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The Cinema Palace: Lost and Found Richard Gray 9781836245810
RRP: $84.80SciFier: $79.29The Cinema Palace: Lost and Found is a fascinating journey through some of the greatest ever structures built for film. Most were built during the film heyday of the 1920s and 1930s, when spectacular... -
Grand Designs by Aneta Podkalicka
SciFier: $199.34This is the first academic book to examine the long running hit series Grand Designs, which occupies a significant place in the popular imagination internationally. The authors apply an empirically... -
Pattern Euphoria: New Designs for Home Interiors and Fashion by Wang Shaoqiang
SciFier: $72.48The delightful patterns collected in this book, which have been created by talented designers from all over the world, are inspired by botanic shapes, the animal kingdom, geometry or abstract forms. ... -
Victory Point Owen D. Pomery 9781910395806
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $19.53On a summer's day, Ellen returns to the coastal town she grew up in: Victory Point. Revisiting old haunts and people from her past, she feels increasingly disconnected from her previous life, and... -
Designing with Algorithms: A Mathematical Guide Arash Soleimani 9781032704395
RRP: $93.26SciFier: $85.35Computing is revolutionizing the creative process, transforming how designers approach ideation, prototyping, fabrication, communication, and representation. Yet many lack the foundational knowledge... -
Contemporary African Fashion Suzanne Gott 9780253222565
RRP: $46.62SciFier: $39.43African fashion is as diverse and dynamic as the continent and the people who live there. While experts have long recognized the importance of clothing as a marker of ethnic identity, life stages,... -
Raiding the Icebox: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Culture Peter Wollen 9781844672509
SciFier: $46.19Raiding the Icebox is a kaleidoscopic review of the avant-garde and radical subcultures of the twentieth century, and explains how the most powerful artistic statements of the era redrew the line... -
Heroic Worlds by Lawrence Schick
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $47.47This history of role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons explains their evolution and gives complete definitions and descriptions for related game products. Arriving on the scene in 1973,... -
Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works Germano Celant 9788857206547
RRP: $137.80SciFier: $98.07A groundbreaking work edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio that enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois, who has produced art since... -
Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology Marcus Milwright 9781474409193
RRP: $61.46SciFier: $52.98Islamic art is justly famed for its technological sophistication, varied approaches to ornament, and innovative employment of the written word. But what do we know about the skilled artisans who... -
Live From F*cking Everywhere by Adam Katz Sinding
RRP: $63.49SciFier: $56.16Reporting live from "everywhere," photographer Adam Katz Sinding (formerly known as Le 21eme) travels around the globe to document the fashion zeitgeist. An Instagram hit, @aks's lens captures... -
Video Art by Ida Gianelli
RRP: $35.93SciFier: $27.37Over the last four decades video art has undergone numerous transformations. If in its early years, during the mid sixties, video was used by artists to record performances created in an isolated... -
Rei Kawakubo by Dr Rex Butler
SciFier: $215.03The Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is undoubtedly one of the world's major fashion designers. In 2017 she was the second living designer to ever be given a retrospective... -
Morris by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
SciFier: $59.64William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the greatest creative figures of the 19th century. As a visionary designer, as well as a manufacturer, writer, artist, and socialist activist, he pioneered the... -
Tirelli 50: The Wardrobe of Dreams Masolino d'Amico 9788857226880
RRP: $95.40SciFier: $71.04The book presents a portrait of Tirelli with the history of his apprenticeship and his passion not only for the painstaking reproduction of ancient garments and accessories but also for building up a... -
Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design Geraint D'Arcy 9781138636507
SciFier: $85.35The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scene in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical... -
The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book by Laurens Valk
RRP: $61.46SciFier: $43.93Discover the many features of the LEGO (R) MINDSTORMS (R) NXT 2.0 set. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book is the complete, illustrated, beginner's guide to MINDSTORMS that you've been looking... -
Bogolan by Victoria L. Rovine
RRP: $50.86SciFier: $41.26Focusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, Victoria L. Rovine traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the... -
The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes Patrick Keiller 9781781687765
SciFier: $45.77In his classic sequence of films, Patrick Keiller retraces the hidden story of the places where we live, the cities and landscapes of our everyday lives. This collection explores the surrealist... -
Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind: Perspectives on Fiction and Beyond Dr Katerina Bantinaki (University of Crete, Greece) 9781350409569
