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Beauty
in Architecture
Perspectives from Theory and Practice
Edited by Nele De Raedt & Maarten Delbeke
Pushing past its taboo status in architectural debates, this book brings together the views of architects, artists, critics, historians, and philosophers to explore how beauty can once more become an integral part of the discussion With essays reflecting on the concepts that should be part of such a conversation, it shows how talking about beauty can help us reflect on what it involves: values, communities, collectives and shared histories, environment, identity, and political or legal mechanisms and institutions A must read for designers and theorists alike, this volume allows readers to discover new ways of speaking on beauty in architecture
UK September 2025 US September 2025 240 pages 39 color illus
HB 9781350477278 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350477292 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350477285 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Site-Reliant Immersive Experiences
Sensing Affective Spaces in Art and Architecture
Liana Psarologaki
Fusing atmosphere, sense, and experience,
Site-Reliant Immersive Experiences offers a new theoretical approach to immersive spaces in art and architectural contexts Broadening the conversation beyond the current horizon of VR and AR technologies and phenomenological accounts, it views ‘immersion’ instead as a human, environmental, and contemplative state Case studies of contemporary practices such as Peter Zumthor, Mike Nelson, and Li Xiaodong serve to examine the role of art in spatial practice, bringing the discipline together with critical theory, affect theory, neuroscience, and new aesthetics The result is an innovative framework for understanding immersive experiences within the realm of critical spatial practice
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 192 pages • 19 bw illus
HB 9781350466715 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350466739 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350466722 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
PAGON
Scandinavian Avant-Garde Architecture 1945-1956
Espen Johnsen, University of Oslo, Norway
This book tells the story of PAGON (Progressive Architects Group Oslo Norway) for the first time, offering a definitive account of the group’s projects, buildings, and approach Despite its individual members achieving international recognition, PAGON has been overlooked in the history of modern architecture This book demonstrates how PAGON’s architecture constitutes a unique continuity between late 1930s Scandinavian functionalism and the modern movement in the US, and an important transitional stage before the emergence of the better-known neo-avant-garde groups within CIAM and Team 10
UK August 2025 US August 2025 312 pages 75 bw & 33 color illus
PB 9781350352889 £24 99 / $34 95
Previously published in HB 9781350067981
ePub 9781350068001 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350067998 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Design Portfolios
Presentation and Marketing for Interior Designers
Diane Bender, Arizona State University, USA
Design Portfolios: Presentation and Marketing for Interior Designers, Fourth Edition is a crucial resource for students of interior design, architecture, and landscape design looking to master the art of standing out in an evolving job market It gives readers insight into aspects of portfolio development that often feel ambiguous. Reflecting contemporary portfolio practices, the book spans the basics of selecting and organizing portfolio materials through the final presentation of the work using a variety of print and digital formats Readers will learn how to create a collection of design work and a unique marketing tool for a successful design career
UK September 2025 • US August 2025 • 280 pages • 264 colour illus
PB 9798765103647 • £69 99 / $94 95
ePub 9798765103661 • £68 65 / $85 45
ePdf 9798765103654 £68 65 / $68 65
Fairchild Books
Space Planning for Commercial Office Interiors
Mary Lou Bakker Space Planning for Commercial Office Interiors, Third Edition, provides a thorough and engaging look at the entire process of space planning, from meeting the client for the first time to delivering a beautifully rendered and creative space plan that addresses all of the client's needs Covering issues such as circulation, spatial and square footage calculations, building codes, adaptation to exterior architecture, ceiling systems, barrier-free designs, and LEED requirements along the way, the text presents all of the key principles, processes, and tasks associated with laying out interior space to optimize the health, safety, and wellness of its occupants
UK July 2025 • US April 2025 • 456 pages • 320 bw illus
PB 9781501387876 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781501387852 • £87 01 / $108 00
ePdf 9781501387869 • £87 01 / $87 01
Fairchild Books
Humor in Global Contemporary Art
Edited by Mette Gieskes, Radboud University, The Netherlands & Gregory H. Williams, Boston University, USA
The first book to thoroughly examine the role of culturally specific humor in contemporary art from a global perspective, Humor in Global Contemporary Art pursues a new line of research in world art studies Featuring a range of contributions by scholars from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, North America, and Europe, the volume examines the degree to which the humor in art created in the past five decades is culture-bound, as well as the tensions that arise when humorous artworks that are made in a particular socio-cultural context are viewed in another environment
UK September 2025 US September 2025 352 pages 16 colour and 90 bw illus
