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On Stage by Mathilde Roman
RRP: $52.83SciFier: $48.59In On Stage, Mathilde Roman explores the resonances that fields of theatre - stage, decor, space, gaze and more - have in the practice of video arts. Using these notions of theatre both as points of... -
Designing with Algorithms: A Mathematical Guide Arash Soleimani 9781032704395
RRP: $83.14SciFier: $76.09Computing is revolutionizing the creative process, transforming how designers approach ideation, prototyping, fabrication, communication, and representation. Yet many lack the foundational knowledge... -
Pattern Euphoria: New Designs for Home Interiors and Fashion by Wang Shaoqiang
SciFier: $64.62The 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. ... -
Grand Designs by Aneta Podkalicka
SciFier: $177.72This 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... -
Contemporary African Fashion Suzanne Gott 9780253222565
RRP: $41.56SciFier: $35.15African 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,... -
Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology Marcus Milwright 9781474409193
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $47.23Islamic 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... -
Raiding the Icebox: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Culture Peter Wollen 9781844672509
SciFier: $41.18Raiding 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... -
Video Art by Ida Gianelli
RRP: $32.04SciFier: $24.40Over 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... -
Heroic Worlds by Lawrence Schick
RRP: $47.25SciFier: $42.32This 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: $122.85SciFier: $87.43A 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... -
Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design Geraint D'Arcy 9781138636507
SciFier: $76.09The 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: $54.79SciFier: $39.16Discover 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: $45.34SciFier: $36.78Focusing 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... -
Morris by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
SciFier: $53.17William 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... -
The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media Dave Colangelo 9781041187363
RRP: $90.70SciFier: $82.65The 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... -
Rei Kawakubo by Dr Rex Butler
SciFier: $191.70The 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... -
Tirelli 50: The Wardrobe of Dreams Masolino d'Amico 9788857226880
RRP: $85.05SciFier: $63.33The 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... -
The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes Patrick Keiller 9781781687765
SciFier: $40.81In 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... -
Women and Home in Cinema by Louise Radinger Field
RRP: $207.88SciFier: $187.09This 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... -
Lego Space by Peter Reid
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $32.70Come 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: $17.54Hidden 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... -
The Art Of The Brick Nathan Sawaya 9781593275884
RRP: $71.80SciFier: $50.48Nathan 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... -
Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind: Perspectives on Fiction and Beyond Dr Katerina Bantinaki (University of Crete, Greece) 9781350409569
SciFier: $58.57Empathy 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... -
We Own the Night by Workhorse
SciFier: $37.18Known 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: $66.15SciFier: $47.44An 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,... -
Urban Noir by James J. Ward
SciFier: $167.25Film 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... -
Beautiful Lego 3: Wild by Mike Doyle
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $31.87Scenes 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: $47.16SciFier: $36.33Kem 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... -
Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flaneur Alastair Phillips (University of Warwick, UK) 9781844578184
SciFier: $167.25This 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,... -
Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music by Mette Gieskes
SciFier: $215.44This 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: $18.88SciFier: $17.20Given 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... -
Ralph Lauren A Way of Living: Home, Design, Inspiration Ralph Lauren 9780847872145
RRP: $113.40SciFier: $90.89A 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... -
Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
SciFier: $16.24* "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... -
Edifice by Andrzej Klimkowski
RRP: $32.11SciFier: $25.29At 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... -
Izzy Paints by Tim Miller
RRP: $24.55SciFier: $22.36"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... -
The Art of Dave Seeley by Dave Seeley
Titan BooksRRP: $56.68SciFier: $40.33The Art of Dave Seeley brings together the acclaimed fantasy artist's finest book cover work in one deluxe volume. Seeley works in a digital format and uses photo collages to begin each piece... -
The Films of Eric Rohmer: French New Wave to Old Master L. Anderst 9781349436392
SciFier: $88.81Eric 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... -
The Films of Eric Rohmer: French New Wave to Old Master L. Anderst 9781137010995
SciFier: $88.81Eric 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... -
Italy in Early American Cinema by Giorgio Bertellini
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $33.68Giorgio Bertellini traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic-the picturesque. Once... -
Masters of Street Art: Art Without A Frame Michael Harker 9783961716975
RRP: $170.10SciFier: $117.56In his second book on street art, Michael Harker once again travels to the most diverse centres for this art of the street. The varied structure of the topics with fascinating large-format...