Bloomsbury Visual Arts imprint: 136 books
by Professor Clair Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Although a hat may be designed for the purpose of practicality or aesthetics, it is part of a complex interplay of wider cultural meanings. Throughout history hats have played a significant role in expressing and revealing notions of class, gender, authority, fashion and etiquette. By examining the...
by Ms. Jane Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design explains the process of designing architectural projects. It describes the design studio and the activities that take place there.
The architectural design process is as diverse as the people who practise it; all architects follows their own individual...
Peacock Revolution
American Masculine Identity and Dress in the Sixties and Seventies
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The Peacock Revolution in menswear of the 1960s came as a profound shock to much of America. Men's long hair and vividly colored, sexualized clothes challenged long established traditions of masculine identity. Peacock Revolution is an in-depth study of how radical changes in men's clothing reflected,...
Creating Interior Atmosphere
Mise-en-scène and Interior Design
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This book sets out to explore the creation of interior atmosphere as seen through the lens of mise-en-scène. You will learn how this film theory informs the concept of 'staged space' translated through the narrative and expressive qualities of a particular scene.
Jean Whitehead quickly takes this...
Design, History and Time
New Temporalities in a Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Design, History and Time reflects on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts. In contrast to a traditional design historical approach which emphasises schools and movements, this volume addresses time as a continuum and considers the importance of temporality...
Design for Sustainable Change
How Design and Designers Can Drive the Sustainability Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Design for Sustainable Change explores how design thinking and design-led entrepreneurship can address the issue of sustainability. It discusses the ways in which design thinking is evolving and being applied to a much wider spectrum of social and environmental issues, beyond its traditional professional...
by Dr David Hands
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Vision and Values in Design Management explores the value of design as a key strategic resource that can be utilized in the pursuit of securing a competitive advantage within highly complex and emergent markets.
Throughout the book, David Hands offers contributions from key thinkers and practitioners...
by Dr Michael Nott
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
From amateur experiments in scrapbooks and stereographs to contemporary photobook collaborations between leading practitioners, poets and photographers have created an art form that continues to evolve and deserves critical exploration. Photopoetry 1845-2015, a Critical History represents the first...
From Object to Experience
The New Culture of Architectural Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Harry Francis Mallgrave combines a history of ideas about architectural experience with the latest insights from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make a powerful argument about the nature and future of architectural design.
Today, the sciences have granted...
by Mr Brian Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
In keeping with advances in technology, and rapid consumer adoption of new media and new ideas, the possibilities for digital marketing are changing rapidly. This book will guide you through the major trends that exemplify forward thinking and which will continue to inspire great online ideas well...
Transorientalism in Art, Fashion, and Film
Inventions of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization. With its roots in earlier times, it is a term that emphasizes alteration, mutation, and exchange between cultures.
While the familiar orientalisms persist, transorientalism is a term that...
The End of Fashion
Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signifier of status or profession, and designers are increasingly treated as 'artists', as fashion moves towards art and enters the gallery, museum,...
Fashion Installation
Body, Space, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2019
Gone are the days when fashion relied on a runway launch with coinciding press promotions to show a couturier's new range. Today, design houses are thinking beyond traditional methods of display to stimulate interest in their collections, such as to the internet, fashion film and, more recently, fashion...
by Lynne Mesher
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Basics Interior Design 01: Retail Design approaches the subject of interior design in a retail context. Retail spaces are at the forefront of contemporary interior design because they are updated regularly to stay competitive and appealing This book examines brand and identity as a starting point...