PB 9781350415867 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350415829
ePub 9781350415843 • £85 50 / $116 09
ePdf 9781350415836 • £85 50 / $85 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Artist at Home
Studios, Practices and Identities
Edited by Imogen Racz, Independent Scholar, UK & Jill Journeaux, Coventry University, UK
This book explores the home as a distinct site of artistic practice Using examples from across Europe and the Anglophone world between the mid-20th century and the present, each chapter considers the different circumstances for working at home, the impact on the creative lives of the artists, their identities as artists and on the work itself, and how, sometimes, these were projected and promoted through photographs and the media The book comprises full-length chapters by artists, architects, art and design historians, interleaved with short interviews with artists to enrich and broaden the debates
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 272 pages • 35 bw illus
PB 9781350379053 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350379015
ePub 9781350379039 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350379022 • £81 00 / $81 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Cubism and Reality
Braque, Picasso, Gris
Christopher Green, Emeritus Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, UK
Lavishly illustrated and filled with rich new insights that are the product of decades’ worth of research, Cubism and Reality challenges the commonlyheld view of Cubism as a retreat from reality into abstraction, arguing instead that Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris wanted to find ways of intensifying and expanding painting’s capacity to give viewers more, not less, of their lived experience of the world It explores how Cubist artworks ask us to reflect on visual art’s relationship to everyday visual experience, tackling a fundamental issue that has preoccupied artists and critics for over a century: the survival of hand-made representational artworks in the epoch of photography, film and, in the present age, digital reproduction
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 288 pages • 104 colour illus
PB 9781350453531 • £28 99 / $39 95 • HB 9781350453524 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350453555 • £26 09 / $36 44
ePdf 9781350453548 • £26 09 / $26 09
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Pain and Politics in Postwar Feminist Art
Activism in the Work of Nancy Spero Rachel Warriner, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK
Offering a new reading of the relationship between affect and politics in visual art circa 1970, this is the first book to examine how emotional metaphors were politicised in the anti-Vietnam war and feminist New York art world With special emphasis on the work of Nancy Spero (19262009), this volume presents it as exemplary of an activist turn to emotion, suggesting that Spero’s work acts as a compelling case study of a practice that—for ideological purposes—seeks to represent how politics feels
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 256 pages • 8 colour & 46 bw illus
PB 9781350286542 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781788312608
ePub 9781786725950 • £87 01 / $108 00
ePdf 9781786735997 £87 01 / $87 01
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Women Art Dealers
Creating Markets for Modern Art, 1940–1990
Edited by Véronique Chagnon-Burke, Women Art Dealers Digital Archives (co-founder), USA & Caterina Toschi
Women Art Dealers brings together fascinating case studies about the women who ran galleries from the end of World War II until 1990 The chapters tell the stories of female dealers who anticipated the current global model by working to promote art across continents and develop an international art market From the gallerists who contributed to neoAvant-Garde research to the dealers that advanced contemporary art by establishing such artistic genres as video art, this book charts the activities of professional women, analyses their role in shaping the modern art market as we know it, and highlights research on underrepresented regions
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 336 pages • 86 bw illus
PB 9781350292420 • £24 99 / $34 95
Previously published in HB 9781350292451
ePub 9781350292444 £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350292437 £81 00 / $81 00
Series: Contextualizing Art Markets Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Becoming Leonor Fini
Theatrical Self-Performances between Art and Life
Andrea Kollnitz, Stockholm University, Sweden
The self-fashioning and dressing-up practices of surrealist artist Leonor Fini were crucial not only to her art production, but also to her identity as a woman and an artist; yet until now these practices have been overlooked Andrea Kollnitz explores the artist’s creative development – from painted artworks to her self-creation through costumes, masks and fashion – in photographs by some of the 20th century’s most prominent photographers In contrast to Fini's representation in the celebrity press, this book showcases the artist's self-fashioning as a tool of empowerment as well as an intrinsic part of her art production
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 336 pages • 100 colour illus
HB 9781350212589 • £95 00 / $130 00
ePub 9781350212619 • £85 50 / $116 09
ePdf 9781350212602 • £85 50 / $85 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Frank O’Hara and MoMA
New York Poet, Global Curator
Matthew Holman
