fashion? Valerie Steele, author of Dress, Dreams and Desire, was described by critic Suzy Menkes as “the Freud of fashion ” In this pathbreaking book, the first cultural history of fashion and psychoanalysis, Steele does not merely hold a mirror up to fashion’s surface, she looks into its soul
A renowned fashion historian, Steele draws on key psychoanalytic concepts about the body, sexuality, and the unconscious – from the dream theories of Freud and Jung to Lacan’s mirror stage and Anzieu’s skin ego – to interpret the work of designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli, Gianni Versace, and Alexander McQueen She explores how fashion is the lens through which we see ourselves – and how others see us Far from being superficial, fashion can be regarded as a “deep surface” that communicates our unconscious desires and anxieties, with none of us fully aware of what we are "saying" with the clothes we wear
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Capitalism’s Favorite Child
Global Fashion Business since 1850
Pierre-Yves Donzé, Osaka University, Japan & Ben Wubs, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Combining research methods from business and global history, Donzé and Wubs equip readers with a vital and expansive new analysis of the development of the global fashion industry from the mid-19th century to today
Ranging across Europe, the Americas and Asia over two centuries, Donzé and Wubs bring the work of manufacturers and designers together with trade associations, fashion forecasters and retailers to investigate the transformations of this truly global business New data and sources reveal unexpected threads and detail within even such well-trodden narratives as Chanel under the occupation, the Nylon revolution, and the retail strategy of United Colours of Benetton
What impact do the hidden histories of fabric trades such as cotton, wool and silk have on how we dress today? What continues to divide ‘high’ and ‘low’ fashion when low-cost production countries transition into high-income economies? How do technological changes from ‘fast fashion’ to e-commerce trace back to the industry’s beginnings – and what can we learn from this history about what the future might hold?
Featuring new work on unstudied areas from Swiss silk companies in East Asia to the influence of finance on modern fashion, this is the most global, long-term, and interconnected history of the industry to date
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Luxury Brand Management and Heritage Revival Case Studies from the Swiss Watch Industry
Pierre-Yves Donzé, Osaka University, Japan & Harry Guhl, Investor and businessman
Pierre-Yves Donzé and Harry Guhl analyze the strategies used to relaunch luxury brands, focusing on 11 case studies from the Swiss watch industry including Patek Philippe, Hublot and Breguet
This perceptive study reveals the role of heritage in successful luxury brand management, showcasing how it has been strategically employed to revive brands in three ways: relaunching vanished brands; recovery of declining brands; and leveraging heritage to launch completely new brands Tracking the history and growth of this influential market from its transformation into a luxury industry to the impact of the Apple Watch, the authors provide statistical overviews and explore topics such as the importance of heritage, the legal protection of trademarks and the success and failure of certain brand revivals
Bringing industry expertise as well as an academic perspective, the authors offer both a practical and critical insight into this lucrative global industry, making this book an invaluable tool for students and professionals interested in the strategies used to build, market and manage luxury brands
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Dress in Auschwitz
Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust
Sofia Pantouvaki, Aalto University, Finland
Exploring the experience of Auschwitz prisoners through the lens of dress and clothing, Dress in Auschwitz examines clothing's profound importance to the inmates' physical, psychological, and spiritual survival Drawing on a wide range of sources, including survivor memoirs, testimonies, personal interviews, surviving garments, and rare illustrations, Sofia Pantouvaki focuses on inmates’ sartorial activities and the intimate psychological relationships that developed between prisoners and their clothes In so doing, she highlights how clothing was vital in facilitating inmates’ daily lives, improving their chances of survival in the camp, and supporting the desire for personal expression in a dehumanizing environment
