Books & Mags
-
At Home at Highclere: Entertaining at The Real Downton Abbey
Director: Michael Engler
As seen in:Shop NowAs owner of Highclere, the real Downton Abbey, Lady Carnarvon’s love of history is richly rewarded with Highclere Castle’s mine of family records going back some 300 years. She has delved into the archives to create a book that invites you inside the Castle, past and present.
-
Baz Luhrmann (World Directors)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Shop NowThe first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today
-
Blade Runner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Directors: Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve
As seen in:Shop NowTHE book by sci-fi supremo Philip K Dick on which Blade Runner is based.
-
Brazil (BFI Film Classics)
Director: Terry Gilliam
As seen in:Shop NowPaul McAuley traces Brazil’s production and critical reception, analyses its retro-futuristic imagery and inventive sequences, and unpicks the narrative’s intricate web of accident, coincidence and allusion.
-
Breuer
Designer: Marcel Breuer
As seen in:Shop NowThe most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
-
Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and traditions from the real Downton Abbey
Director: Michael Engler
As seen in:Shop NowHighclere Castle, known as ‘the real Downton Abbey’, bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most magical place to be throughout the festive season.
-
Creating Interior Atmosphere, Mise-en-scène and Interior Design
Shop NowCreating Interior Atmosphere, Mise-en-scène and Interior Design explores the creation of interior atmosphere as seen through the lens of mise-en-scene. You will learn how this film theory informs the concept of `staged space’ translated through the narrative and expressive qualities of a particular scene.
-
Dark Places: The Haunted House in Film
As seen in:Shop NowDark Places: The Haunted House in Film is a wide-ranging and compelling study, where Barry Curtis demonstrates how the claustrophobic interiors of haunted spaces in films connect to the dark places’ of the human psyche.
-
David Hicks Scrapbooks
Designer: David Hicks
Director: Stanley Kubrick
As seen in:Shop NowThe scrapbooks of legendary interior designer David Hicks (who designed the hexagonal patterned carpet as seen in The Shining) include swatches, sketches and hundreds of photographs, all edited and beautifully presented here by his son Ashley Hicks.
-
David Hicks: A Life of Design
Designer: David Hicks
Director: Stanley Kubrick
As seen in:Shop NowWritten by his son Ashley Hicks, “David Hicks: a life of design” is a richly-illustrated survey of the designer’s career. David Hicks was the designer behind the bold patterned hexagonal patterned carpet in Kubrick’s The Shining.
-
Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction
Shop NowWith hundreds of rare photographs, set sketches, and original renderings showcasing films of every era and genre, author Cathy Whitlock offers movie fans a backstage pass to 100 years of Hollywood’s most memorable film sets.
-
Dieter Rams: Less But Better (Bilingual English and German Edition)
Designer: Dieter Rams
Braun
Director: Gary Hustwit
As seen in:Shop NowThis new and revised edition of Dieter Rams Less but Better shows how almost everything produced by one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century is today considered a classic.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Pinterest
RSS