Sears House Designs of the Thirties
ISBN: 9780486429946 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proudly promoting itself as "the largest home building organization in the world," Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised in 1932 products in a handsome catalog that also displayed a full-size replica of Mount Vernon, created from Sears materials for a Paris exposition in 1932.
At the heart of this now-rare publication were measured floor plans for 68 Sears homes. Over 200 illustration displayed interiors and exteriors for such handsome residences as the Belmont, a six-room house with vestibule, breakfast alcove, three bedrooms, and one-and-a-half baths; and the Dover, an English-styled... Proudly promoting itself as "the largest home building organization in the world," Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised in 1932 products in a handsom...
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56,43 zł |
Victorian Architectural Details: Designs for Over 700 Stairs, Mantels, Doors, Windows, Cornices, Porches, and Other Decorative Elements
ISBN: 9780486440156 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published over 130 years ago by one of America's leading architectural firms, this volume provided prospective homeowners and other customers with a wide range of design alternatives. While the collection includes elevations and floor plans for a variety of handsome, private residences and commercial structures, the emphasis is on architectural details -- from cornices, dormer windows and piazzas, to balconies, fireplace mantels, and gable ornaments. A delight for anyone who appreciates the charm of Victorian architecture.
Originally published over 130 years ago by one of America's leading architectural firms, this volume provided prospective homeowners and other custome...
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52,07 zł |
Living in Morocco: Design from Casablanca to Marrakesh
ISBN: 9780500282649 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title celebrates the arts of Morocco, a country where an ancient tradition of craftsmanship has been sustained. It contains images of coloured ceilings, decorated courtyards and walls, of plaster of Paris carved in intricate geometries, of tiles so small that 150 could fit in a matchbox.
This title celebrates the arts of Morocco, a country where an ancient tradition of craftsmanship has been sustained. It contains images of coloured ce...
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114,84 zł |
Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure
ISBN: 9780553383126 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV's Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients and fans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautiful places that suit their style and budget. Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space. Here is an eight-step process...
From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gi...
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91,51 zł |
Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness
ISBN: 9780684866048 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential and accessible guide to increasing happiness, improving your financial well-being, and bettering your health through the timeless Chinese art of feng shui. Promising health, wealth, and happiness, feng shui offers endless appeal--at least in concept. Unfortunately, feng shui's seemingly complicated methods are often difficult to learn and apply in a meaningful way. Fortunately, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is written in plain and simple English for the modern Western reader. Revealing the ancient Chinese secrets that are as useful and necessary today as they have...
An essential and accessible guide to increasing happiness, improving your financial well-being, and bettering your health through the timeless Chinese...
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78,39 zł |
Interior Design and Identity
ISBN: 9780719067297 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating collection provides a chronologically arranged set of case studies looking at how interior design has constantly redefined itself as a manifestation of culture, from the eighteenth century to the present day. The book looks at the amateur activities of female 'home makers' in search of creative outlets and married couples seeking to modernise their homes, as well as the contributions of early professional (female) 'interior decorators', and later (male) 'interior designers'. It also considers the more anonymous role of commercial enterprises, such as hairdressing salons,...
This fascinating collection provides a chronologically arranged set of case studies looking at how interior design has constantly redefined itself as ...
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109,36 zł |
The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self
ISBN: 9780739121412 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section of the text discusses the ways in which theming acts as a form of authenticity. Included are articles on the theme park Dollywood, the historic Coney Island, the uses of theming in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Las Vegas Strip. Section two considers theming as a reflection of nation, and its authors focus on Chinese theme parks and shopping malls, the Lost City theme park in South Africa, and the Ain Diab resort district in Casablanca. The third...
The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section ...
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618,17 zł |
The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self
ISBN: 9780739121429 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section of the text discusses the ways in which theming acts as a form of authenticity. Included are articles on the theme park Dollywood, the historic Coney Island, the uses of theming in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Las Vegas Strip. Section two considers theming as a reflection of nation, and its authors focus on Chinese theme parks and shopping malls, the Lost City theme park in South Africa, and the Ain Diab resort district in Casablanca. The third...
