featured books at Whitehouse - 2009
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Becoming an Interior Designer: A Guide to Careers in DesignThe profession of interior design has received a lot of media attention in recent years, whether it′s on the many "home makeover" shows or in the movies. The reality is, interior design in the twenty–first century is much more than selecting colors and arranging furniture. Today′s interior designer is a multifaceted professional, with expertise in building and safety codes, project management, designing for seniors, sustainable design, and other important areas that require increased skill and training. The author interviewed nearly 100 professionals in the field who share their personal insights to help you discover what the interior design profession is really like. With everything you need to start your journey, Becoming an Interior Designer, Second Edition will be your launch pad for a long and successful career in interior design. Piotrowski, C. M. 2009, Becoming an interior designer: A guide to careers in design, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken. Main collection – 747.092 PIO |
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Digital Textile DesignTextile designers are beginning to realize the creative potential of digital textile design and are fast catching up with graphic designers who have taken to working digitally. New digital textile-printing technology is enabling designers to work with an almost unlimited palette of colours to produce work of staggering detail in relatively short timescales. Written specifically for textile designers, Digital Textile Design provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as design tools. A series of inspirational tutorials, presented in step-by-step format, guide the reader through the process of creating designs that will be suited to both the traditional textile production process, and to the new industry of digital printing onto fabric. Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. 2009, Digital textile design, Laurence King, London. Main collection – 746.0285 BOW
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Goddess: The Classical ModeFrom the emblematic designs of Madame Grès to Isadora Duncan’s dance costumes and the avant-garde gowns of Yves Saint Laurent, the Greco-Roman classical tradition of dress has clearly inspired and influenced the worlds of art and fashion. This beautifully illustrated book explores the continually evolving influence of classical dress through the ages, presenting a historical survey of this fascinating theme. Featured works include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and decorative objects from Greek and Roman times to the present as well as garments dating from the eighteenth century and recent creations by designers such as Tom Ford of Gucci. This title is the catalogue for an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 29 to August 3, 2003. Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Koda, H. 2003, Goddess: The classical mode, Yale University Press, New Haven. Main collection – 391.0074 KOD |
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The Production ManualThrough in-depth study of six principle areas of screen and print production, this book covers everything from plate-making, resolution, duotones and half-tones to exhibition, packaging and signage production. Each chapter provides numerous examples of print-production techniques from leading contemporary design studios and is packed full of useful tips and helpful instructions to make this a technical manual and creative tool that no aspiring designer should be without. This book includes examples of: Basic measurement, standard sizes, layout, raster and vector images, half-tones, resizing images, channels, leading, baselines, runaround, gamut and colour space, parallax and transformations, web-safe colours, trapping, types of black, proof marks, line weights, paper types and print quality, screen angles, binding, print, processes, due cutting and laser cutting and types of folding. Ambrose, G. & Harris, P. 2008, The production manual: A graphic design manual, AVA Publishing, Switzerland. Main collection – 686.22 AMB |
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Still life and Special Effects PhotographyEvery picture featured in this book is accompanied by a description of how the lighting was achieved, combined with clear illustrations showing each lighting set-up help readers achieve the same effect. The first section is dedicated to shooting conventional still-life subjects (such as food, product shots and natural flora), and the second to the more challenging field of special-effect photography (montage, multi-exposure, mirrors and props, constructing simple room sets, etc). This should be an indispensable book for anyone who would like to discover the secrets behind other photographer's successful images. Hicks, R. & Schultz, F. c2007, Still life and special effects photography: A guide to professional lighting techniques, RotoVision, Mies. Main collection – 778.72 HIC
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Architects' DataArchitects' Data provides an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. Organised largely by building type, and with over 6000 diagrams, it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements and also covers planning criteria and considerations of function and siting.
Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. There are substantial new sections on: Neufert, E. & Neufert, P. 2000, Architects' data, 3rd edn, Blackwell Publishing Company, Oxford. Set text - 721 NEU |
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Fashion at the EdgeRecent experimental fashion has a dark side, a preoccupation with representations of death, trauma, alienation, and decay. This intriguing book looks closely at this strand of fashion design in the 1990s, exploring what its disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties. Caroline Evans analyzes the work of experimental designers, the images of fashion photographers, and the spectacular fashion shows that developed in the final decade of the twentieth century to arrive at a new understanding of fashion's dark side and what it signifies. Fashion at the Edge considers a range of cutting-edge contemporary fashion in unprecedented depth and detail, including the work of such current designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, and Viktor & Rolf. Contrasting images by photographers like Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, and Juergen Teller are also reviewed. Drawing on diverse perspectives from Marx to Walter Benjamin, Evans shows that fashion stands at the very center of the contemporary, and that it voices some of Western culture's deepest concerns. Evans, C. 2003, Fashion at the edge: Spectacle, modernity and deathliness, Yale University Press, New Haven. Set text - 391 EVA |
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GlamourAs one of the most alluring yet elusive concepts in contemporary style, glamour is an ideal that permeates our visual culture. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue radically revises our understanding of glamour in the fields of fashion, industrial design, and architecture. Tracing glamour's trajectory from Hollywood's golden age to its present-day connotations of affluence, this lavishly illustrated volume presents a striking array of postwar couture, jewelry, automobiles, furniture, and built and unbuilt architecture - all of which share an affinity for richly decorative patterning, complex layering, and sumptuous materials. Rosa, J. et al. (eds) 2004, Glamour: Fashion + industrial design + architecture, Yale University Press, New Haven. Main collection - 745.2 GLA |
