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There is a boom of the art of paper-craft detected through the internet and blogs by designers and artistic creators expanding the knowledge of it to a wider audience. The tri-dimensional evolution of all visual techniques demands how to learn to use the spatial sphere and this title gives the basis by getting used to spatial reasoning abilities. An ideal book for entertaining all the family, this title offers a wide range of car designs to be folded and assembled, with a retro-inspired look that will fascinate both children and adults. It is very eye-catching for those who like paper creations.

There is a boom of the art of paper-craft detected through the Internet and blogs by designers and artistic creators expanding the knowledge of it to a wider audience. The tri-dimensional evolution of all visual techniques demands how to learn to use the spatial sphere and this title gives the basis by getting used to spatial reasoning abilities. An ideal book for entertaining all the family, this title offers a wide range of robot designs to be folded and assembled, with a retro-inspired look that will fascinate both children and adults. It is very eye-catching for those who like paper creations.

This title offers the real ultimate trends with beautiful fully-colour photographs throughout. This book provides a wide selection of places where eating is not the only sensation a customer will enjoy; gourmet restaurants but also smaller lunch time eating spots, canteens or cafes. It includes the work of the industry's most exciting innovative architects and designers; stresses the point of creating a concept where the food, creativity and culinary philosophy of the restaurant kitchen are in harmony with the design. This title offers a visual journey through innovative store fronts showcasing a new wave of design of the most unconventional and unique eateries over the world. This is a colourful and exciting survey on current trends and fast evolving developments in restaurant culture.

Each architectural project presented in this book reflects challenges confronting the architect and the solutions they find to create thoughtful, sustainable designs and methods of construction using socially responsible, environmentally-friendly practices. Throughout this superbly illustrated book, we discover the principles of eco architecture; smart design, use of eco-materials, energy efficiency, water conservation and a healthy, sound natural environment, both in residential living spaces and in largerscale, industrial environments. Featuring an extensive collection of full-colour photographs, we see the outstanding works of internationally-renowned and emerging architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative and stylish solutions within the framework of modern eco-architecture. Included here are the latest innovations, including solar panelling, wind energy systems, environmentallyfriendly heating and cooling solutions and thermal glazing. Exploring the ideas of each of the 100 protagonists featured, the book is lavishly illustrated with photos, plans and original drawings, focusing on various geographical areas of particular interest. This remarkable book looks towards a future where design can be at once sophisticated, innovative, constructive, eco-friendly and functional.

This book identifies the latest tastes and current trends in nightclub space design with supplemented information on the venue, design studio, as well as artistic perspective and simple layout diagrams. More than 40 visually intoxicating restaurant bars and achingly hip clubs are featured in more than 200 stunning photographs showcasing the best after-dark playgrounds. This title gathers a powerful showcase of countless possibilities to create the perfect ambience for bars and clubs displaying an eclectic variety of layouts covering internal moods from intimate to showy high glamour. Night Time reveals the luxuriant atmospheres to be found in the world of clubs, the ultimate destinations of the global area.

Working from the simplest possible form the book addresses all major dimensional techniques, show how they are related and give examples of variations both traditional and modern. This book can be considered as an encyclopaedia of folding manipulates explaining step by step the world of folds and how to apply them in practise. This title teaches readers to get folding finishes for a unique and special customisation in fashion. The explantations about the different types of pleating and diagrams are very clear and easy to follow, showing the stages of construction and the finished garments. So this title includes an analysis of the use of fold in fashion throughout history and also a helpful tutorial using 30 examples from some of the most innovative and avant-garde designers in fashion today.

"Scenographics" explores the possibilities of creating a set that utilizes creative design in a multi-dimensional perspective which intends to surround the spectator in a total experience. Going behind the scenes of the design process, it explores the creative and strategic elements of set design such as handmade designing and 3D graphics computing.