This is the first book to closely examine the curatorial work that the celebrated poet Frank O’Hara undertook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, from 1950 to his death in 1966 It traces O’Hara’s distinguished curatorial career at home and abroad, situating his work for MoMA’s International Program within the Cold War politics of the day Bringing together readings of O’Hara’s poems and letters with a selection of illustrations, it is perfect reading for anyone interested in American art in the mid-20th century, curatorial and museum studies
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 256 pages • 28 bw illus
PB 9781350398634 £17 99 / $24 95 HB 9781350398597 £55 00 / $75 00
ePub 9781350398610 £16 19 / $22 94
ePdf 9781350398603 £16 19 / $16 19
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Transnational Surrealism
Abigail Susik, Willamette University, USA & Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Norwich University of the Arts, UK
Duchamp Accelerated Contemporary Perspectives
Edited by Julian Jason Haladyn
Written in the specific context of the 21st century, this bold new book pushes our understanding of Marcel Duchamp beyond the limits of existing criticism Individual chapters present innovative ideas and use novel approaches to accelerate the histories, dialogues, visions and materialisms that define Duchamp's practice. By relating his art to a multitude of disciplinary and cultural perspectives, Duchamp Accelerated: Contemporary Perspectives not only sheds light on the cultural and political histories of his artistry, but shows how his work informs developments in the worlds of art and material culture even today
UK July 2025 US July 2025 232 pages 82 bw illus
PB 9781350300415 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350300408
ePub 9781350300439 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350300422 • £81 00 / $81 00
Series: Transnational Surrealism • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Surrealism and Animation
Transnational Connections, 1920-Present
Edited by Abigail Susik, Willamette University, USA
The first book devoted to surrealism’s vivid engagement with the history, theory, and medium of animation on a transnational basis Featuring seventeen essays by leading and emerging scholars, as well as interviews with contemporary artists Penny Slinger and Jacolby Satterwhite, this collection investigates a shimmering range of topics on animated surrealism, including black humor, queer subjectivities, ecofeminism, Afrosurrealism, and more
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 384 pages • 104 colour illus
HB 9781350475915 • £95 00 / $130 00
ePub 9781350475922 • £85 50 / $116 09
ePdf 9781350475939 • £85 50 / $85 50
Series: Transnational Surrealism • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Visual Cultures and German Contexts
Deborah Ascher Barnstone, University of Sydney, Australia & Thomas O. Haakenson, California College of the Arts, USA
Curating Transcultural Spaces
Perspectives on Postcolonial Conflicts in Museum Culture
Edited by Sarah Hegenbart, Technical University Munich, Germany
The first art historical English-language study of its kind, this book considers Germany's engagement with its colonial past and argues for the necessity of decolonial thinking when constructing museum spaces With the 'scandal' of the Humboldt Forum at it's core, the book highlights how the display of world cultures in national collections reveals an insensitivity towards non-Western cultures More widely, the book speaks to Germany's identity conflicts, bound up with its histories of colonialism, National-Socialism, the GDR, and reunification, as well as its current status as country shaped by immigration and multiculturalism
UK August 2025 US August 2025 280 pages 78 bw illus
PB 9781350227767 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350227729
ePub 9781350227743 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350227736 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Visual Cultures and German Contexts • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Herbert Bayer, Graphic Designer
From the Bauhaus to Berlin, 1921–1938
Patrick Rössler, Universität Erfurt, Germany
This biographical account follows Austrian-born Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer, a key figure of 20thcentury avant-garde graphic design, from the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany to his 1938 departure Examining unseen documents, letters and photographs from Bayer’s estate, Patrick Rössler uncovers the ordeal experienced by this ingenious artist; he details Bayer’s struggles for freedom of expression whilst dependent on an authoritarian state’s tolerance of his survival, as well as his eventual escape from Nazi Germany facilitated by a network of friends already established at the Bauhaus, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 336 pages • 32 colour and 100 bw illus
PB 9781350229716 • £24 99 / $34 95
Previously published in HB 9781350229679
ePub 9781350229693 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350229686 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Visual Cultures and German Contexts • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Otto Dix and the Memorialization of World War I in German Visual Culture, 1914-1936
Ann Murray
This book examines the confrontational war pictures of Otto Dix (1891–1969) and explores their role in shaping the memory of World War I in Germany during the years 1914-36 Offering substantial new research and presenting numerous primary sources to an English readership for the first time, the book examines Dix’s war pictures within the broader visual culture of war in order to assess how they functioned alternatively as cutting-edge modernist art and transgressive war commemoration
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 240 pages • 54 bw illus
PB 9781350354661 • £24 99 / $34 95
Previously published in HB 9781350354623