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HairThis book explores the social importance of hair, wherever it grows, explaining the cultural significance of hair and hairiness and presenting a new critical engagement with hair and its stories, histories, performances and rituals. From heads, legs and underarms, to wigs and beards, and everything in between, the presentation, manipulation and daily experience of human hair plays a central and dynamic role within fashion, self-expression and the creation of social identity. The book's diverse range of cross-cultural essays encompasses the study of hair in fashion, film, art, history, literature, performance and consumer culture. Offering an accessible mix of visual analysis, cultural commentary and critical theory, Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion will appeal to all those interested in the presentation and analysis of cultural identity and the body. Biddle-Perry, G. & Cheang, S. (eds) 2008, Hair: Styling, culture and fashion, Berg, Oxford. Main collection - 391.5 HAI |
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A New FloweringFeaturing one thousand years of botanical art, this catalogue represents the Ashmolean's leading exhibition of 2005, providing the unique opportunity to compare illustrations by contemporary artists alongside remarkable botanical art of the past. Chosen by Dr Shirley Sherwood from her acclaimed collection of botanical paintings by artists worldwide, and from the rich historical trasures of Oxford libraries and museums, such as the Flora Graeca by Ferdinand Bauer, one of Oxford's greatest treasures, these inspiring images stand at the interface between art and science. Sherwood, S. 2005, A new flowering: 1000 years of botanical art, The Ashmolean, Oxford. Main collection - 743.934 SHE |
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Becoming an Interior Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design
This Second Edition of Becoming an Interior Designer will prepare you for entering and succeeding in the interior design field. It covers all aspects of getting into the industry, including updated information on the following: Piotrowski, C. 2009, Becoming an interior designer : a guide to careers in design, 2 edn, John Wiley, Chichester. Main collection - 747.092 PIO |
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Goddess: The Classical Mode
From the emblematic designs of Madame Grès to Isadora Duncan's dance costumes and the avant-garde gowns of Yves Saint Laurent, the Greco-Roman classical tradition of dress has clearly inspired and influenced the worlds of art and fashion. This beautifully illustrated book explores the continually evolving influence of classical dress through the ages, presenting a historical survey of this fascinating theme. Featured works include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and decorative objects from Greek and Roman times to the present as well as garments dating from the eighteenth century and recent creations by designers such as Tom Ford of Gucci. |
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Digital Textile Design
Written specifically for textile designers, Digital Textile Design provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as design tools. A series of inspirational tutorials, presented in step-by-step format, guide the reader through the process of creating designs that will be suited to both the traditional textile production process, and to the new industry of digital printing onto fabric. |
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Still life and Special Effects Photography: a guide to professional lighting techniquesEvery picture featured in this book is accompanied by a description of how the lighting was achieved, combined with clear illustrations showing each lighting set-up help readers achieve the same effect.
The first section is dedicated to shooting conventional still-life subjects (such as food, product shots and natural flora), and the second to the more challenging field of special-effect photography (montage, multi-exposure, mirrors and props, constructing simple room sets, etc). |
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The Production Manual
Through in-depth study of six principle areas of screen and print production, this book covers everything from plate-making, resolution, duotones and half-tones to exhibition, packaging and signage production. Each chapter provides numerous examples of print-production techniques from leading contemporary design studios and is packed full of useful tips and helpful instructions to make this a technical manual and creative tool that no aspiring designer should be without. |
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Re-de-sign: new directions for your interior design career
Re-de-sign offers a clear, concise survey of the field or interior design, providing a fresh look at the expanding role of the interior designer and offering an exciting array of career alternatives, from the tried-and-true areas of residential and the contract design to innovative areas of speciality design. |
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The swimsuit: a fashion history from 1920s Biarritz and the birth of the bikini to sporswear styles and catwalk trends
The swimsuit charts the evolution of this fabulous garment from woollen Victorians bathing costume through its early couture fashion history and sportswear associations to the slick luxury of swimwear represented in the media and advertising today. |
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The why of the buy: consumer behavior and fashion marketing
Consumer behavior affects all aspects of design, production, merchandising, and promotion in the fashion industry. The Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing addresses how psychology, sociology, and culture influence what, when, where, why, and how consumers buy what they buy. With topics ranging from consumer attitudes, personality, and values to the global marketplace, ethics, and social responsibility, this text presents consumer behavior in an enthusiastic and relevant way that will attract and engage students. |
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Designing the Modern Interior: from the Victorians to todayDesigning the Modern Interior reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes and public buildings is shaped by and shapes our modern culture. The modern interior has often been narrowly defined by the minimalist work of elite, reforming architects. But a shared modernising impulse, expressed in interior design, extends at least as far back as the Victorians and reaches to our own time. And this spirit of modernisation manifested itself in interiors, designed both by professionals and by amateurs, which did not necessarily look modern and often even aimed to imitate the past. Designing the Modern Interior presents a new history of the interior from the late 19th to the 21st century. Particular characteristics are consistent across this period: a progressive attitude towards technology; a hyper-consciousness of what it is to live in the present and the future; an overt relationship with the mass media, mass consumption and the marketplace; an emphasis on individualism, interiority and the 'self'; the construction of identities determined by gender, class, race, sexuality and nationhood; and the experiences of urban and suburban life.
Sparke, P, 2009. Designing the modern interior : from the Victorians to today, Oxford [U.K.], New York |
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Architectural working drawings
This new edition of the classic text that has become a standard in architecture curricula gives students in-depth understanding and insight for improving architectural working drawings through the integration of traditional guidelines, standards, and fundamentals with today's CAD operations. Main collection - 720.284 LIE |
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