Arts, Architecture & Design Books

With drawing tips, techniques, and step-by-step projects, Drawing: Manga is the perfect resource for artists ready to enhance their drawing skills and create their own manga book.  With Manga (Drawing Step by Step), develop drawing and storytelling...

Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and step-by-step drawing techniques, The Art of Basic Drawing provides a perfect introduction to drawing for beginning artists.  Filled with easy step-by-step instruction from a variety of artists and a wealth...

Develop a visual mindfulness practice--and enjoy the mental health benefits of mindful drawing! Embrace imperfection and express your own unique creativity by learning how to stay in the moment as you draw with this how-to guide to mindful sketching. ...

A perfect gift for anyone dreaming about getting a tattoo, this gorgeous guided journal and sketchbook offers thoughtful prompts and plenty of blank space to hold all your tattoo ideas and inspirations. What kind of imagery would make the most...

The fourth title in the Draw 62 series featuring the adorable imagery of artist Heegyum Kim, Draw 62 Things in Nature and Make Them Cutepresents step-by-step how-to for nature-inspired characters-trees, rocks, seashells, vegetables, and more. In this...

In Animation Lab for Kids, artists, teachers, and authors Laura Bellmont and Emily Brink present exciting, fun, hands-on projects that teach kids a range of animation techniques. Introduce kids to stop-motion animation and animated filmmaking. Animation...

Drawing Adorable Art for Happy Hearts is your step-by-step guide to creating supercute illustrations of everyday objects using a range of techniques and mediums, from pencil sketching to marker coloring. Learn how to letter and create fun, adorable...

Learn how to draw cats in all their adorableness with step-by-step tutorials in Kawaii Kitties. In Kawaii Kitties, popular YouTube artist Olive Yong (@bichi.mao) teaches you how to draw all kinds of cute cats doing all kinds of silly things in her...

Fifty oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column 'Anatomy of a Song'. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more - iconic recordings that not only inspire a...

Unleash your creative expression with open-ended watercolor prompts from the author of A Field Guide to Color. With 62 cards, The Color Meditation Deck offers over 500 potential combinations for endless color meditation opportunities. This deck gives...

Easy Drawing offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put graphite pencil or colored pencil to paper! Leave your artistic...

Easy Watercolor offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put paintbrush to paper! Leave your artistic insecurities behind as...

Drawing Poses for Beginners combines step-by-step pencil lessons and additional graphite portrait examples to demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in hundreds of realistic poses. With a wealth of illustrated graphite portrait references...

Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organised into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip...

Get inspired and get glazing! Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations provides a captivating collection of sure-fire glaze recipes and electrifying combinations for low-fire, mid-range, and high-fire potters. Hundreds of photos and technically-edited...

his debut monograph of the visionary landscape architecture firm OJB uncovers the philosophy that guides the practice and reveals the transformative power of landscape through a selection of case studies drawn from the firm's thirty-year history. ...

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram In 2018, without any...

With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstory, and verve for life, Frida Kahlo remains a modern icon, captivating and inspiring artists, feminists, and art lovers more than sixty years after her death. Forever Frida celebrates...

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest mammals, along with their complex societies. In these pages, we learn that whales share an amazing ability to learn and adapt to opportunities, from...

Gorgeous color art from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece! The first three Color Walk art books collected into one beautiful compendium. Color images and special illustrations from the world’s most popular manga, One Piece! This compendium features over 300...

An accessible and comprehensive encyclopedia of 1,000 deadstock sneakers--the originals produced for exclusive, limited-edition releases--by trendsetting sneakerhead and infamous reseller, Larry Deadstock "Deadstock" refers to the originals: authentic,...

Fashion and creative director Sunita Kumar Nair presents Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion, which pays homage to the style icon's timeless, distinguished beauty, and legacy in the first book of its kind.  Foreword by Gabriela Hearst,...

Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth's extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout history Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world...

Drawn from the archives of Hermes, here is a collection of enchanting stories and profiles that trace the odyssey of the family business founded by Thierry Hermes in 1837. Author Luc Charbin brings to life the voices of the saddlers, sales assistants,...

Extraordinary images by master macro photographer Levon Biss capture a vanishing world of insects from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New YorkInsects are at once our most familiar fellow animals and the most mysterious. They...

From Rolling Stone, the definitive and lavishly illustrated companion book to one of the most popular and hotly debated lists in the world of musicWhen Rolling Stone publishes a list, the world listens. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was first...