What is behind the tidal wave of street art that is sweeping through the cultural scene today? What are its artistic features, its codes, and its language? How has its production, which was originally exclusively centered in the urban space, invaded galleries, bringing with it real popularity for some artists? These are some of the questions that Magda Danysz, a gallery owner and recognized expert on street art, answers with an easily comprehensible and entertaining style in this unique, richly illustrated anthology, interspersed with the portraits of the big international names.

This second volume of "Fashion Patternmaking Techniques" examines the various procedures for transforming bodices, through dart manipulation as well as studying techniques for creating volumes, draping, and fitted patterns. The book includes techniques for creating patterns for knit fabrics; basic dress blocks and how to adapt these to different fabric patterns and types of garment (for example, maternity dresses); sleeves; basic blocks for men's vests and jackets; size grading for tops and dresses and the fundamentals of pattern layout. This manual prepares the reader to apply these concepts-along with their own intuition and creativity-to constructing patterns.

Divided into eight clear chapters, the book starts with an in-depth study on measuring and body shaping, before examining fabric technology and sartorial terminology. It describes a wide range of skirts and trousers, both for women and men, from the basic to the highly elaborate.

This activity book combines fun and focus, entertainment, and mindfulness using collage techniques. It includes a brief history of collage and practical tips and ideas on how to cut and paste, draw and paint, and sew and stitch using paper and everyday objects. A whole world to discover!

An exploratory, artistic activity guide based around the infinite possibilities and techniques of collage and mixed media. Through ten different works produced using a wide variety of procedures, the book analyzes the process of creation step by step and offers a list of necessary tools, tips, ideas, and solutions for materials, supports, and finishes. This is a book for art enthusiasts and design professionals who love to experiment with new paths. A special section is devoted to reproduction techniques of finished works by creating small, domestic photographic sets with easy-to-make special lighting effects. Victor Escandell is a well-known book, journal, and publicity illustrator.

The Art of Cutting is a stunning collection of artworks created using a variety of cutting techniques. The author explores traditional techniques that are still very much alive worldwide, and then analyses the current aspects of the art of cutting, in which different materials and technologies lead to new forms of artistic expression. This book presents a selection of artists who revisit and work with traditional techniques, as well as those who adopt contemporary approaches. From paper to ceramics, food design and architecture, The Art of Cutting offers a stunning and diverse universe that is waiting to be discovered. This exceptional research work takes us to distant worlds, and also stimulates our imagination.Jean-Charles Trebbi, an urban architect, designer, artist, and author is passionate by folding, cutting, and assembling in all its forms. He uses mostly paper, but also cardboard, textiles, and even wood and metal to create his own absolutely original artists books. The book includes cut-out models.

This volume explores and provides clear and detailed and in detail illustrated explanations of all kinds of outerwear patterns for women and men.Antonio Donnanno is a patternmaking techniques teacher, fashion school director, and author of dozens of fashion books.Famous consultant and author Elisabetta Drudi has illustrated the book.

High fashion unquestionably goes hand-in-hand with sartorial and stylistic perfection. A driving force behind the entire fashion and garment industry, it represents the search for new solutions concerning fabrics, style, or patterns. In this context, the patternmaker is an essential figure, bringing the stylist's ideas into reality. In our richly illustrated new volume of the Fashion Patternmaking series, the prolific author Antonio Donnanno, an offspring of a tailor family, patternmaking teacher, and director of a fashion school network, describes in detail the methods and techniques used in high-fashion patternmaking in an understandable and step-by-step way.

After the successful New Rings and New Earrings, New Necklaces is the third book curated by jeweler and author Nicolas Estrada, from classic forms and materials to the most daring, experimental and surprising ideas, each of the 500 necklaces included in this book has something that makes it unique and relates strongly to today's social, cultural and artistic reality. With prefaces by German jeweler Julia Wild and Leo Caballero, owner of the Barcelona gallery Klimt 02, specialized in contemporary jewelers