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Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Architecture & Design | Series: Architecture and Interior Design Ser.
A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), ...Show more
Built By Animals by Christiane Dorion
$24.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Natural World | Series: Designed by Nature
Built by Animals introduces us to the creatures who know how to build, and looks at how their techniques have been copied in human construction. Following on from the incredible Invented by Animals, Built by Animals introduces us to the creatures who have inspired the materials and techniques that are u ...Show more
Cartoons and Manga by TickTock
$19.99 AUD
Category: Activity/Novelty | Series: Design Pads
A fun design pad that pushes the boundaries of kids drawing by focusing on design and customization. For children who have grown up loving everything from Pokemon to Ben 10, Disney to Scooby Doo, this design pad shows kids how to design and create their own characters and use professional techniques suc ...Show more
Design Museum Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World by Alex Newson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Bicycles | Series: Design Museum Fifty
The bicycle is the world's most popular form of transport. From the penny-farthing, the Dandy-horse and the Velocipede the design of the bicycle has evolved over the decades both in terms of style and technology. From high-performance cycles to practical run-arounds, conceptual bikes to commercial model ...Show more
Fashion and Style by Ticktock
$19.99 AUD
Category: Activity/Novelty | Series: Design Pads
This 128 page pad is a must-have accessory for any young fashion enthusiast. With plenty of room to design outfits, handbags and whatever takes their fancy, this book provides the essential next step for children needing inspiration. Creative and inventive, the pad brings kids into a more sophisticated ...Show more
Fifty Fashion Designers That Changed the World by The Design Museum
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fashion History | Series: Design Museum Fifty
In the world of fashion trends come and go, but the work of a small number of designers has survived to stand the test of time. From pioneers such as Coco Chanel and Christian Dior to the era-defining figures of Alexander McQueen and Paul Smith, explore the stories and examine the work of the 50 most in ...Show more
Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World by The Design Museum
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Design Museum Fifty
The history of modern architecture is as diverse as it is beautiful, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye ...Show more
French Interior Design by Chris van Uffelen; Chris van Uffelen
$42.99 AUD
Category: European | Series: Interior Design Ser.
This new series about the diversity of regional interior design starts with two titles, this one about French interiors. The volume opens the doors to the inner worlds of this country to reflect on the private and the public realms. French Interior Design is showing the similarities as well as the diffe ...Show more
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary | Series: Vmc Designer Collection
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,achievement and celebration. In this first volume ...Show more
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
$40.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: VMC Designer Collection
I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn ...Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two const ...Show more
Pink Up Your Life!: The World of Pink Design by Manuela Roth
$60.00 AUD
Category: Interiors & lifestyle | Series: Design
Everybody Needs it! Optimistic, naive and romantic, but not without provocation, extravagance and glamour that is pink. Hardly any other color can polarize like it does, which is what makes it so multifaceted. The color palette ranges from subdued, restrained shades to garish, dominant nuances. For the ...Show more
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Design Line) by Chris Oxlade
$29.95 AUD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Design Line | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
The first in a series of concertina fold-out books, Things That Go features more than fifty iconic boats, bikes and other examples of creative excellence. The history of design is illuminated with a visually accessible timeline that can be read back to front, top to bottom and right to left.