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This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital 'Visible Human' project today. Its survey of five and a half centuries of meticulous visual description by anatomists and artists will be a welcome addition to the librarie..

Architects have always dreamed of shaping the future, of building Utopian worlds filled with seemingly impossible structures that break with the past to propel mankind far into the 21st century and beyond. This book reviews forty such visionary projects, encompassing the whole spectrum of the built ..

New territories of design and architecture in our cities.For millennia, architects and builders have attempted to rationalize cities into well-functioning and liveable places. While many aspects of a city evolve naturally, other facets result from human interventions and radical imagination. Fut..

"Hip Hotels Paris" is one of two special "Hip Hotels" editions publishing this spring, the first book in the series to focus uniquely on cities. In a smaller, more easily portable format than usual, these beautifully designed and lavishly produced books offer up a breathtaking selection of destinati..

This inspirational interiors book, the first in the series "New Country Style", redefines English country style for a growing international, design-savvy audience. A creative new generation of city-dwellers is seeking the country life, whether in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, the Devon moorlan..

Following on from "Packaging Prototypes 1", this title features a broad range of innovative and commercially successful pack closures. The way in which the product is opened or closed is one of the most important features of any packaging design and one which will often determine the success or fail..

The newest installment in Rockport's Architecture in Detail series, Colors looks at how colour plays a role in even the most upscale architectural designs. The series itself examines the role of details in contemporary architecture through the work of many emerging and established practitioners whos..

Certain visual images scream their message to us loud and clear: a stop sign, a skull and cross-bones, a handicapped parking sticker. The ability to take ideas and information and allow visuals that allow us to "read" them is perhaps the most basic and difficult skill of the graphic designer. This t..

Logos are among designers' most highly sought-after projects, but they are often one of the most difficult projects for a designer to nail. This book takes a look at those challenges - the logos that have truly pushed a designer's creativity and forced him or her to reach inside. The authors examine..

Homeowners spend hours staring at colour swatches at their local paint stores. How can they make sure that colours look great on a tiny square of paper will also look great on the walls at home? Designed for every home decorator who's never painted before - and for those who swore they'd never paint..

Like its two best-selling predecessors in the series, Graphic Design America 3 profiles more than 35 of the graphic designers and graphic design firms in the United States. The work being produced in America is wonderful, varied, and influential around the globe, which is the reason for the success ..

When it comes to trends no segment of the design world is more powerful, more influential or more closely watched than fashion. From what's hot in type to the coolest new colour, to the style and mood of the moment, the fashion world sets the tone and the look for the wider design community. This vo..