Things

Author: Mark Haworth-Booth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
The medium of photography used the laws of chemistry and physics to create superbly detailed descriptions of the material world that surpassed all earlier graphic media. Objects were photography's earliest subject. This book draws from the photographs in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection, which were made by artists, scientists, reporters, advertising and editorial photographers, from the pioneers to the postmoderns. Things includes the work of ninety photographers from Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron to Edward Weston, Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Diane Arbus and that of a new generation on the cutting edge of recent technology. This book is a survey of how we view the physical world, and within the structure of the book is contained the history of photography itself.

The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Author: Sean Adams
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683350022
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
A guide to the cultural, historical, and social meanings of twenty-seven colors, plus examples of successful usage of each as well as options for palette variations. The Designer’s Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at twenty-seven colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian—whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer’s Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.

Color by Design

Author: Tim Travis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500480273
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date . . . but by color. The V&A Book of Color in Design is attractively simple: a celebration and exploration of color, as revealed through objects in the world-class collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Structured by color, it offers fascinating insights into the choices made by designers and makers from across the world and throughout history. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction that considers the history, symbolism, and use of an individual color. Objects—from items of jewelry, textiles, glassware, and ceramics to furniture and more—are reproduced in a visual selection that explores the varied hues of every color. However different objects within each section may be in their detail and meaning, they are united by their common color, revealing surprising connections between them. Throughout, narrative captions bring together disparate items from across the V&A’s collection to explore the universal significance of color in art and design. Beautifully designed, this highly visual, color-led survey of design and the applied arts is a compelling sourcebook with broad appeal for anyone interested or involved in all aspects of visual culture.

The V&A Sourcebook of Pattern & Ornament

Author: Amelia Calver
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500480729
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A richly illustrated sourcebook of two-dimensional pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation, for designers everywhere and anyone interested in visual culture. This richly illustrated, easy-to-navigate sourcebook of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation presents more than one thousand historic and contemporary examples from around the world, each one succinctly identified and explained. Arranged thematically, it is unique among pattern books, as it includes examples not only of surface pattern but also three-dimensional ornamentation and embellishment, from Japanese kimono and William Morris fabrics to Chinese porcelain and contemporary furniture. Creatives working today are as fascinated and inspired by pattern and ornament as they have always been and this expertly compiled selection will appeal to designers, artists, and illustrators from all disciplines as well as anyone interested in visual and material culture.

Spectrum (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500480826
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Now available in paperback, this visual analysis of the colors used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now provides inspiration for designers. This simply structured and highly original book analyzes the palettes used by designers in the creation of furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to the present day. The colors used in each pattern are presented in a simple proportional grid, giving a clear understanding of hues that have been expertly combined at different periods to create the designs we continue to admire and emulate. Spectrum opens with a brief introduction by interior design expert Ros Byam Shaw, exploring the history of color as used in interiors. Arranged chronologically, fabrics and wallpapers are reproduced on double-page spreads, accompanied by brief, narrative-style captions that provide details about their significance in the context of interior design. Unique in such a book are the color grids shown beside each pattern, including CMYK references that allow designers to replicate these colors in their own work.

A Grand Design

Author: Malcolm Baker
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9781851773084
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
'A Grand Design' brings together over 250 of the Museum’s treasures to celebrate the institution's history. The unrivalled collections span centuries of art in virtually every medium - ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, furniture, sculpture, textiles and paintings. The examples have been selected to illustrate how the V&A museum has always sought to establish a canon for the decorative arts, through the continuous acquisition of objects of superior craftsmanship and artistic merit from all over the world.

John Lockwood Kipling

Author: Julius Bryant
Publisher: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts(YUP)
ISBN: 9780300221596
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
India in South Kensington in India: Kipling in Context / Julius Bryant -- The Careers and Character of 'J.L.K.' / Julius Bryant -- Ceramics and Sculpture, Staffordshire and London, 1851-65 / Christopher Marsden -- Kipling's Royal Commissions: Bagshot Park and Osborne / Julius Bryant -- Industrial Art Education in Colonial Punjab: Kipling's Pedagogy and Hereditary Craftsmen / Nadhra Shahbaz Khan -- John Lockwood Kipling's Influence / Abigail McGowan

V&a Pattern: Spitalfields Silk

Author: Moira Thunder
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9781838510183
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
A source of inspiration for designers from William Morris to Alexander McQueen, the V&A holds over three million designs for textiles, decorations, wallpapers and prints. Now beautifully re-presented, the bestselling V&A Pattern series invites you to appreciate the work of some of the greatest names and styles in design history, highlighting interesting and imaginative works that are all too rarely seen. This pocket-sized book features 66 carefully selected patterns, and has a concise expert introduction, making it an invaluable source of inspiration for creatives-and the perfect gift for pattern-lovers. V&A: Patterns: Spitalfields Silks celebrates the unique breadth of the V&A's archives and showcases some of the most exciting pieces from the collection.

Paper Peepshows

Author: Ralph Hyde
Publisher: Acc Art Books
ISBN: 9781851498000
Category : Paper work
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
David Gestetner founded the firm of Gestetner in London in 1881. It was continued in the 20th century by his son Sigmund, and then by his grandsons Jonathan and David (dust jacket page [4]).

True Colors

Author: Keith Recker
Publisher: Schiffer + ORM
ISBN: 150730272X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 526

Book Description
This updated 2nd edition features a revised chapter. True Colors is about artists who create color from natural materials and about the historical importance and environmental sustainability of this practice. Deep conversations with 26 artisans from every part of the globe reveal their wisdom, traditions, and know-how—and suggest that we ignore what they know at our peril. Traditional approaches to making color offer sustainable options to a fashion system badly in need of them and memorable cultural narratives to a world hungry for beauty and spirituality. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information from artists who are leaving their mark on the world.