SciFier: $65.70Empathy is widely acknowledged as a central, if not necessary, mechanism for understanding works of art, and even as the mode of engagement that mediates art's edifying effects. Bringing together 15... -
The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media Dave Colangelo 9781041187363
RRP: $101.74SciFier: $92.71The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media describes, historicizes, theorizes, and creatively deploys massive media -- a set of techno-social assemblages and practices... -
The Art Of The Brick Nathan Sawaya 9781593275884
RRP: $80.54SciFier: $56.63Nathan Sawaya is renowned for his incredible, sometimes surreal, sculptures and portraits all made from LEGO bricks. The Art of the Brick is a stunning, full-color showcase of the work that has made... -
Women and Home in Cinema by Louise Radinger Field
RRP: $233.18SciFier: $209.86This book explores visions of home in cinema and the ways in which women inhabit the onscreen realm. Looking closely at a range of films made between 1936 and 2013, it examines how filmmakers... -
Urban Noir by James J. Ward
SciFier: $187.60Film noir has always been associated with urban landscapes, and no two cities have been represented more prominently in these films than New York and Los Angeles. In noir and neo-noir films since the... -
Lego Space by Peter Reid
RRP: $50.86SciFier: $36.68Come explore an incredible LEGO (R) universe in LEGO Space: Building the Future. Spaceships, orbital outposts, and new worlds come to life in this unique vision of the future, built completely from... -
Nineteen Eighty-four George Orwell 9780140817744
SciFier: $19.67Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian... -
Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flaneur Alastair Phillips (University of Warwick, UK) 9781844578184
SciFier: $187.60This essay collection offers a new approach to the representation of Paris on screen. Bringing together a wide range of renowned French and Anglophone specialists in film, television, history,... -
We Own the Night by Workhorse
SciFier: $41.70Known as the Underbelly Project, a massive gallery of unsolicited artwork exists underground, never to be seen by the public, on the walls of a 100-year-old abandoned New York City subway station... -
Painted Travels: Portraits of Remarkable Places SJ Axelby 9780008580728
RRP: $74.20SciFier: $53.21An armchair discovery tour of truly remarkable places, captured in SJ Axelby's inimitable watercolours. This follow-up volume to SJ Axelby's Interior Portraits transports the reader to bars, cafes,... -
Beautiful Lego 3: Wild by Mike Doyle
RRP: $50.86SciFier: $35.74Scenes from nature spring to life in Mike Doyle's latest curated collection of LEGO art, Beautiful LEGO: Wild! From botanical marvels to adorable critters such as a sea otter family made from 3,500... -
Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios David A. Bossert 9781732602083
RRP: $52.89SciFier: $40.75Kem Weber (1889-1960), a well-known mid-century architect, was part of the distinctive West Coast modernism movement that helped shaped the relaxed California lifestyle. He influenced California... -
Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music by Mette Gieskes
SciFier: $241.66This interdisciplinary book investigates the various ways in which North American and European modern and contemporary artists, authors, and musicians have returned to earlier works of their own,... -
On Flying Objects by Emil Hakl
RRP: $21.18SciFier: $19.29Given Hakl's flair for the surreal, his laconic sense of humour, and unflinching scrutiny of those closest to him, it's easy to see how these stories have elevated him to the status of cult hero in... -
Izzy Paints by Tim Miller
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $25.08"Izzy's happiness at creating something of their own and the simple but lively text make for a delightful and engaging read-aloud. A charming stroll through the imagination and a testament to the... -
Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
SciFier: $18.21* "Another winning picture book that blurs real and imagined worlds." -Booklist, starred review Museums: filled with mysterious, magical art, and curiosities? Or secrets? And what might happen if a... -
The Films of Eric Rohmer: French New Wave to Old Master L. Anderst 9781349436392
SciFier: $99.62Eric Rohmer was a key figure in French New Wave cinema. Contributors to this volume revisit, complicate, and upend accepted readings and interpretations of perennial Rohmerian topics including the... -
Ralph Lauren A Way of Living: Home, Design, Inspiration Ralph Lauren 9780847872145
RRP: $127.20SciFier: $101.95A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren s signature home collections including the designer s own homes which have inspired the world of interior design for nearly half a century. As with his... -
Edifice by Andrzej Klimkowski
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $28.37At the heart of the dream city of Engelstadt stand the tall storeys of an ancient apartment block, home to a nightmare labyrinth of corridors and secrets. Christmas is coming, but the mysterious... -
Conquest Nina Allan 9781529420791
RRP: $23.30SciFier: $16.90Rachel's boyfriend Frank is different from other people. His strangeness is part of what she loves about him: his innocence, his intelligence, his passionate immersion in the music of JS Bach. As a... -
Watch this Space by Howard Griffin
RRP: $211.89SciFier: $191.54This book, and its individual essays, examine key emerging and evolving practices, theories and methodologies that operate in the blurred boundary between spatial design disciplines, such as...