The bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: This is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication. Covering the essentials of typography, this book explores everything from typefaces and type families to kerning and tracking to grids and layout principles. Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs…
Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings during his lifetime. These included private homes – such as the stunning Fallingwater, churches, temples…
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom's Cabin as a genuine American folk possession. Wallace writes with a freshness and immediacy that brings every action-packed scene to life …
The magnificent art of origami is brought to life in this beautiful book, adorned with Ellen Giggenbach's very own animal designs. With the spiral-bound instructions and a wallet full of origami sheets, you have everything you could possibly need to create animal models from nothing but paper! Whether an elephant, penguin, bird or fish, the magic of origami is that you can create so many exciti…
Parah. Lebih parah daripada yang Anda kira. Tak benar kalau dibilang perubahan iklim terjadi dengan lambat, apalagi kalau dibilang tak terjadi. Dan jika kekhawatiran Anda mengenai perubahan iklim sebatas efeknya menaikkan permukaan laut, itu belum apa-apa, baru secuil dari segala kemungkinan musibah yang disebabkannya, yang bisa terjadi bahkan dalam masa hidup seorang remaja. Selama beber…