DESIGN & FASHION

Jost Hochuli - Systematic Book Design?

Editions B42 2020 ISBN 9782490077441 Acqn 31047
Pb 20x30cm 72pp col ills £22.50

Does designing a book follow a logical and well- thought-out process? Swiss graphic designer
and typographer Jost Hochuli studies the crucial role played by instinct throughout the various
stages of planning a book, from selecting a character type and size to determining the layout of
the block of texts.

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Kawai Kanjiro - The Kawakatsu Collection In The National Museum Of Modern Art Kyoto
Mitsumura Suiko Shoin 2020 ISBN 9784838105847 Acqn 31083
Pb 19x21cm 368pp col ills £40.50

Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966) was one of Japan's preeminent modern potters and a key figure in
'mingei' (Japanese folk art) and studio pottery movements. The National Museum of Modern Art,
Kyoto, is home to a group of his works, totalling some 425 items, that were originally part of the
Kawakatsu Collection. In terms of both quality and quantity, these now form the consummate
public collection of Kawai's ceramics. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of roughly 250
cherished pieces from the Kawakatsu Collection, this book offers an encyclopaedic introduction to
the ceramist's life and work, conveying the entire scope of his masterful oeuvre with beautiful
photography and colour.

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The Tabata Collection - Traditional Japanese Stencil Design 1 Splendor

Mitsumura Suiko Shoin 2020 ISBN 9784838105199 Acqn 31100
Pb 13x16cm 320pp col ills £29.95

The long history of Japanese stencil design stretches back to the 8th century. Stencils have been
applied across a wide variety of traditional garments, kimonos, costumes for the theatre, and
even armour. The first of two volumes, 'Splendor' reproduces more than 300 stencil designs
covering a 200-year span from the collection of the Tabata family. The book consists mainly of
patterns inspired by flowers, leaves, and plants, reflecting a stunning variety of shapes, colours,
and abstractions. These classic Japanese designs have withstood the test of time, serving as a
source of inspiration for graphic and textile designers up to the present day.

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The Tabata Collection - Traditional Japanese Stencil Designs 2 Elegance

Mitsumura Suiko Shoin 2020 ISBN 9784838105205 Acqn 31101
Pb 13x16cm 320pp col ills £29.50

The long history of Japanese stencil design stretches back to the 8th century. Stencils have been
applied across a wide variety of traditional garments, kimonos, costumes for the theatre, and
even armour. This second volume, 'Elegance', reproduces more than 300 stencil designs
covering a 200-year span from the collection of the Tabata family. It focuses primarily on
geometric patterns, but also features patterns inspired by various flora and fauna, and natural
elements such as water and air. These classic Japanese designs have withstood the test of time,
serving as a source of inspiration for graphic and textile designers up to the present day.

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Znak - Kharkiv School Of Trademark Graphics (1920s-1980s)

Ist Publishing 2020 ISBN 9789669790651 Acqn 31085
Pb 19x22cm 160pp col ills £31.50

Presented by U,N,A collective, 'Znak' is an exploratory project on the history of graphic design in
Ukraine, and in particular on the field of corporate identity. Visual and textual narratives coexist in
the book, which addresses the subject from a wider chronological view, from the early 20th-
century avant-garde to the present. Of particular focus is the Kharkiv school of industrial graphics,
revealed through archive materials and noteworthy names. Detailing various processes and
influential highlights, the book offers rare insight into Ukrainian graphic design in both regional
and global contexts. U,N,A collective is engaged with design research and curatorial practices in
graphic design.

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Saiho Hinagata - Clothes In Miniature Made As Sewing Experiences

Mitsumura Suiko Shoin 2020 ISBN 9784838105908 Acqn 31136
Pb 13x16cm 296pp col ills £36

Tatsugoro Watanabe began educating young women in the early Meiji era, at a time when fewer
than half as many women as men received any sort of academic training in Japan. Primarily
focused on Japanese and Western sewing techniques, Watanabe's school also instructed women
in basic skills such as reading, writing, and mathematics. In addition, he devised an efficient
programme to maximise educational benefits through minimal time, effort, and cost. Watanabe's
pioneering approach is reflected in the creation of 'saiho hinagata', a one-third scale sewing
model produced by students between the 1880s and 1930s. Numerous examples of these are
presented in this book.

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Stephanie Baechler - Dear Clay,

Building Fictions 2020 ISBN 9789082771213 Acqn 31140
Pb 20x28cm 240pp col ills £33.75

'Dear Clay', gathers a selection of spreads extracted from Stephanie Baechler's meticulous
sketchbooks displayed in chronological order (2013-2019), as well as 35mm photographs
documenting her working process. Providing an intimate insight into her artistic practice, it reveals
what facilitates the work from its conception to its making, transportation, and installation. Rather
than presenting it as a final staged object, we see the work as something unpolished, unfinished,
in flux. Activating this archive of images allows to search for what creates the identity of a work
behind the surface of the conventional gallery presentation.

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Notebook Irandokht By Saba Soleymani

Nazar Research Cultural Institute 2020 no ISBN Acqn 31143
Pb 15x21cm 200pp col ills £12.35

Traditional Persian motifs and figures appear and reappear throughout the pages of this
otherwise blank lined notebook, encouraging your imagination to roam freely. Doodle, sketch,
make to-do lists, write poetry, and never forget an inspiring idea with this ornamented, open-
format book. The flowers, birds, horses, and people seem to spring straight from Persian folklore,
full of colour and drawn as if they are the imagined stories and daydreams of an enigmatic
beautiful woman.

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Carlo Mollino – Designs

Quodlibet 2020 ISBN 9788822905178 Acqn 31144
Pb 17x24cm 112pp col ills £24.50

Hailing from Turin, the multitalented Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino (1905-1973)
became renowned in his lifetime for his many interests and complex personality. In the early
1930s he began his versatile career by designing and realising buildings and interiors primarily in
the Piedmont capital and the Western Alps. This publication presents a new reading of Mollino's
life and his very personal idea of contemporary architecture in light of unpublished archival
documents. The works produced by the furniture company Zanotta featured here cover a time
frame of 21 years, from the designs for the Miller house (1938) up until the Fenis alpine chair
(1959).

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Zurich Type Design - 70 Neue Textschriften

Triest Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783038630432 Acqn 31149
Pb 22x31cm 288pp col ills £55.95

Since the 1990s, font design has been revolutionised by new technologies that enabled a
scalable and mathematically accurate representation of graphic elements without a loss of
quality. These days, even older fonts are being resurrected, redrawn, and launched digitally. In
Zurich, educators and students of type design are especially focusing on new text fonts for
printing, screens, and wayfinding. This specialist volume edited by Rudolf Barmettler offers an in-
depth look at the booming trend in font design, with 70 examples of text fonts designed in
graduate courses, plus 17 cross-disciplinary essays on readability, font history, calligraphy,
teaching type design, and much more.

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