A stunning visual history of tarot Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more than 500 years, been the most popular and accessible of all esoteric tools, looming large in today's mainstream culture. Why? Because the cards are...

World-renowned artist and textile designer Kaffe Fassett provides a window into his creative process, offering readers new patterns, new ideas, and new inspiration With successes like Bold Blooms and Dreaming in Color, the latest book from Kaffe...

A fully illustrated biography of iconic American designer Ralph Lauren told through the lens of fashion From the author of Dressing the Man, the seminal tome on men's fashion, comes the illustrated biography of Ralph Lauren. Published in time for...

A vibrant celebration of surfers in and out of the water from an award-winning photographer Professional photographer Thom Gilbert spent four years among surfer royalty at the top of their game-in Spain, New York, California, and Hawaii-with his camera...

The first monograph on fashion designer Prabal Gurung, packed with stories, design inspiration, and never-before-seen photographs. The first monograph on fashion designer Prabal Gurung, packed with stories, design inspiration, and never-before-seen...

Focusing on more than just fashion, The Truth About Style highlights the nature of style and the importance of cultivating our individuality, whether it is expressed through the way we dress, our attitude, or the unique traits that we all possess. Wit...

London in Bloom

In this stunning updated edition of the successful Vogue: The Covers, Vogue continues to pay tribute to its tradition of beauty and excellence with a compilation of even more spectacular cover art. In addition to featur ing classic covers from the...

From Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda comes a backstage pass to his groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean...

This deck of cards has been put together using four different sets (one for each suit) made by Russian criminals in prisons during the 1980s. Prohibited by the prison authorities, they were constructed from innocuous materials procured from the everyday...

For the first time, Sydney’s Art Deco buildings of the 1930s and 1940s are identified and gloriously displayed with contemporary photographs alongside archival images. Sydney Art Deco explores the impact of the Art Deco style on the landscape and life...

A stunning portfolio of residential and commercial projects from award-winning internationally renowned design house Studio Indigo Founded in London in 2005 by architect and creative director Mike Fisher, Studio Indigo is a multi-lingual,...

Renowned designer and former US national team oarsman Jack Carlson’s essential and glorious celebration of the classic rowing blazer and of rowing itself—now revised and expanded This handsome, eye-catching ode to the classic rowing blazer is a...

ILLUSTRATED PLAYING CARDS from Oliver Munden, creator of Tattoo Tarot A FULL DECK OF 54 CARDS means you can play all your favourite games with ease DISCOVER THE MEANINGS behind popular tattoos through time, from a sailor's sea creature to a spider woman,...

From the end of World War II through the 1980s, Aarons photographed the rich and famous, the beautiful and the celebrated: Hollywood royalty, European aristocracy, the grande dames of high society, captains of industry, media moguls, statesmen and stars...

Take a riveting behind-the-scenes tour of Bruce Springsteen's life and career, vividly illustrated with over 100 stage and candid photos, plus 10 removable pieces of memorabilia. Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography offers fans an intimate look...

Juggling is FUN FOR ALL AGES-whether you're 17 or 70! Learn the basics-plus some fancier moves-with this juggling set.  Juggling will take you through the journey of mastering the fun and addictive art of juggling. Featuring all the tools you will...

Jump into the world of kawaii with Cute Kawaii Coloring--this fun kit includes 2 coloring books and 10 colored markers. If you love cute and cuddly things, you probably already know about kawaii, the Japanese concept that can be translated as "cute" or...

Learn to draw and color your own anime art with this all-in-one Draw & Color Anime kit--complete with a guide, a coloring book, and markers. Anime and manga are Japanese comic book art styles that have become popular all around the world. This kit...

From wallpaper and flooring to furniture and accessories, Christiane Lemieux explores the elements of resilient home design. In this beautiful, lavishly illustrated 400-page volume, she covers the traditions, tools, and major players in the home-goods...

Drawing Basics and Beyond: Transform Observation into Imagination by Sorie Kim is the ultimate guide for aspiring artists, illustrators, and creative thinkers who wish to master the fundamentals of drawing. This comprehensive book not only teaches you...

With Creative Endurance learn how to reframe the obstacles of everyday life and work into exciting creative opportunities. Are you experiencing creative burnout? Using the effective strategies for creative endurance developed by Creative Director of...