Holocaust survivors’ memoirs and interviews have increasingly evidenced that the infamous striped uniforms were not the standard clothing throughout the years of the Nazi concentration camp system As the war continued and shortages intensified, prisoners were often given a wide range of garments
Dress in Auschwitz allows us a glimpse of the persons’ individual - and sometimes very private - experiences of concentration camp life and suggests that the notion of ‘elegance’ operated as a social construct and a motivating force even in such punishing conditions
Feathers, Frills and Fancy Goods
The British millinery trade from the 17th to the 19th centuries Pam Inder, Independent Scholar, UK
Tracing its development from a trade devoted to selling small needlework articles, ribbons and trimmings to one chiefly concerned with making and selling hats and bonnets, Feathers, Frills and Fancy Goods is an examination of the millinery trade from the early 17th century to the Victorian period
The term ‘milliner ’ derives from milan-er – seller of goods from Milan Milliners sold ‘small wares’ – pins, needles, thread, tapes, ribbons, laces, soft leathers for belts and purses, gloves, hosiery and other decorative items which often, but not invariably, included caps and hats Feathers, Frills and Fancy Goods traces the history of the millinery trade from the late 16th century, when most milliners were men, to the 19th century, when an increasing number of women had moved into the industry, and the term ‘milliner ’ began to take on its contemporary meaning of ‘hat maker/seller ’
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished and primary sources, and illustrated with over 65 images, Feathers, Frills and Fancy Goods traces the evolution of this complex and under-researched trade and grants new insights into working class life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain
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Performance Costume in 18th-Century France
Louis-René Boquet Between Tradition and Reform
Petra Zeller Dotlacilová, Stockholm University, Sweden
Petra Zeller Dotlacilová's study examines the development of theatrical costumes in France during the long 18th century, including the abandonment of long-established traditions, the need to negotiate with the dictates of fashion, and the translation of new ideas into material practice
Using Louis-René Boquet (1717–1814) - the leading costume designer of the French court and the Paris Opera - as its lens, the book traces the development of costume reform from an aesthetics of propriety, defined by strict conventions, to an aesthetics of truthfulness, more open to ideas and inspiration from the visual arts and from real life
Full of rich primary source material in the form of newspaper articles, letters, plays, librettos, drawings and images of garments, and illustrated in full colour throughout, the author shows how playwrights, theatre managers, designers, tailors and performers all contributed to the changes in the design and conception of costume during the 18th century
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In American Fashion
Ruth Finley's Fashion Calendar
Natalie Nudell, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, USA
In American Fashion is the first scholarly analysis of the Fashion Calendar, the unique scheduling service and trade publication for the American fashion and creative industries between 1941 and 2014
Published by Ruth Finley for almost seven decades, the Calendar had an extensive impact on the development of the American fashion industry in the 20th century Unlike European fashion capitals, the American fashion industry relied on an independent small publisher to manage the schedule of an ever-growing industry In American Fashion shows how this independent position influenced the democratic approach reflected in the industry in the United States Finley’s unique contribution to the development of the time-system and culture of American fashion made her a key player during the ascendency of American fashion design
Natalie Nudell unveils the Fashion Calendar as a historical archive, and also looks at its development into an open-source digital humanities project Through historical analysis and the upcoming digitization of the Ruth Finley Collection, this study unpacks the history and impact of the publication and the women behind it
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Refashioning Bill Gibb for the 21st Century
Edited by Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK & Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen, UK
Discover the life and work of one of the most innovative designers of 20th-century British fashion, Bill Gibb, in this richly illustrated reappraisal of his work
