Art & Architecture

Artists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case.

Winner of the 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Awards, Illustrated Travel Book of the Year From Stephen King's Salem's Lot to superhero Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, a wondrous atlas of imagined places around the world. Locations from film, tv, literature, myths, comics and video games are plotted in a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. The maps...

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkable works of art have been inspired by artists spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 30 influential journeys...

Simply press your finger into the ink pad and print scales on a stegosaur's back, decorate a diplodocus and add teeth to a roaring T-rex. Features lots of different dinosaurs, along with other prehistoric creatures that lived on land and in the sea.

'Without any doubt, London is one of the best cities in the world for modern architecture. But it is also one of the biggest cities in the world, and it does not make a display of its best things. A visitor looking for new buildings in the City and the West End might well be justified in turning away with a shudder. Yet delightful things may be waiting for him in Lewisham or St. Albans.' Ian Nairn, from the...

The London 3D Expanding City Skyline - Pocket Pop up Book by Walker Books features twelve of London’s most famous sites accompanied by brief descriptions and a map showing their location around the city. Extending to 1.5 meters when fully stretched, the book becomes a three dimensional, beautifully illustrated city skyline.

Best known for his iconic print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai was a revolutionary printmaker. His mastery of ukiyo-e in the nineteenth century has inspired generations of artists since, and his works exposed the world to the delicate beauty and power of Japanese woodblock technique. In addition to his remarkable artistic output, Hokusai was also a dedicated te...

Despite a history stretching back almost 2,000 years, the City of London is one of the world's most modern, booming and yet unspoiled places to visit. Today it is teeming with those who work in London's international financial, legal and insurance industries. Catering to their every need, the tiny 'Square Mile' is full of fine-dining establishments, cafes, cocktail bars, clubs, cultural venues and historic ...

Capture the delicate beauty of the great outdoors with this enchanting collection of stickers. Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage drawings of creatures that soar, flutter, and glide. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand bird- and insect-themed stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, or simply enjoy this book as an exquisite keepsake. ...

Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, Nicholas Hawksmoor emerged as architect of some of the most powerful, creative and enigmatic buildings London has ever known. Hawksmoor's spires, churches, and other known works are featured on this map, with details and an introduction written by Owen Hopkins and original photography by Nigel Green. Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, Nicholas Hawksmoor e...

Featuring the most striking and influential examples of Brutalist architecture across Berlin, this two-sided guide includes a map, an introduction by Felix Torkar, details of more than fifty buildings and original photography. In English and German.

'This book is a triumph ... an intellectual feast as well as a visual one - a true biography of colour which will delight readers' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes

Since the early days as rolling hills crisscrossed with streams, London has come a long way to be one of the most exciting and innovative cities in the world.

At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, amedium he has been using for over a decade. Working outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney - 'We need a...

'A joy to read.' Sunday Times 'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph 'Excellent.' The Spectator 'Superb.' Literary Review 'Scintillating . . . A gripping, mysterious love story which also sheds light on British culture between the wars.' Financial Times In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year-old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four-year-old Sybil Andrews. They would be together for twe...

A richly informative and visually packed sourcebook demonstrating and explaining the function and worldwide appeal of Islamic architecture.

One of Europe's most beautiful cities is celebrated through the talents of artist Fabrice Moireau Florence, the capital of Tuscany, cradle of the Renaissance and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, unfolds in this book its architectural wealth, its emblematic monuments as well as its popular neighborhoods. From churches to museums, from gardens to palaces and from small squares to winding streets, Fabrice Moi...

This latest volume in the MoMA One on One series introduces the original set of 176 emoji for mobile phones and pagers released in 1999 by the Japanese mobile phone company NTT DOCOMO.