Design

John Berry  
Usually ships in 24 hours This volume explores Henry Miller Inc. since 1936 and its dedication to "modern" furniture. From that time, they have collaborated with many... [read more]

Christopher Alexander,Sara Ishikawa,Murray Silverstein  
Usually ships in 24 hours This is the most important work on residential architecture published in the 20th century. Alexander shows how to design or redesign any... [read more]

Editors of Fine Woodworking  
Usually ships in 24 hours From The Best of Fine Woodworking series comes an excellent text on how to take your initial concept of a piece to... [read more]

Michael Webb,Marisa Bartolucci,Raul Cabra,George Nelson  
Usually ships in 24 hours A major figure in mid-20th Century design, Nelson's firm brought us such inventive pieces as the platform bench, Marshmallow love seat, Coconut... [read more]

Samuel Colman  
Usually ships in 24 hours A treatise on the laws governing proportional form in nature, art and architecture. Flowers, shells and other natural organisms appear here, along... [read more]

Ross Lovegrove  
Usually ships in 24 hours Well established as the leading international showcase of domestic design, International Design Yearbook brings together 200 of the best designs from the... [read more]

Gary Olson,Peter Toaig,Robert Walker,Garry Olson  
Usually ships in 24 hours The onetree project began in November 1998 with the felling of an ailing 170-year-old oak. To demonstrate the economic and cultural value... [read more]

Gary Thorne  
Usually ships in 24 hours Stage design is carpentry at its weirdest-- it has to look perfect from the audience side, be light enough to move in... [read more]

Judy A. Juracek  
Usually ships in 24 hours This unusual book gives you 1,200 color photos of surfaces and textures, as a design resource or scan master. Categories of materials... [read more]

Theodore A. Cook  
Usually ships in 24 hours Subtitled (yes, an add-on to the title that says so much!) "With Special Reference to the Manuscripts of Leonardo Da Vinci." This... [read more]

David Pye  
In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. Prof. Pye establishes a basic theory of design, in a lucid style and in jargon-free language. This book is of special importance... [read more]

Christopher Alexander  
Usually ships in 24 hours Focusing on a plan for an extension ot the University of Oregon, Alexander shows how any community might go about designing and... [read more]

Christopher Alexander,Howard Davis,Julio Martinez  
Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks Alexander provides a fascinating account of a group of houses in northern Mexico that he and his associates built according to his... [read more]

Christopher Alexander  
Usually ships in 24 hours This is the opening work in Chistopher Alexander's seminal trilogy, and the introduction to his sweeping thought. In a nutshell, his thesis... [read more]

Soetsu Yanagi,Soetsu Tanagi,Muneyoshi Yanagi  
Usually ships in 24 hours Written as an appreciation for works of the anonymous craftsmen of Japan's past, the author sees folk art as a manifestation of... [read more]

Garth Graves  
Usually ships in 24 hours Get those ideas out of your head and into working drawings. Covers developing a design philosophy; applying standards of size, shape and... [read more]

Ken Horner  
Usually ships in 24 hours Every workshop operation requires knowing some kind of measurement, formula, fact, or calculation. Workshop problems usually can be solved with mathematics, but... [read more]

Aaron Betsky,Adam Eeuwens   The Netherlands is currently a center for great modern design, in architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and graphic design. This book showcases... [read more]

William S. Coperthwaite,Peter Forbes   If you've ever considered a life of greater simplicity, William Coperthwaite will appeal to you. This book, both philosophical and practical, explores... [read more]

Stephen Hogbin   This new design handbook goes beyond tired Modernism. Hogbin examines the fundamentals of line, form, color, and pattern, then moves on to... [read more]

William M. Ivins  
Usually ships in 24 hours This investigation probes the sometimes surprising relationships between art, architecture, and mathematics, as explored in philosphy and art.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionCHAPTER I. EYE... [read more]

Per Mollerup   From simple folds to complicated mechanisms, this book displays and discusses all the ways things bend, contract, reduce, and implode. Fascinating survey... [read more]

Jim Stack  
Usually ships in 24 hours Learning how to design and build your own furniture from scratch is the key to making your dreams a reality. The author... [read more]

Avril Hart,Emma Taylor,Victoria and Albert Museum  
Usually ships in 24 hours Created throughout history for a multitude of different purposes, many fans are also exquisite works of art. This book uses examples from... [read more]

Eric Peter Nash   Frank Lloyd Wright's name practically defines American architecture. He's left a legacy that continues to influence, inspire, and fascinate millions the world... [read more]

Graham Blackburn   Release your creativity. Here are 14 intriguing projects with interesting text on problems facing the designer-maker. Learn to design in the course... [read more]

Dan Pedoe   Surveys geometry and art, with a close look at Vitruvius, Durer, projective geometry, perspective theory, and concepts of space. An excellent tool... [read more]

Karim Rashid  
Usually ships in 24 hours Here's the most current issue of the best international showcase of furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past eighteen... [read more]

Adriaan Beukers,Ed van Hinte   Making something light in weight requires a deft balance of material, shape and the process of making. Creating lightness-- and thereby energy... [read more]

Christopher Williams  
Usually ships in 24 hours What limits the height of a tree, why is a large ship more efficient than a small one, what is the similarity... [read more]

Christopher Dresser   In this reprint of his classic Studies in Design, originally published in 1875, the timeless art and wisdom of Christopher Dresser are... [read more]

H. E. Huntley  
Usually ships in 24 hours This engaging introduction sorts out the golden section, Pythagorean numerology, conic sections, Pascal's triangle and the Fibonacci series. Very useful information for... [read more]

Walter W. Peddle  
Usually ships in 24 hours The furniture made in the small fishing villages of Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the most distinctive of any North American... [read more]

Matila Ghyka  
Usually ships in 24 hours A classic study of the relationship between geometry, aesthetics, nature and the human body. Ghyka covers the theory of proportion, including "the... [read more]

David Pye,John Kelsey   In a mechanized age, does it make any sense to work with hand tools when machines can do the same job? Cutting... [read more]

Sean Topham   What were we promised back in the 1950's? The most outrageous, space-oriented designs! The Soviet-American race to the moon ignited a worldwide... [read more]

A woodworker and an art teacher merge their knowlege and come up with a book... [read more]

Bambook, which many people grow themselves, is an alternative to wood that has many environmental... [read more]

20 patterns for woodworkers at all skill levels, including salad servers, a lovespoon, a Dragon... [read more]