The Essential Art of African Textiles – Design Without End by Alisa LaGamma and Christine Giuntini, softback published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ISBN 978-0-300-14962-3, price 19.95 US dollars from www.metmuseum.org
This book accompanied the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from Sept 30, 2008 to March 22, 2009. The [...]
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The Essential Art of African Textiles
Font. The Sourcebook
Font. the Sourcebook by Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9061-5541-4, price 24.95 from www.blackdogonline.com
I was excited about this, having once been married to a typographer. I found it a little bit disappointing as it did not match what was in my imagination. I guess I was thinking beautiful type, lovingly caressing the page. However, Black Dog [...]
Pattern Design by Sian Evans
The National Trust Pattern Design by Sian Evans, hardback published by The National Trust, an imprint of Anova. ISBN 978-1-9054-0067-6, price 20.00 from www.anovabooks.com
I am in love with the cloth bound cover of this book (I’m going through a peacock phase at the moment) – and it’s good inside too. Subtitled ‘A Period Design Sourcebook’, this wonderful [...]