Scottish-born Bill Gibb (1943–1988) was a fashion pioneer whose fantastical designs encapsulate the vibrancy of the 1970s British Vogue awarded him the title Designer of the Year in 1970, but despite his contemporary relevance and associations with fashion icons like Bianca Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor and Twiggy, his legacy remains largely unexplored
With a foreword by Dame Zandra Rhodes, this groundbreaking book redefines Gibb's contribution to fashion design, with insights from experts including Iain R Webb, N J Stevenson, Jeena Sharma, Marie McLoughlin, and Christine Rew There are also interviews with Gibb’s sisters, fashion designer Giles Deacon and Gibb’s long-time collaborator Kaffe Fassett to present a more personal perspective on his creative journey and attitudes to contemporary concerns like sustainability and cultural appropriation
Featuring over 100 colour illustrations including previously unpublished fashion drawings, patterns, and garments, this edited collection offers a unique perspective on Gibb's artistic vision and shows how 21st century designers can learn from his unique body of work
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Global Perspectives
Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries - with STUDIO
José Blanco F , Fashion Institute of Technology, USA
Global Perspectives: Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries frames the history of modern and contemporary dress and fashion in a global and diverse context, broadening the traditional dominance placed on European and American (“The West”) design by including examples from every continent Students will explore fashion as a global phenomenon through a series of relevant and connected case studies The text invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and points of view, explore their own location and identity, and develop critical thinking skills to interpret and analyze complex issues such as colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, and cultural appropriation and how this has affected the perception of modern and contemporary fashion history
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The New Latin American Fashion Reader
Edited by Regina A Root, William and Mary College, USA & Stephanie N Saunders
The New Latin American Fashion Reader invites readers to engage with key questions and in contemporary debates around decolonization, sustainability, and agency, in the context of Latin American fashion production and design
With its publication in 2005, The Latin American Fashion Reader established a more diverse and inclusive approach to fashion, bringing about explorations of historical foundations, altered cultural landscapes, and the potential to understand more fully consumption trends Since then, Latin American fashion’s presence on the international stage has grown amidst an urgent need for decolonization, increased representation and sustainability, at moments of political upheaval
Taking up the story where The Latin American Fashion Reader left off, this multi-authored book allows contributors from the Americas and beyond, many of whom have encountered challenges to their craft and work, to share experiences, ideas, and knowledge
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Marginal Fashion Publishing Tactics, Practices, Market Forces
Laura Gardner
Surveying the dynamic and collaborative activity of marginal fashion publishers of the 1990s onwards for the first time, Laura Gardner explores artistic and critical publishing at the fringes of the commercial system and their impact on the discourse and practice of fashion
Putting these marginal practices at the centre of a discussion on fashion media, she explores their techniques, including makeshift production, parasitic economies, mirror forms, quasi-archives, pseudonymic writing, immaterial and fictional garments
With a focus on artists’ publishing and discourse on publishing in other creative fields, these projects and their radical approaches to production, content and dissemination, are examined in depth Drawing on interviews and reproductions, this book puts forward fashion’s history and active practice of experimental, performative and counter-cultural publishing, making the case that these projects - despite restrictions of scale, funding and geography - can critique, experiment with, and altogether reimagine the fashion system
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Plus-size Patternmaking for Womenswear
Inclusive Sizing, Pattern Drafting, and Fitting
Gabby Brown, Apparel Consultant and Technical Designer, Star Island XO, LLC & Leila Kelleher, Humber College/University of Guelph-Humber, Canada
An essential guide to patternmaking for plus-size fashion, and the specialized skills, shapes, and techniques required to achieve a great fit and make beautiful clothing that truly understands plus-size bodies.
