RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: VISUAL ARTS

Draping for Apparel Design

Helen Joseph-Armstrong and Susan Ashdown Fully updated and revised, this edition incorporates current industry practices, adds diversity into apparel design, provides a comprehensive introduction for beginning patternmakers, and shares advanced techniques for further learning.

Mar 2022 • 1450 illus • 592 pages 280 x 215mm • 4th edition 9781501315206 • Fairchild Books

Patternmaking for Dress Design

9 Iconic Styles from Empire to Cheongsam Pamela Vanderlinde Detailed patterns and step-by-step instructions guide fashion designers through creating 9 iconic dresses, with background on each garment's historical significance and examples of how they're reinvented in contemporary collections.

Sep 2021 • 650 colour illus 256 pages • 270 x 210mm 9781350094673 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Color Theory

A Critical Introduction Aaron Fine A critical and historical introduction to theories of colour, explaining the cultural context in which ideas about colour have developed, from antiquity to the present day.

Sep 2021 • 162 colour and mono illus 376 pages • 246 x 189mm 9781350027305 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Fat Fashion

The Thin Ideal and the Segregation of Plus-Size Bodies Paolo Volonté The first systematic study of fatness and thinness in the fashion industry, this book explores the reasons why fashion producers forgo the plus-size market in favour of the ideal of thinness.

Sep 2021 • 9 mono illus • 240 pages 234 x 156mm • 9781350126930 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads

Journeys between East and West, Past and Present Edited by Sarah E. Braddock Clarke and Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles.

Apr 2022 • 220 colour illus 368 pages • 276 x 219mm 9781350099333 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

The Color of Modernism

Paints, Pigments, and the Transformation of Modern Architecture in 1920s Germany Deborah Ascher Barnstone Explodes the myth that early modernist architecture was white by offering a riot of colour in modern architectural treatises, polemics, and buildings.

Feb 2022 • 41 colour and 69 mono illus 256 pages • 234 x 156mm 9781350251335 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Sustainable Building Systems and Construction for Designers

Lisa M. Tucker Takes a holistic approach, from the structural (site consideration and foundations) to the experiential (indoor air, acoustics, and safety), making a clear case for interior design professionals to understand their moral responsibilities to people and the environment, and to follow sustainable building practices.

Jan 2022 • 400 mono illus • 384 pages 280 x 215mm • 3rd edition 9781501364778 • Fairchild Books

25 Concepts in Modern Architecture

A Guide for Visual Thinkers Stephanie Travis and Catherine Anderson Designed to appeal to visual thinkers, 25 Concepts in Modern Architecture explores the fundamental ideas behind architectural design, through easyto-follow sketches, drawings and succinct explanations.

Sep 2021 • 341 colour illus • 216 pages 230 x 200mm • 9781350055605 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

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