ePub 9781350354647 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350354630 • £81 00 / $81 00
Series: Visual Cultures and German Contexts • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Manifesta, Art, Society and Politics
Creating
a
New Europe through Contemporary Art
Erdem Çolak
This is the first monograph fully dedicated to critically investigating the political, economic, artistic, urban, and societal relationships of Manifesta – European Biennial of Contemporary Art, a European nomadic biennial initiated in the post-Cold War era Providing a comprehensive overview of the biennial, it also investigates the relationship between large-scale art exhibitions, culture-led regeneration, and urban transformation It is essential reading for students and researches of exhibition and curatorial studies, art history, and cultural studies
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 248 pages • 15 bw illus
PB 9781350375840 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350375802
ePub 9781350375826 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350375819 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Child Creativity and the Visual Arts: From Secessionist Vienna to Postwar America
Megan Brandow-Faller, City University of New York Kingsborough, USA
This book reveals the unrecognised influence of émigré art pedagogy on progressive art education, from their establishment in early-20th century Vienna through to their widespread adoption in postwar America Via three chapter length case-studies, combined with rich cultural and material analysis, we see how these teachings were received in postwar America through a focus on child-centered methods of ‘learning by doing’ in artistic practice, and as a means of nurturing creativity in childhood
UK August 2025 US August 2025 256 pages 70 colour illus
HB 9781350456792 £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350456815 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350456808 • £81 00 / $81 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Art in Orbit
Art Objects and Spaceflight
Barbara Brownie, Royal College of Art, London, UK
This book explores the contexts, questions, challenges and opportunities for creative exploration of form, materials, and the body, in space Presenting 9 original case studies from artwork shaped by the unique physical and psychological conditions of space, and informed by exclusive interviews with artists working in the field, it highlights collaborations between artists, engineers, and theorists that have recontextualized the perception and use of weighted materials and subject positions in art practice
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 240 pages • 54 bw illus
HB 9781350451735 £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350451759 £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350451742 £81 00 / $81 00
Series: Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Beyond the Feminine
The Politics of Skin Colour and Gender in Visual Culture
Ope Lori, University of the Arts London, UK How can current image makers challenge representations of race and gender in visual culture and produce alternate visions? At once delving into this question and offering a practical guide to subverting racial power relations and the politics of the ‘gaze’, Beyond the Feminine looks at the black and white female dichotomy It examines how light skinned black and white women are privileged over dark skinned black women in music videos, advertising, and even in classic paintings Focusing on race as implicit in constructions of gender, the works discussed deconstruct the links between race and gender to expose embedded power relations
UK July 2025 US July 2025 192 pages 12 bw illus
HB 9781350204843 £80 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350204867 £72 00 / $98 54
ePdf 9781350204850 • £72 00 / $72 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Politics of Global Craft
Edited by D Wood, Independent Scholar, Canada
As climate change, war, social injustice, gender and racial inequality, unchecked technology and exploitative capitalism remain urgent issues, the worldwide craft community has responded in notable ways In this follow-up to Craft is Political (Bloomsbury, 2021), D Wood and contributors demonstrate how global circumstances have given rise to additional craft scholarship that further interrogates the political agency of craft
UK September 2025 US September 2025 400 pages 60 bw illus
PB 9781350433199 • £26 99 / $36 95 • HB 9781350433205 • £80 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350433212 • £24 29 / $33 74
ePdf 9781350433229 • £24 29 / $24 29
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Design and Modernity in Asia
National Identity and Transnational Exchange 1945-1990
Edited by Yunah Lee, University of Brighton, UK & Megha Rajguru, University of Brighton, UK
This book critically examines designs for modern living in Asia between 1945 and 1990, focusing on the post-World War II and postcolonial years
Developed from extensive primary research and case studies, essays illuminate commonalities and particularities of the trajectories of Modernism and notions of modernity across Asia through design
Authors offer fresh perspectives on Modernism by examining exhibitions, architecture, interiors, printed ephemera, literary discourses, healthy living movements and transnational networks of modern designers They highlight the ways in which the production and discourses of modern design were underscored by economic advancement and modernization processes, and fuelled by aesthetic debates on modern design
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 256 pages • 50 bw illus
PB 9781350334151 £27 99 / $37 95
Previously published in HB 9781350091481
