The Street Art Manual by Barney Francis

$29.99 AUD

Category: Art

The Street Art Manual is an illicit, tactical handbook to creating art in public and taking over urban space. Every type of street art is covered, from painting graffiti, to light projections, stenciling, wheat pasting and mural making, with each technique illustrated with step-by-step drawings.   Arm yourself with the tips and knowledge that no other guide will give you and go out and reclaim the streets in the name of urban creativity. ...Show more

Fashion 2 by FKG

$69.99 AUD

Category: Art

A companion volume to our bestselling title Fashion that takes us on a journey to where fashion is heading into the future.

The Vintage Fashion Bible: The Style Guide to Vintage Looks 1920s -1990s by Wayne Hemingway

$59.99 AUD

Category: Art

The Vintage Fashion Bible is the must-have accessory for all dedicated followers of vintage fashion. Written by Red or Dead co-founders, Wayne Hemingway, MBE and Gerardine Hemingway, this is a complete chronological look at 20th century fashion for men and women from the perspective of the vintage fashi on enthusiast rather than fashion historian, as well as a practical guide to buying, styling and restoring vintage clothing. Using clothing catalogues, film posters, magazine articles and other contemporary advertising from the 1920s to the 1990s, the book delivers an authentic feel for each decade and shows through original visuals how fashion has evolved. Each decade includes an introduction to the period, social influences on fashion, key designers and style icons of the day. Special features take a look at swimwear, underwear, accessories and fabulous vintage wedding outfits for a complete and comprehensive overview of how fashion has shaped us. Get the Look features throughout the book give tips and insider advice on how to pull off the vintage look today. Complete with stunning original photography and illustration from the Hemingways' personal archive, expert advice on everything from sizing and caring to where to buy and mixing vintage with new, as well as interviews with style icons and collectors, The Vintage Fashion Bible is essential reading for all fashion-lovers, from students and vintage virtuosos, to those who just want something a little different from their modern wardrobe. ...Show more

Arabesque Designs: Home Stickers Colouring Set by White Star

$24.99 AUD

$49.99 (50% off)

Category: Design

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer; Michael Moreci

$29.99 AUD

Category: Art | Series: Artemis Fowl Graphic Novels

*Soon to be a major film!* Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. Poor fairies. But these are not the cudd ly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain Holly Short for her fairy gold, he messes with the wrong elf. Holly isn't armed but she's incredibly dangerous, and pretty annoyed with all the kidnapping. Artemis Fowl is about to find out that fairies fight back . . . Let the misadventure begin. 'Fast-paced, tongue in cheek . . . laugh-out-loud' - Sunday Times 'A huge hit' - The Guardian 'Artemis is a brilliant creation' - Anthony Horowitz ***Winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award and Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.*** This graphic novel adaptation of the internationally best-selling novel offers an exciting look inside both Fowl Manor and Haven City as it follow Artemis Fowl's battle against a cast of creatures beyond your wildest imagination. ...Show more

Mother Country Australian Photographic Gallery by Helga Leunig; Cate Kennedy (Introduction by)

$24.95 AUD

Category: Art

In 1996, Helga Leunig moved to a farm in north-east Victoria in order to raise a family, leaving her career as a professional photographer behind her, or so she thought. Here she made a vegetable patch. Made do.Lived with the beauty, simplicity and peace of country life, as well as with drought and bush fire. Out of this period of her life came these exquisitely beautiful photographs capturing family, nature and community, every image redolent with feeling. Captures the beauty, peace, simplicity and anxieties of rural life. Brilliant introduction by Cate Kennedy. Photos taken over a 20-year period. Helga Leunig's photos have been acquired by collections around the country, including the National Library of Australia and the National Portrait Gallery. Helga Leunig decided to become a documentary photographer at the age of sixteen after seeing an exhibition by the French photographer Henri Cartier Bresson.# She studied photography at RMIT and has worked for various metropolitan and national publications including the Melbourne Age.# Helga Leunig is currently working as a freelance photographer. ...Show more

Bridges by Parkstone Press

$24.99 AUD

Category: Art | Series: Our Earth Collection

A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations. Free, belonging neither to one region or another, the bridge imposes upon the landscape and defies nature. Its existence embodies the will of mankind to construct these necessary bonds between p eople and places. A symbol of progress and innovation, the bridge, anonymous demonstration of the mastery and the durability of new techniques, is gradually becoming more and more light and fluid, constantly defying state-of-the-art technology. As veritable aesthetic creations, bridges appear today not only as examples of masterful engineering, but also as incredible works of art.With its magnificent photographs, this book invites the reader to rediscover these modern-day sculptures. ...Show more

Mirka Mora: A Life Making Art by Sabine Cotte

$49.99 AUD

Category: Art

Mirka Mora features a rich insight into the intellectual life and art practice of one of Australia's most versatile, creative and prolific modern artists. A Melbourne cultural icon, Mirka, along with her ex-husband Georges, was instrumental in helping to establish Australian modern art on a global stag e. She was integral in reviving the meetings of the Contemporary Artists Society, whose members included friends John Perceval and John and Sunday Reed, and later in creating hubs for artistic figures at Mirka cafe and the Balzac restaurant. Among her many artistic achievements, Mirka is much admired for her Flinders Street mural, Adelaide Festival frieze and stained-glass paintings at Heide. This book focuses on her idiosyncratic processes, which are largely self-taught and blend traditional techniques with modern creativity. With privileged access to Mirka and her studio, Sabine Cotte offers an intimate portrait of one of Australia's best-loved artists. ...Show more

Bottles An Identification Guide by Kenneth Arnold

$49.95 AUD

Category: Design

Bottles, jars, glass, pottery

Giger by H. R. Giger

$29.99 AUD

Category: Art

H.R. Giger's multi-faceted career: From surrealistic dream landscapes to album cover designs and sculpturesFor decades H.R. Giger (1940--2014) reigned as one of the leading exponents of fantastic art. After he studied interior and industrial design for eight years at the School of Commercial Art in Zuri ch, Switzerland, from 1962 till 1970, he was soon gaining attention as an independent artist, with endeavors ranging from surrealistic dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils, to album cover designs for famous pop stars, and sculptures. In addition, Giger's multi-faceted career includes designing two bars, located in Tokyo and Chur, as well as work on various film projects--his creation of the set design and title figure for Ridley Scott's film Alien won him not only international fame but also an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects (1980).About the series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions ...Show more

So Much Longing in So Little Space: The art of Edvard Munch by Knausgaard, Karl Ove

$35.95 AUD

Category: Art

In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch?s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the world through art and its influence on his own writing. As co-curator of a major new exhibition of Munch's work in Oslo, Knausgaard visits the landscapes that inspired him, and speaks with contemporary artists, including Vanessa Baird and Anselm Kiefer. Bringing together art history, biography and memoir, and drawing on ideas of truth, originality and memory, So Much Longing in So Little Space is a brilliant and personal examination of the legacy of one of the world?s most iconic painters, and a meditation on art itself. ...Show more

Glasgow Museums - The Italian Paintings by Peter Humfrey; Glasgow Museums Staff (Contribution by); José Manser; Unicorn Press Staff

$69.99 AUD

Category: Art

Glasgow Museums has the finest and most comprehensive collection of Italian paintings of any civic museums service in the United Kingdom.