Featuring all the major block types for contemporary apparel – from fitted bodices to T-shirts, sleeve variations to swimwear – and packed with clear illustrations and step-by-step guidance, Brown and Kelleher guide you through: drafting a complete set of plus-size blocks suitable for use with models and clients; industry plus-size fit forms; adapting existing designs for plus sizes and practical skills for respectful measuring, fitting, and working with larger bodies Covering every step of the patterndrafting process, from developing a size chart, to considering mobility and wearing ease, to adapting smaller dress forms for use with plus-sizes, this book is an essential textbook for all modern fashion and apparel students
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19th-Century Patterns for the Modern Body
A Step-by-Step Guide
M Elaine MacKay, Independent Researcher
Whether you’re adapting a Regency, American Civil War, Victorian or early Belle Époque pattern, costume designer and historian M Elaine MacKay guides you through creating a historically accurate garment perfectly fitted for the modern wearer
Illustrated with clear diagrams of bodice, skirt, and sleeve blocks, this step-by-step guide demonstrates how to alter modern pattern blocks to achieve authentic period designs for various modern body shapes With techniques that can be easily transferred to any garment, each chapter details the techniques distinctive to each decade – from dramatic changes in the use of panels and bias, through the crinolines and bustles of the 1850s and 1870s, to the gored skirts and swept hems of the elegant 1890s
You'll also find examples of finished mock-up garments created using the book’s techniques, historical context on the society in which each dress might have been worn, and an accompanying online resource providing basic pattern blocks to download and adapt
The Great Fashion Designers
From Chanel to Galliano, the names that made fashion history
Brenda Polan, formerly of the University of the Arts London, UK & Roger Tredre, University of the Arts London, UK
Over the course of the last 180 years, designers have transformed fashion from an elite craft into a cornerstone of global popular culture
This brilliantly written classic guide to the lives and collections of 59 iconic fashion designers was first published in 2009 and is now available in this fully revised and expanded third edition It draws on the latest academic research and the best of fashion journalism, including the authors’ own interviews with designers Beginning with Charles Frederick Worth and concluding with the star names of the twenty-first century, the book details each designer's working methods and career highlights with engaging essays that capture the spirit of their times
This new edition widens its remit to explore designers making waves beyond the Western world It features six new designer profiles: Virgil Abloh, Iris van Herpen, Japan’s Nigo, China’s Uma Wang, India’s Sabyasachi and Nigeria’s Shade ThomasFahm The text has also been updated throughout to reflect growing concern within the fashion world over sustainability issues, and to document a business in constant ferment
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Queering Masculinities in Antwerp Fashion Menswear, Bodies and Sexuality
Nicola Brajato, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Drawing new lines between the creative practices of influential Antwerp designers from the 1980s to the 2020s, this vibrant study dissects how menswear, male bodies, and male sexuality have been radically queered through the lens of a crucial epicentre of avant-garde fashion
Retracing and updating historical narratives of the Antwerp fashion scene, Queering Masculinities in Antwerp Fashion expands the focus from the ‘Antwerp Six’ to a new generation of radical designers From Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk Bikkembergs to Raf Simons, Bernhard Willhelm, and Glenn Martens, these designers variously use disruptive fashion practices to move beyond gender binaries, affirm non-normative bodies, and embody queer sexual politics through coded and explicit sexual references Through archival material from Belgian and international fashion museums – from fashion show and campaign photographs to invitations and look-books – and interviews with key figures from the scene, Antwerp emerges as a major, vibrant context for questioning and queering masculinities through vanguardist fashion practice
Integrating rich case studies with key theoretical perspectives, Nicola Brajato offers a conceptual framework for engaging critically with cultural shifts in masculinities, men’s fashion, and identity
Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery
Ateliers of 'Social Integration'
Alessandra Lopez y Royo, Independent scholar
Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led ‘solidarity ateliers’ engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms
On encountering several ateliers solidaires/sartorie sociali during her immersive fieldwork, for which she travelled to Morocco and Southern Italy, and contrasting her findings with her knowledge of parallel and analogous initiatives in London, Alessandra Lopez y Royo suggests that despite their different outlook and approach these ateliers can be inscribed within an ever-growing economy of solidarity and sharing
With a uniquely combined focus on sustainability, fashion and migration, Lopez y Royo examines how the ateliers foreground a powerful social inclusion agenda, encouraging migrants (and refugees) to collaborate, exchange knowledge, and foster communities on a level playing field with locals