ePub 9781350091467 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350091474 • £81 00 / $81 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Design and Science
Edited by Leslie Atzmon, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Design and Science addresses the inter-relationship, in both historical and contemporary contexts, between design thinking and design processes and scientific and medical research methods. Contributors address the parallels between research methodologies in design and the sciences, conceptualisation of ways to resolve it, and then the implementation of a viable solution
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 360 pages • 120 bw illus
PB 9781350276925 • £27 99 / $37 95
Previously published in HB 9781350061927
ePub 9781350061934 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350061941 • £81 00 / $81 00
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Irish Lacemaking
Art, Industry and Cultural Practice
Molly-Claire Gillett, Concordia University, Canada
Following the career of the Irish lace designer Emily Anderson (1856-1948), this book charts a path through the many institutions, organizations, philanthropic initiatives and government bodies that supported, promoted and monitored the crafting and design of lace in late-19th- and early-20th- century Ireland This narrative highlights the craft’s development and cultural meaning in a pivotal time in Irish history It explores the interconnectedness of lace with deeply politicized, gendered and class-based discourses surrounding design, education, taste and industry, and traces female professionalization in craft in Ireland
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 304 pages • 64 colour illus
HB 9781350465510 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350465534 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350465527 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Critical Craft Studies • 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 Drawing on ideas and approaches from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives, chapters explore the capabilities of digital design, place-making in other creative disciplines, the linguistic articulation of place and design’s potential to strengthen its engagement with place in the future
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages • 46 bw illus
HB 9781350329980 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350330009 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350329997 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Power of Maybes Machines, Uncertainty and Design Futures
Betti Marenko, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK
What if uncertainty isn’t a problem to solve, but a gift? This book reclaims hesitation, ambiguity, and not-knowing as powerful tools to resist the rigid control of digital systems and explores the radical idea that embracing uncertainty is essential in our age of planetary computation Blending philosophy, design, and critical tech studies, Marenko challenges dystopian fears and utopian hopes about technology, and champions new ways of being
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9781350377271 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350377295 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350377288 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Beyond the Modern • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Empathic Service Design
Challenges in design, analysis and services
Edited by Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen & Titta Jylkäs
Through case studies from across the globe, this book helps designers understand how forwardlooking service prototyping, analysis and tools can promote and create empathic, emotion-oriented and relevant services Case studies include mapping of children's services, wearable technologies for pandemics, understanding cultural sensitivity, emojis and chat bots, and AI used in care settings Addressing problems within service delivery like empathy fatigue, poor collaboration, and siloed work experiences that lead to poorlyfunctioning systems, the authors suggest concrete solutions for developing empathetic approaches and tools with consideration for the needs of participants The book critically examines the role of empathy, and explores how compassionate understanding of the end-user is key to success
UK August 2025 US August 2025 320 pages 120 B&W illus and plate section
PB 9781350510463 £28 99 / $39 95 HB 9781350476394 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350476417 £26 09 / $36 44
ePdf 9781350476400 • £26 09 / $26 09
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Fashion Fictions
Imagining Sustainable Worlds
Amy Twigger Holroyd, Nottingham Trent University, UK
This open access book presents a kaleidoscope of crowdsourced responses to an open-ended prompt that asked participants to dream up a new fashion system, exploring the common themes and issues that arose in the myriad of responses received Bridging the gap between fiction and reality, this imaginative project brings something entirely new to the study of fashion and sustainability Each world differs immensely – in one, the fashion conscious use foliage to dress up for a night out while, in another, commercial trade in clothing is as unthinkable as trade in human organs. These imaginings are fleshed out by the book’s contributors, before being brought to life
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 272 pages • 110 colour illus
PB 9781350435636 • £21 99 / $29 95 • HB 9781350435629 • £65 00 / $90 00
ePub 9781350435643 • £00 00 / $00 00
ePdf 9781350435650 £00 00 / $00 00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Luxury and the Senses
Past, Present, and
Future
Edited by Yasmin K. Sekhon Dhillon & Jo Norman
