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The Complete Book of Crochet Border Designs: Hundreds of Classics & Original Patterns by Linda P. Schapper
Category: Art and Design | Series: Complete Crochet Designs Ser.
With more than 340 border and band stitch designs to use on clothing, textiles, handicrafts and more, this is the ultimate go-to guide for crocheters! Now available in paperback, this stunning collection of classic and original patterns features: a photo of the stitch, reader-friendly instructions and a ...Show more
The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs: 500 Classic & Original Patterns by Linda P. Schapper
Category: Craft | Series: Complete Crochet Designs Ser.
This stitchwork classic features 500 designs ranging from traditional patterns to original motifs and crocheters of every level will find essential information and inspiration on every page. Each design features a close-up colour photograph, a diagram showing each stitch and its placement and easy to fo ...Show more
The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell by Steven Heller & Lita Talarico
Category: Art and Design | Series: Design Field Guide
Designers are used to working for clients, but there is nothing better than when the client is oneself. Graphic and product designers, who are skilled with the tools and masters aesthetics, are now in the forefront of this growing entrepreneur movement. Whether personal or collective, drive is the commo ...Show more
The Design Library: Hearts & Flowers by Judy Balchin
Category: Adult Activity Books | Series: Design Library
Judy Balchin presents 100 original beautiful heart and flower designs which can be combined with other images, or enlarged and used as the main theme for a special piece of work. If you thinking of new projects and you need a starting point, look no further. This wonderful source book will fire your ima ...Show more
The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods by Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer
Category: Art and Design | Series: Design Thinking Ser.
How to use the Design Thinking Tools A practical guide to make innovation happen The Design Thinking Toolbox explains the most important tools and methods to put Design Thinking into action. Based on the largest international survey on the use of design thinking, the most popular methods are described i ...Show more
The Designers Toolkit: 2000 Colour Palette Swatches by Graham Davis
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Designer's Toolkit
Colour is fundamental to all design. It can be used to evoke a mood, to grab attention, to identify a product or to organise information. The appearance of a colour is always affected by adjacent colours, so choosing an appropriate colour combination is essential to attain the desired effect. "2000 Colo ...Show more
The Disobedience of Design - Gui Bonsiepe by Lara Penin
Category: Design | Series: Radical Thinkers in Design Ser.
This volume presents for the first time in English a curated selection of writings by the design thinker Gui Bonsiepe from the 1960s to the present day. Addressing as it does questions of non-Western design and a design practice that is both radical and democratic, Bonsiepe's work has assumed new import ...Show more
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: VMC Designer Collection
'One of the funniest books I've ever read' - Gore Vidal * The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It is, as the Guardian observes, 'one of the best novels about growing up fast'.Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mis ...Show more
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC Designer Collection
A discreet advertisement in 'The Times', addressed to 'Those who Apppreciate Wisteria and Sunshine...' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs ...Show more
The Flooring Book: The Essential Source Book for Planning, Selecting and Restoring Floors by Henry Bourne
Category: House & Home-wh | Series: Design Source S.
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton
Category: Military | Series: VMC Designer Collection
In these powerful and elegant tales, Edith Wharton evokes moods of disquiet and darkness within her own era. In icy new England a fearsome double foreshadows the fate of a rich young man; a married farmer is bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell saves a woman's reputation. Brittany conjures ancient ...Show more