Lopez y Royo uses micro-studies to illuminate a broader path to a more inclusive, sustainable, and socially conscious industry, presenting a fresh perspective on repurposing and upcycling
The Rise of the Stylist Subculture, Style and the Fashion Image in London 1980–1990 Philip Clarke, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
The Rise of the Stylist examines the social factors that contributed to the stylist becoming a key role in fashion image-making The 1980s' stylist is presented as a cultural intermediary and auteur, as commercial compass and avantgarde innovator
Focusing on London from 1980 to 1990, Philip Clarke draws on oral history interviews with the young creatives who were involved in the specific subcultural scenes, educational environments and new modes of publishing that informed a unique moment in British cultural life By documenting the history of the stylist in fashion and dress, as well as their contribution to fields such as food photography and car manufacture, this study looks beyond the style press and bridges the gap between production and promotion
The Rise of the Stylist defines the specific nature of the stylist’s role in relation to that of other creative occupations and locates discussion of styling within the context of postmodern society, where political shifts, technological developments and changing attitudes in all fields of cultural production are reflected in the manufacture and dissemination of fashion
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UK January 2026 • US January 2026
296 Pages • 61 colour illus
HB 9781350105584 • £100 00 / $135 00
PB 9781350105577 • £32 99 / $44 95
ePDF 9781350105591 • £29 69 / $40 45
ePub 9781350105607 • £29 69 / $40 45
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Textile Product Performance
A Practical Guide for Designers and Buyers
Angela Davies, De Montfort University, UK
Discover the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles in the apparel industry Covering 80+ fibres and fabrics, Angela Davies explains how designers, technologists and buyers can effectively test and choose the most suitable textiles for their products
How do you ensure your winter gear will protect you from the cold and wet? Can you be sure a 'little black dress' won't look a little grey after two months? What fabric will endure playground tumbles, be soft on delicate skin, and still be affordable? Situating textile choice and testing within the wider industry, Textile Product Performance covers:
- testing methods to assess durability, aesthetics, comfort, health and safety for common materials and products - standard requirements and common international regulations
- helpful overviews of advanced textiles and testing methods, from sustainable textiles to medical materials
This practical guide also features 10 in-depth case studies with industry professionals including colouration experts, interior designers, and technologists from fashion brands like New Balance and River Island
Whether you’re a student, designer, or industry professional, Textile Product Performance is the essential resource to help you understand the fundamentals of textile selection and testing and apply these principles with confidence in your work
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UK January 2026 • US January 2026
224 Pages • 80 colour illus
PB 9781350423909 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350423862 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePDF 9781350423879 • £76 50 / $103 50
ePub 9781350423886 • £76 50 / $103 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Indigo and Resist Dyeing
Performance, Metaphor and Materiality in Contemporary Cloth Linda Brassington, independent artist and researcher, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Churchill Trust, UK
Contemporary textile artist and researcher Linda Brassington provides an unexpected and expansive critical perspective on the practices, meanings and heritage of a global textile technique
Drawing connections across disciplines from visual arts to anthropology, Brassington provides a distinctly different alternative approach to the historical, technical and ethnographic accounts available International case studies from traditional and contemporary artists, practitioners and performers take us through workshops, studios and dye rooms from England to Central Europe and Japan Steeped in this practical and contextual understanding of the process, Brassington probes the visual and sensory language of her practice, the cultural anthropology of its formation, and the metaphorical and personal resonances of its materials, techniques, rhythms, and performative gestures
At the heart of her study lies a bold redefinition of intangible cultural heritage, one that recognizes artistic techniques and processes as living expressions of cultural identity and artistry Moving beyond the transmission of skills and knowledge, her lyrical accounts reveal indigo and resist dyeing as a sensory space of lived experience alongside material, colour and cloth, and make this innovative study an essential read for scholars, students, and practitioners alike
UK
PB 9798765121580
ePDF 9798765121597 • £67 49 / $90 00
ePub 9798765121603 • £67 49 / $90 00
Fairchild Books
Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers with STUDIO
Diana Allison, University of the Incarnate Word
Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers, Third Edition, provides interior design students with a systematic method to calculate accurately, correctly, and on budget for everything from floor-to-ceiling materials With introductory, intermediate, and advanced level exercises this text teaches readers at all levels a logical process for calculating materials and estimating the costs of installed products based on their math calculations Utilizing step-by-step examples and worksheets, this text simplifies the math used in the interior design field Sample problems and exercises take the calculations of quantities needed and apply material and labor costs, to discover the installed costs of the specified products Covering wall and ceiling treatments, window treatments, soft fabrications, upholstery, flooring, and cabinetry and countertops, this book is applicable to both commercial and residential design projects
New to This Edition:
- Metric measurements included in all step-by-step examples, activity worksheets, tables, exercises, and exercise answers
- A solid understanding of referencing appropriate codes when working is specified, especially the commercial field
-A variety of interior design disciplines (such as commercial, office, healthcare, and hospitality) with examples incorporated throughout the text
-Addressing sustainable materials and how costs may vary according to materials selected, utilized, and installed
- New images, floorplans, and tables are included for accuracy and currency
UK December 2025 • US December 2025
288 Pages • 280 colour illus
PB 9798765111178 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePDF 9798765111185 • £81 00 / $108 00
ePub 9798765111192 • £81 00 / $108 00
Fairchild Books
Fabric for the Designed Interior With STUDIO
Frank Theodore Koe, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fabric for the Designed Interior, Third Edition, is a comprehensive text for students and professionals, addressing residential, commercial, and other interiors The book begins by placing fabric in a historic context, examining its connection to the growth of civilization Later chapters take a practical approach to provide readers with the tools they need for successfully specifying fabric, dealing with environmental and safety concerns, understanding fabric and carpet-care issues, working with bids and contracts, and learning strategies for navigating showrooms and fabricating facilities Leading designers, fabric manufacturers, and suppliers weigh in with their experiences, giving readers a clear idea of real-world expectations This new edition includes a new chapter on fabrics for transportation and leisure with the latest fabric technology
New to this Edition
New chapter on fabrics for transportation and leisure and fabric technology
Updates to include new interior codes
Designer ’s Field Guide feature boxes include exclusive interviews with professionals for industry insights
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UK January 2026 US November 2025
168 Pages • 220 colour images
HB 9781538186107
ePDF 9798881848934
ePub 9781538186114
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
£55 00 / $75 00
• £49 50 / $67 50
£49 50 / $67 50
The Art and Furniture of Tommy Simpson
Oscar P Fitzgerald
Tommy Simpson almost singlehandedly changed the direction of the Studio Furniture field
Trained as an artist at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Tommy exhibited at more than 250 museums and galleries over his prolific 60-year career Despite the influence of his work and his prodigious output, there is no comprehensive biography or catalog of his work In addition to furniture, he created paintings, sculptures, rug designs, domestic interiors, ceramics, jewelry, toys, even a stamp for the U S Post Office Culminating all these formats in this full-color book with over 200 photographs of Simpson’s work, this volume will appeal to students, artists, furniture makers, collectors, and anyone intrigued by the humor, enchantment, and pure joy of his work
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UK February 2026 • US January 2026
240 Pages • 49 bw illus
PB 9781350575585 • £28 99 / $39 95
HB 9781350575547 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePDF 9781350575554 • £76 50 / $103 50
ePub 9781350575561 £76 50 / $103 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Exhibition Matters
Contemporary Displays and Exhibition-Making Practices
Edited by Pamela Bianchi, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB), France & Wesley Meuris, Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Belgium
‘The artwork is no longer the integral part of the exhibition; to curate an exhibition is to curate an experience ’
Bridging the gap between curatorial practices and spatial display methods, this book considers the impact of exhibition design not only on the material structure of the exhibition but also on its narrative potential
Exhibition Matters an international collection of writings from academics and practitioners explores this relationship between materiality and narrative, considering the contradictions inherent in exhibition design as strengths rather than limitations of a hybrid discipline
Exploring various devices and approaches to spatial dramaturgy (including exhibiting nature and the more-than-human, the multi-disciplinarity of the design process, and pioneering decolonial narratives) alongside innovative ways of studying them, each chapter shows how to move beyond traditional boundaries of exhibition design and elevate the discipline to an art form in itself With case studies from Brazil to Italy, Turkey to the USA, this volume provides real-life examples and theoretical reflections on art, architecture and design
