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So many of us are looking for happiness, and so few find it! However, the Danes, known as the happiest people on this planet, have their own secret… Hygge, an almost untranslatable word is the name of this precious secret of wellbeing and happiness.This book is based on first-hand knowledge...

Designer Nathan Turner’s style is synonymous with the easy glam of California living. His first book introduced readers to his casual American style and chic design sense. Now, he has written a love letter to his home state in I Love California. This book is a journey up and down Highway 1 that...

Horse lovers live a distinct lifestyle, and that passion for horses often carries over into the décor of their homes. Polo players display their colorful mallets, drivers showcase dishes and pillows with horse-drawn carriages, and show jumpers exhibit their trophies and loving cups. Horses and Homes...

Tatting is a technique for handcrafting a particularly durable lace from a series of knots and loops. This fantastic volume contains a plethora of intricate and beautiful example of tatting, with simple, step-by-step instructions. 'Tatting' will appeal to modern readers with an interest in lace, and...

This book contains a lovely collection of vintage hand knitting patterns for the making of cardigans for men. Full of designs in different styles and sizes, there is something to suit every taste and occasion. Including a 'Fair Isle' and a 'Blazer' cardigan, this book provides some wonderful additions...

Goods made or designed in Italy enjoy a profile which far outstrips the country's modest manufacturing output. Italy's glorious design heritage and reputation for style and innovation has 'added value' to products made in Italy. Since 1945, Italian design has commanded an increasing amount of attention...

The Glow provides a rare glimpse into the world of fashionable mothers at home, capturing tender moments between them and their young ones and sharing their inspiration, insights, and a few of their favorite things. Violet Gaynor and Kelly Stuart, creators of the popular website TheGlow.com, bring...

This unusual collection of stencil designs showcases the sinuous elegance of Art Nouveau with 44 plates dating from the 1920s. Meticulously reproduced from a rare vintage publication, the vibrant patterns include borders, friezes, and festoons with exquisite images of children, animals, birds, rosettes, and heraldic designs.

With its dragons and fish, flowers and foo dogs, this magnificent new archive of Chinese designs newly rendered represents an exotic archive of royalty-free art. Hundreds of crisp black-and-white images based on authentic artifacts appear here, in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. 361 black-and-white illustrations.

Comprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black-and-white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection...

In this stunning book, renowned Thai floral artist Sakul Intakul combines colorful tropical flowers, exotic foliage and other unusual design materials in refreshingly original floral displays suitable for any occasion and any setting. Photographed in the spectacular, contemporary homes of Thailand's...

This Asian interior design book features hundreds of stunning photographs and thoughtful commentary and will add a distinctly Eastern flair to your collection. The global exchange of design and taste is at its most fertile between Asia and the West. Leading Asian designers and architects have...

Republished unabridged from the final comprehensive edition, this work contains the largest single-volume collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. It reproduces material from Greek and Roman, medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, baroque, and early nineteenth-century art, architecture,...

This immensely usable archive of vintage illustrations not only offers a wonderful window on the goods and merchandise of a bygone era, but is an absolute treasure trove of easily reproducible graphic art as well.Some 2,300 cuts culled from such rare nineteenth-century periodicals as The Art Journal,...