A fascinating rediscovery of the life and work of Eileen Gray, one of the twentieth century's most important designers.

Every major architectural style in history, brilliantly rendered in specially commissioned drawings

A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date . . . but by color.

A dazzling showcase of the best contemporary residential projects across Central and South America.

There is absolutely no precedent for this book, the only encyclopaedic guide to manufacturing processes that explores established, new, emerging and innovative production techniques that have, or will have, an important impact on the design industry. With over 1,200 photographs and technical illustrations, it is the definitive reference for 3D designers, product designers, architects and engineers who need a convenient, highly accessible and practical reference that will enable them to make f...

The first ever guide to understanding Aztec hieroglyphs: a groundbreaking publication built on a lifetime of research by a world expert.

The ultimate death compendium, featuring the world’s most extraordinary artistic and ethnographic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors.

From the editor of the bestselling Histories of Nations, an eye-opening anthology showing how people have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present.