The Story of Colour: A Voyage Through the Hidden Messages of the Spectrum by Gavin Evans
$35.00 NZD
Category: General
Why is green the colour of envy? Why is black `evil'? Why is white pure? Why do we `feel blue' or `see red'? Why do colours have different meanings for different cultures? This book offers a lively, anecdotal treatment of the cultural mysteries of colour, and focuses on the way we respond to colours, th ...Show more
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms by Andrew Robinson
$45.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated text, Andrew Robinson discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writi ...Show more
The Story of the World's Greatest Paintings by Charlie Ayres
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
This fun book introduces young readers to some of the greatest paintings of all time. Twenty world-famous artworks are featured in easy-to-follow chronological order, accompanied by informative texts that bring each masterpiece and its story vividly to life. Complete with extensive reference material, c ...Show more
The Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting by Quentin Sprague
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art, Photography and Design
At a hinge-point in his life, artist and ex-gallerist Tony Oliver travelled to the East Kimberley, where he plunged into the crosscurrents and eddies of the Aboriginal art world. He would stay for almost a decade, working alongside a group of senior Gija artists, including acclaimed figures Paddy Bedfor ...Show more
The Street Photographers Manual by David Gibson
$40.00 NZD
Category: photography
Whether dark, edgy or humorous, street photography shows us that daily life can be a little surreal but also gently poignant. Photo sharing on Flickr and Facebook has rejuvenated the genre, and its spirit has been reborn. This book is about the possibilities of street photography, and how it can be appr ...Show more
The Sub/Urban Idea - From Terraced Houses to Residential Estates by Lisa Baker
$95.00 NZD
Category: architecture
As the Pet Shop Boys already said: Where the suburbs met utopia. Since 2008, for the first time in human history, more people reside in cities than in the countryside. As a result, suburban housing development is one of the most important construction tasks of our times. Architects and urban planners fa ...Show more
The Subway Graffiti Sketchbook by Thomas H. Green
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
Graffiti Art has blazed a trail across the world, with amazing examples visible in every modern city, but its pioneers were the New Yorkers who painted whole subway cars. This book contains 54 accurate line drawings of Subway carriages, some with color or B&W line art on them to help you get started ...Show more
The Superhouse by Karen McCartney
$95.00 NZD
Category: architecture
To Karen, the super house has nothing to do with size; instead, it is one that has a strong connection with nature, that goes well beyond the everyday, and that, through the sensitivity of both architect and client, is imbued with mindfulness. From Australia to Ireland, Italy to Morocco, she's found suc ...Show more
The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb by Robert Crumb
$35.00 NZD
Category: General
From the greatest draughtsman of the 20th and 21st century, an exclusive collection of drawings that reveal the tender side of R. Crumb. Evocative, haunting images of people and places dear to the man who hates to be known as (But is) America's Greatest Living Artist. Described by art critic Robert H ...Show more
The Tailored Interior by Greg Natale; Jonathan Adler (Foreword by); Anson Smart (Photographer)
$75.00 NZD
Category: Design
Multi award-winning interior designer Greg Natale is renowned for doing things differently - his is a bold, fresh and modern Antipodean style that brings the best of classic interiors into the 21st Century. His bold signature style juxtaposes clean lines with repeating geometric patterns, unadorned wall ...Show more