Applied Arts and Design Books

1001 REMARKABLE OBJECTS A celebration of the scale, breadth and relevance of the decorative arts and design collections held by Powerhouse Museum, ...

 "When I look around my houses in New York or London I am struck by what an influence he has had on me. He has left his souvenirs everywhere. His t...

“What I’m searching for when I walk the street are people I can engage with: somebody whose face, and particularly eyes, scream a story.”– Bruce Gi...

Published to accompany an eponymous exhibition organized by UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, A Designed Life: Contemporary America...

AfterTaste: Expanded Practices in Interior Design is an edited volume comprising texts, interviews and portfolios that collectively document new th...

By the author of Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age "Salgado shows us that concealed within the pain of living and the tragedy of dying ...

**Shortlisted, ALS Gold Medal 2023** ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidab...

Angela Valamanesh is one of Australia's most intriguing ceramic artists. Her art is aesthetically minimal and cunningly simple, allowing us to inte...

Today the art world is more of a world in every sense, with a larger population, a wider territory and a greater number of nationalities. Its preva...

This book documents the styles and fashions from European settlement through the colonial era and goldrush periods and provides detailed informatio...

Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925-1975   From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the ...

Carsten Höller has created a world that is equal parts laboratory and fun house. He explores important themes such as architecture, childhood, love...

What can we learn about the Roman empire from an amphora made in 200 BC? How can a simple, unadorned cup made in 1945 tell us so much about history...

Captures the feel of the ceramicist’s studio with new appreciation for the beautiful, functional, and accessible works being produced by a new gene...

The Designer's Dictionary of Colour provides an in-depth look at 30 colours key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in colour-by-colo...

Penny Craswell is a Sydney-based editor, writer and curator who specialises in design, craft, architecture and interiors. She is the former Edito...

Eucalyptusdom reckons with Australia’s cultural history and ever-changing relationship with the gum tree. This publication expands upon a body of r...

‘Evidence brings to light objects that tell the story of resistance, social change, and the struggle for rights and liberties. Some of the objects ...

Today's fashion designers and stylists are no longer faceless credited names, but rather public personas who often attain celebrity status. Unique ...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years?The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledg...

The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future....

A compact sourcebook of ideas for innovative furnishing, interior environments and small-scale architectural interventions.As the definition of 'de...

PowerThe galang collective convenes regularly to discuss the role of museums and other cultural institutions in the past and present colonisation o...

The galang collective convenes regularly to discuss the role of museums and other cultural institutions in the past and present colonisation of Fir...