The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section ...
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257,11 zł |
Interior Solutions from Armstrong: The 1960s
ISBN: 9780764307003 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beautiful, idea-filled room interiors seen in American popular magazines of the 1960s are reproduced here in over 200 color photographs with detailed identification. Readers adapted these designs from Armstrong Cork Company's advertising pages for their own homes. It was customary for Armstrong designers to create rooms that were chock-full of new ideas, as they had been doing for decades. But during the 1960s, the interiors underwent subtle changes in colors and materials which today are recognized as characteristic of this decade. Now these rooms reflected the changing culture in America...
Beautiful, idea-filled room interiors seen in American popular magazines of the 1960s are reproduced here in over 200 color photographs with detailed ...
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153,12 zł |
Beautiful Bathrooms
ISBN: 9780764315367 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a dream book of styles to pour over. These images illustrate cabinetry, floor and counter surfaces, and options in everything from bidets to washbasins. These designer rooms will help you choose a color palette, textures, and the style that suits you. A resource guide at the back of the book will help you locate interior designers and manufacturers who can help mesh your style with the walls and dimensions your home offers. Soak it all in and enjoy
Here is a dream book of styles to pour over. These images illustrate cabinetry, floor and counter surfaces, and options in everything from bidets to w...
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125,77 zł |
Remodeled Kitchens & Baths: Dramatic Makeovers
ISBN: 9780764321382 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the perfect companion for anyone planning to redo a kitchen or bath. Images and interviews with professional designers illustrate the dramatic results of changes, big and small, in over 50 projects. Gorgeous color photos display options in countertops, cabinetry, flooring, lighting, appliances, fixtures, and so much more Floorplans are included to address common structural problems and various solutions that help you envision improvements in your own home. Whether youre planning a modest facelift or a major renovation, this is your first step in the planning process. This book...
This book is the perfect companion for anyone planning to redo a kitchen or bath. Images and interviews with professional designers illustrate the dra...
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125,77 zł |
Children's Rooms: Special Spaces for Newborns to Teens
ISBN: 9780764321474 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This inspirational book is the perfect resource for parents who want to decorate their child's bedroom. From newborns to teens, over 250 gorgeous color photographs of designer rooms are filled with hundreds of exciting and innovative ideas for decorating your child's personal space. This book will help you sort though choices in paint and wallpaper, furniture, window treatments, flooring and other textile and color options to create a practical and special room for someone who deserves it. Here you'll find fun, themed bedrooms for girls and boys; tranquil sanctuaries for mom and newborn;...
This inspirational book is the perfect resource for parents who want to decorate their child's bedroom. From newborns to teens, over 250 gorgeous colo...
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125,77 zł |
Knoll Furniture: 1938-1960
ISBN: 9780764322105 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1940s and 1950s, Knoll Furniture became symbolic of the modern design movement. This book catalogs furniture produced by the Knoll Furniture Company of New York during its first two exciting decades. Over 270 illustrations present forms by such influential designers as Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, Jens Risom, Ralph Rapson, and others. An easy-to-use identification guide includes production dates and designer attribution. Original catalog photographs and many from the Knoll Museum Archive, a company history, designer biographies, and a revised price...
In the 1940s and 1950s, Knoll Furniture became symbolic of the modern design movement. This book catalogs furniture produced by the Knoll Furniture Co...
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188,77 zł |
Knoll Home & Office Furniture
ISBN: 9780764323959 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The name Knoll is synonymous worldwide with the best in modern furniture design. Visually exciting, comprehensive in content, this new book documents the modern furniture sold and produced by Knoll from 1938 to 2005. A detailed timeline organizes the history of Knoll furniture with illustrations, from its roots at the Bauhaus, to New York City, through Knoll International. This book showcases over 560 beautiful color and black and white photographs of dynamic and practical seating, tables, beds, desks, cabinets, and accessories by many leading architects and furniture designers. Knoll...
The name Knoll is synonymous worldwide with the best in modern furniture design. Visually exciting, comprehensive in content, this new book documents ...