Tracing the relationship between luxury and the senses, this book looks at the history of luxury as a sensual experience Bringing together leading international experts, it takes us from ancient Rome to modern California, exploring the importance of sensory triggers like scent, taste and texture to our experience of luxury With case studies which range from whisky drinking to perfume making, the book examines the influence of luxury brands, and new possibilities opened by technology Highlighting the emotional and sensuous aspects of creating and consuming luxury goods, this is essential reading for scholars of fashion, luxury studies, and brand management
UK July 2025 US July 2025 176 pages 10 color and 12 bw illus
HB 9781350064218 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350064232 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350064225 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Art of Parisian Chic
Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris
Justine De Young
The Art of Parisian Chic explores how modern women and modern artists in Impressionist Paris crafted their public images, manipulating expectations surrounding five fashionable types — the mistress, the young widow, the equestrienne, the shopgirl, and the Parisienne — to exploit and subvert stereotypes, many of which are still powerful today Looking at a rich array of visual sources, from portraits to modern-life paintings, photographs to fashion plates, the book reveals how women were seen, how they aspired to be seen, and how they navigated public life in Second Empire and Belle Époque Paris
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 336 pages • 150 colour illus
PB 9781350454743 • £28 99 / $39
ePub
ePdf 9781350454767 £26 09 / $26 09
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dress and Fashion Research
B. Eicher, The University of Minnesota, USA
Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico
Taínos to Beauty Queens
José Blanco F., Fashion Institute of Technology, USA & Raúl J. Vázquez-López, Independent researcher, USA
As the last Spanish-speaking colony, Puerto Rico presents a unique opportunity to study national identity and nation formation through dress and fashion Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico presents a combination of new material and previously published essays that discuss a variety of aspects related to different elements of visual culture in Puerto Rico—past and present Featuring a number of revealing case studies, Jose Blanco F and Raul Vazquez-Lopez shed light on national identity in Puerto Rico through analyzing littleexplored cultures of Latin American dress, fashion and costume
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 240 pages • 55 bw illus
HB 9781350341920 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350341944 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350341951 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Dress and Fashion Research Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dress and Identity in America
The Baby Boom Years 1946-1964
Daniel Delis Hill, Fashion Historian, UK
Dress and Identity in America 1946-1964 is an examination of the conservatism and materialism that swept across the country in the late 1940s through the 1950s—a backlash to the wartime tumult, privations, and social upheavals It looks at how American men sought to recapture a masculine identity from a generation earlier, that of the stoic patriarch, breadwinner, and dutiful father; and how American women were now expected to stay at home as housewives and mothers Through these examples it analyses the sociocultural and socio-political causes for changes in dress and identity over the period, and how the baby-boom generation came to reject these trends
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 288 pages • 114 bw illus
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Series: Dress and Fashion Research • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Fashion and Motherhood Image, Material, Identity
Edited by Laura Snelgrove, Independent Researcher, UK
Exploring the essential question of how motherhood and fashion interact, this collection interrogates their relationships to power, misogyny, temporality, longing and embodiment 18 essays examine representations on film, in popular print and literature; using images, narrative and material evidence from the past to excavate how mothers have been expected to hide, display, share and sacrifice their bodies An international range of scholars trace three centuries of how fashion and motherhood have operated as powerfully interdependent experiences and continue to determine how women are judged and corralled, yet also find meaning, connection and strength
UK August 2025 US August 2025 256 pages 25 bw illus
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Luxury Fashion and Media Communication
Between the Material
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Edited by Paula von Wachenfeldt, Stockholm University, Sweden & Magdalena Petersson McIntyre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Using image and film advertisements, interviews, social media and public and private archives, Luxury Fashion and Media Communication offers an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the value of the luxury object An international range of scholars explore the material and immaterial value and meaning of luxury, how it is materialized and how it is communicated between the luxury industry and the consumer Investigating French, Italian and Spanish luxury brands and their communication strategies on the global market, and including two chapters that focus specifically on the Chinese and American markets, the collection examines the ambiguity of the luxury commodity
