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In July 1999 Michael Jackson summoned the 23-year-old Arno Bani to a secret photo shoot, having seen and admired his photographs in the Sunday Times fashion pages.700 photographs were the result, originally intended for the cover of Jackson’s 2001 album Invincible, but ultimately by-passed by hi..

This book is an inspirational exploration of the signs and symbols of a wealth of global cultures from ancient times to the present day, bringing together together some of the world’s most potent sacred images.Through a rich array of fascinating images drawn from ritual, myth and the natural wor..

The companion to the bestselling Manolo Blahnik Drawings, this book presents a brand new collection of Manolo's celebrated shoe designs.Manolo Blahni'k’s name has become synonymous with beautifully crafted, highly desirable theatrical shoes that ooze originality, style and exuberance. For four d..

With over 400 superb illustrations, this global survey explores all aspects of amulets, not only their creation and symbolism, but the people and objects they protect. Malign spirits have always been feared, but modern dangers – car crashes and even mobile phones – have invoked an abiding faith in t..

This is the most comprehensive anthology of LIFE photography ever assembled. An enormous international success in hardback – now available in a new, compact, paperback edition.The best work of every LIFE magazine staff photographer, as well as that of a handful of others closely affiliated with..

Introduction 1. Line 2. Diagonals, Verticals and Horizontals 3. Beginning a Vocabulary of Shapes Composing the figure in shapes 4. Line Quality 5. Composing the Figure within an Environment 6. Media 7. Successfully Using the Computer for Illustration 8. Fabric, Prints and Texture 9. Using t..

Aimed at fashion and textile students, Fashion A to Z fills a gap in the market for an affordable, accessible and up-to-date guide to fashion terminology. Bringing together all key words commonly used in colleges and in industry, this fashion reference book is beautifully illustrated with diagrams a..

Hip Hotels: Budget. Doesn't that sound too good to be true? But true it is. All the ingredients that make a HIP HOTEL - fantasy, originality, style, location - are available at less than astronomical rates, if only you know where to look. No less surprising is that they are truly global in range. Ur..

'You can have the universe, if I can have Italy.' So said Giuseppe Verdi. It sounds generous, but Verdi knew that Italy is a universe - diverse, beautiful and crammed with the relics of two millennia of civilization. This new volume of HIP HOTELS presents amazing places to stay in destinations the l..

'Takes on Banister Fletcher on his own ground and beats him hollow with a combination of lucid, well informed text and pictures ...the images make browsing a pleasure ...if I were teaching a survey course of architectural history, I would choose this as the course book' - "Art Quarterly". Updated an..

Zaha Hadid is one of the most important and influential architects in the world. This is a complete monograph of Hadid's early, unbuilt and built works, from her student years to the latest projects under development, and includes her furniture, stage and exhibition designs. Projects constructed, in..

This encyclopaedic, profusely illustrated guide displays over 180 sneakers chosen for the impact they have made on sneaker culture worldwide. Eleven leading brands – from Adidas to Vans – are discussed in detail with full histories, while a further selection – from well-loved or long-lost classics t..