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399,29 zł |
The Smaller American House
ISBN: 9780764327698 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ethel B. Power compiled this wonderful selection of home designs in 1927. She selected works by the era's most notable architects, including Dwight James Baum, Wallace Frost, John F. Staub, Wallace Neff, George Washington Smith, Eleanor Raymond, and Henry Atherton Frost. The house styles include Classic Colonial, Spanish Revival, Creole, and Storybook Style. Each of the delightfully diverse homes includes a floor plan, photography that presents the home's overall profile, as well as landscaping and interior shots. Power focused on built-in features that personalized these homes while...
Ethel B. Power compiled this wonderful selection of home designs in 1927. She selected works by the era's most notable architects, including Dwight Ja...
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103,89 zł |
Tile Style for the Home: Kitchens, Baths, and More
ISBN: 9780764327735 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illustrates almost 500 contemporary tile projects, with thousands of ideas for illuminating a home with the beauty of tile. Take an exciting look at rooms lined with colorful and textural tile. Contemporary kitchens and baths, as well as living rooms, fireplaces, home spas, gyms, theaters, dining areas, and even outdoor rooms that feature tiles are illustrated in brilliant color. Durable, low-maintance, and easy-clean tile is a wonderful solution for anyone seeking to go beyond the ordinary in their interior design.
This book illustrates almost 500 contemporary tile projects, with thousands of ideas for illuminating a home with the beauty of tile. Take an exciting...
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125,77 zł |
Feng Shui
ISBN: 9780764541445 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literally translated as ""wind-water,"" feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of working with the natural flow of an environment to create harmony in space. It is also a phenomenon across the United States, rapidly shedding its New Age, incense-and-candles image to become a generally accepted way of designing home and work areas for health, wealth, and prosperity. Yet, with all the expensive consultants and self-styled gurus out there, how do you find plain, reliable information on this exciting practice?
Look no further. The Learning Annex Presents Feng Shui packs all the knowledge, tools,... Literally translated as ""wind-water,"" feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of working with the natural flow of an environment to create harmony in s...
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65,32 zł |
William Morris: Centenary Essays
ISBN: 9780859895774 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This well illustrated book celebrates every aspect of the wide-ranging achievements of William Morris - writer, designer, cultural critic, revolutionary socialist - with particular emphasis on their relevance to our own times. The book makes available up-to-date Morris scholarship in accessible form. Written by a group of international scholars who took part in a conference marking the centenary of the death of Morris in 1896, the book has sections devoted to Morris and Literature (covering texts from The Earthly Paradise to the late romances); Morris, the Arts & Crafts and the New World...
This well illustrated book celebrates every aspect of the wide-ranging achievements of William Morris - writer, designer, cultural critic, revolutiona...
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389,77 zł |
Planning and Managing Interior Projects
ISBN: 9780876295373 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive text addresses the ins and outs of downsizing, company mergers, and information technology--and how they affect workspace design. It will helps you successfully manage the players, agendas, and technology of today's office space construction, renovations, and relocations.
Planning & Managing Interior Projects guides facility managers, architects, and interior designers through every step in relocating to a new space or renovating an old one. In depth coverage addresses space requirements, selecting the right site, alternative work models (e.g., telecommuting,... This comprehensive text addresses the ins and outs of downsizing, company mergers, and information technology--and how they affect workspace design. I...
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393,60 zł |
Writing for Interior Design
ISBN: 9781563672798 / Angielski / Miękka / 515 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing for Interior Design teaches writing skills that interior design students can apply in the classroom and in their ongoing professional lives. It guides students from basic writing skills to professional fluency in a wide range of areas including communication with colleagues, employers, suppliers, clients, and the market. It also addresses the needs of entrepreneurial designers in start-up practices with limited budgets. A unique, highly creative hands-on approach builds on design students' visual communication skills to guide the development of their ability to express themselves... Writing for Interior Design teaches writing skills that interior design students can apply in the classroom and in their ongoing professional lives... |
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365,93 zł |