Sorted Books by Nina Katchadourian
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
In her 'Sorted Book' series of photographs, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian selects and stacks groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that the titles on their spines can be read as sentences forming whimsical, witty and poignant poems and narratives from the text found there. At once illum ...Show more
Speaking in Colour : Conversations With Artists of Pacific Island Heritage by Sean Mallon & Pandora Fulimalo Pereira
$27.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: very good
In this book, ten artists of Pacific Island descent talk candidly about their lives and work, and about finding themselves as artists. They also speak eloquently about coming to terms with their rich, complex cultural heritage. A very nice clean copy. Softcover.
Squier Electrics - 30 Years of Fender's Budget Guitar Brand by Tony Bacon
$42.59 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
In 1982, Fender revived an old guitar-string name for its new line of Japanese-made electric guitars. Millions of guitars later, and celebrating its 30th anniversary, Squier is almost as important to the company as the main Fender brand. Guitar pundit Tony Bacon reveals the stories behind the original ( ...Show more
Steve McCurry by Anthony Bannon
$21.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Series: Phaidon 55's S. | Reading Level: very good
American photographer Steve McCurry (b.1950) is universally recognized as one of today's finest image-makers. This monograph reviews the complete spectrum of his work from documentary photographs of conflict in Afghanistan to memorable images of Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia, in which he captures t ...Show more
Sticker City: Paper Graffiti Art by Claudia Walde
$57.95 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Series: Street Graphics / Street Art Ser.
For some forty years, city streets have been home to the modern graffiti movement, and now there is a fresh creative twist. Walls, phone booths, curbs, traffic signs--in cities around the world public surfaces are adorned with hand-painted or hand-crafted posters and stickers. Claudia Walde, aka Mad C ...Show more
Still by Debra Bloomfield
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Photographer Debra Bloomfield explores the intersection between sea and sky in this collection of beautiful, contemplative photographs. Featuring 60 seascapes from the same haunting stretch of beach, Bloomfield's work informs our deep connection to the sea with a sense of tranquility and respect.
Still Life by Doan Ly
$69.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Still Life is a photographic celebration of the work of New York City-based florist, artist, and photographer Doan Ly and her studio, a.p. bio. Ly's stunning work elevates floral design to an art form. While photographs of her floral vignettes are reminiscent of old masters' still life paintings, her pl ...Show more
Still Life: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by SUSIE JOHNS
$22.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Still Life is an accessible instruction course for complete beginners to learn how to draw and paint contemporary still-life subjects. Following a concise guide to the tools, materials and basic techniques that every beginner needs to know (including line, tone, colour, composition and perspective), the ...Show more
Strangers Arrive - Emigres and the Arts in New Zealand 1930-1980 by Leonard Bell
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: very good
From the 1930s through the 1950s, a substantial number of forced migrants - refugees from Nazism, displaced people after World War II and escapees from Communist countries - arrived in New Zealand from Europe. Among them were an extraordinary group of artists and writers, photographers and architects wh ...Show more
Sydney Lough Thompson: At Home and Abroad by Julie King
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: very good
THE POETIC HOME by MUTHESIUS STEFAN
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Today we are surrounded by glossy publications and TV shows demonstrating the latest interiors. We take notions of style, comfort and atmosphere completely for granted, even designing our own rooms to achieve the right 'mood'. Yet this language, seemingly so current, emerged in the 19th century, when a ...Show more
TRACES: Dark Clouds (Limited Edition, Signed, Lacking Print) by Ian Teh
$95.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Contains photos illustrating an industrialized China that are based on two series: "Traces", which are landscape photos of these industrialized areas and "Dark Clouds", which show the people, whom live and work within these landscapes.