Koto Bolofo: One Love, One Book - Steidl Book Culture: the Book As Multiple by Koto Bolofo (By (photographer))
35.00 NZD
Category: Photography
How does a bookbinder miraculously transform printed sheets into the proud volumes on your bookshelf? Koto Bolofo reveals all this and more in One Love, One Book, his photo-documentation of the worlds of papermaking, printing and bookbinding.Bolofo began his visual journey at Hahnemühle Paper Mill, foun ...Show more
Vulnerable by Olga Michi (By (photographer))
75.00 NZD
115.00 (34% off)
Category: Photography
In this stunning compilation of 140 images, photographer Olga Michi brings a new kind of portrait photography to endangered ethnic groups around the world. Her striking images seen in Vulnerable, present individuals against a black background, dramatically lit to focus on their dress, accessories, and i ...Show more
Forests in Our World - How the Climate Affects Woodlands by Gunther Willinger (By (photographer))
115.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table Books
Forests are the green lungs of the world, absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. They filter our air, provide drinking water, and help stabilize our climate. They also vary greatly by region, providing a home to a rich diversity of animal, plant, and tree species around the globe. Wherever you f ...Show more
Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction, Vol. I 1919-1959 by Peter Simpson
84.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Māori motifs, McCahon’s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected and exhibited extensively in Australasia an ...Show more
Small Space Style: Clever Ideas for Compact Interiors by Sara Emslie
39.99 NZD
Category: Interior Design
Sara Emslie embraces the positive aspects of living in a compact home and explores design and style solutions to the practical issues of living with limited space. In the first chapter, Elements of Design, Sara tackles clever design and planning details and discusses how to make the most of any small ho ...Show more
Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori world, 1880-1910 by Blackley Roger
84.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: near fine
Galleries of Maoriland introduces us to the many ways in which European colonists to New Zealand (called Pakeha by the indigenous Maori) discovered, created, propagated and romanticised the Maori world at the turn of the century summed up in a popular nickname describing New Zealand; Maoriland. It could ...Show more
Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography by Phillip Prodger; HRH The Duchess Of Cambridge Staff (Introduction by)
60.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Goldie by Roger Blackley
69.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
Charles F. Goldie (1870-1947) is one of New Zealand's best known artists, with mystique surrounding his work. His fame has been fed by newspaper reports documenting record-shattering prices, thefts, vandalism and forgeries. The book explores Goldie's career, his early still life paintings, his time as a ...Show more
Cats of Japan: Woodblock Prints by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Other Artists by JOCELYN BOUQUILLARD
54.99 NZD
Category: Art and Design
Featuring the works Japan's most celebrated neko-e artists, this gorgeous boxed set contains a volume of more than seventy exquisite accordion-fold prints and an accompanying booklet with explanatory texts. For centuries, cats have played an essential role in Japanese culture and folklore. Long before ...Show more
Go Green Architecture by Anna Minguet
49.99 NZD
Category: Architecture
In a world that is increasingly aware of environmental challenges, architecture is presented as a powerful tool to address the preservation of the natural environment. The projects presented in this book show recent examples of the different ways in which architecture can contribute to meeting the chall ...Show more
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes - Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin
36.99 NZD
Category: Art History
A fascinating diary of Victorian dresses, as worn by Mrs Anne Sykes, the daughter of a Lancashire mill-owner whose life took her to Malta and Singapore, recently unearthed by a textile historian. The entries include actual textile samples as well as intriguing entries that the author will unpack to crea ...Show more
Wooden Houses : From log cabins to beach houses by Judith Miller; James Merrell (Photographer)
19.99 NZD
Category: Architecture
Wooden Houses places the wooden house into a historical, social and decorative context, explores the decorative potential of wood in our homes and provides inspiration for anyone who appreciates the beauty and soul of this wonderful natural material. Wooden houses range from rustic log cabins and ti ...Show more