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 208 pages • 9 bw illus
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Skilled Immigrants in the Textile and Fashion Industries
Stories from a Globe-Spanning
History
Edited by Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, New York City College of Technology, USA
Explores the involvement of immigrant communities in the textile and apparel industries, from the early modern to post-modern periods in Asia and the Islamic World, Europe, Africa, and the Americas Essays focus on the role of migration and immigrant labor's relation to trade, politics, and socioreligious circumstances prompting relocation By analyzing material, mythical, and technical aspects of textile and apparel production, contributors create a new narrative about textile- and apparel-making as a collective endeavor, requiring diversity of skill and methodology to thrive
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 272 pages • 16 color and 25 bw illus
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On the Job
A History of American Work Uniforms
Heather Akou, Indiana University, USA
Through a variety of archival documents, artefacts, illustrations, and references to primary and secondary literature, this book explores the changing styles, business practices, and lived experiences of the people who make, sell, and wear service-industry uniforms in the United States
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 304 pages • 111 bw illus
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Textiles on Film
Becky Peterson, University of New Mexico, USA
The imagined worlds of the cinematic mise-enscène are rich with textiles: fabrics drape over sets, serve as props, and develop mood and character as dress and décor A much-needed examination of the cultural and emotional impact of textiles as mediated through cinematic technology, Textiles on Film broadens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between fabric and film.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 208 pages • 28 bw illus
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Designing for Activewear
Heeju Terry Park, Cornell University
Designing for Activewear covers a variety of garments like swimwear, leggings, joggers, sports bras, crop tops, hoodies, cycling bodywear, and competition sports uniforms The authors provide foundational information, detailed patterns with easy-to-follow instruction, photographs, and video tutorials Industry case studies will offer opportunities for students to learn emerging issues directly from professionals who work in leading activewear companies By emphasizing human factors, consideration of performance, and comfort, this book will help students understand how to implement specific design approaches for activewear design and how to further improve the design with their creative solutions Printable electronic slopers are available with STUDIO access
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Patternmaking for Menswear
Classic to Contemporary - Studio Instant Access
Myoungok Kim, University of Cincinnati, USA & Injoo Kim, University of Cincinnati, USA
Filled with hundreds of two-color illustrations, this step-by-step book covers many different design elements and garment types including patternmaking techniques for both woven and knit fabrics The text begins with patternmaking principles including basic sloper development for slim-fit and classic garments and how to take measurements and fit the male form, and then moves to design details and design variations for woven and knit fabrics Finished pattern drafts and instructions for adding proper seam allowances to woven and knit patterns are also included With many fashionforward and classic patterns, this book is an indispensable resource for creating modern and professional menswear designs
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Marketing Fashion
A Cross-Cultural
Perspective - with STUDIO
Joseph H. Hancock II, Drexel University, USA, Penny Gill, Richard Petrizzi & Patricia Mink Rath
Marketing Fashion: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Second Edition presents marketing theories and practices as they specifically relate to apparel, home goods, and other design-driven products This includes topics such as: Research, Relationships and Branding, Products; Prices and Distribution; Sales, Promotion, and Communications; and Careers
A brand-new appendix on Careers helps students better identify potential jobs in the ever-evolving division of marketing This book explores in depth contemporary issues such as technology, social media, virtual reality, social responsibility and ethics, ecological production, and considers effective strategies for various economic climates
UK September 2025 US August 2025 528 pages 250 colour illus
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Patternmaking with Stretch Knit Fabrics with STUDIO
Julie Cole, Harper College and Mount Mary College, USA
Patternmaking with Stretch Knit Fabrics, Second Edition provides emerging fashion designers with comprehensive information on how to draft patterns for popular cut-and-sew stretch knit fabrics such as jersey and knits with spandex After covering the basics of knits and techniques for gauging stretch capacity, Julie Cole provides a clear and unique explanation of drafting slopers using hip and top foundations She then provides information on converting, drafting, grading, and reducing patterns for proper fit in four categories of stretch. The book proceeds to drafting slopers and patterns for tops, dresses, jackets, sweaters, cardigans, skirts, pants, lingerie, swimwear, and activewear
UK September 2025 US August 2025 480 pages 675 2-color illus, 130 bw illus, 30 color illus
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