Books & Mags
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At Home at Highclere: Entertaining at The Real Downton Abbey
As seen in:Director: Michael Engler
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.
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Dieter Rams: Less But Better (Bilingual English and German Edition)
As seen in:Designer: Dieter Rams
Braun
Director: Gary Hustwit
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.
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Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams (Bilingual English and German Edition)
As seen in:Designer: Dieter Rams
Braun
Director: Gary Hustwit
Shop NowLess and More is Dieter Rams’ 808-page book about his work, back in print in its original form with a PVC softcover and slipcase. The relevance of famous Braun designer Dieter Rams in modern design remains unbroken.
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View from Above
Shop NowVirts shares the astronaut’s view of the world, offering astounding aerial views of our planet and the vastness that surrounds it in the book View From Above.
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Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
Shop NowIn Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer Dave Addey invites sci-fi movie fans on a journey through seven genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design.
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Star Trek Encyclopedia
As seen in:Shop NowIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, a fully authorised revision of the popular reference companion: a two-volume encyclopedia featuring a completely new design, stunning new full-colour photographs and illustrations, and 300 pages of new entries, packaged in a specially designed and shrink-wrapped deluxe slipcase.
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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.
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Ken Adam Designs the Movies: James Bond and Beyond
As seen in:Designer: Ken Adam
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Shop NowKen Adam is the most distinguished production designer in the world.
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Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death
Director: Sergio Leone
Shop NowThe landmark biography of one of the twentieth century’s most recognisable directors.
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Space Odyssey by Michael Benson
As seen in:Director: Stanley Kubrick
Shop Now“At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I’ve ever seen, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I now have reason to see Kubrick’s ‘proverbial “really good” science fiction movie’ another 200 times. Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service.” (Tom Hanks)
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Room To Dream
Director: David Lynch
Shop NowDavid Lynch – co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films such as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive – opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced – sometimes successful, sometimes not – to bring his projects to fruition.
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Rationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema
Shop NowThis catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition Rationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema, curated by Valeria Carullo, held at the Estorick Collection in 2018.
Approx £12.95 Inc VAT if applicable / $17
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Frida (DVD/Blu-ray/On Demand)
As seen in:Director: Julie Taymor
One of our favourite films: The film biography of one of Mexico’s most prominent, iconoclastic painters – Frida Kahlo
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This Brutal World
Shop NowA curated collection of some of the most powerful and awe-inspiring Brutalist architecture ever built.
Approx £20.00 Inc VAT if applicable / $26
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The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
As seen in:Director: Stanley Kubrick
Shop NowGet closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: Space Odyssey sheds light on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects experts, who together with the intricate mastermind of Kubrick himself, revolutionized science fiction and the art of cinema.
Approx £32.50 Inc VAT if applicable / $42
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David Hicks: A Life of Design
As seen in:Designer: David Hicks
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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.
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David Hicks Scrapbooks
As seen in:Designer: David Hicks
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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.
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The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist
As seen in:Designer: Syd Mead
Shop NowAn extensive collection of Mead’s visionary film work including ALIENS, Blade Runner, Star Trek The Motion Picture, and Elysium, compiling hundreds of images, sketches and concept arts from a career spanning almost 40 years, many of which have never been seen in print before.
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The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049
As seen in:Director: Denis Villeneuve
Shop NowThe Blade Runner 2049 journey is chronicled with captivating detail in this official visual guide presented in an oversized, luxe, full-colour format. The author documented the film’s production for two years, gaining unprecedented access to the creative process of bringing this epic to life.
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Scandinavian Country
Shop NowCelebrating the variety and versatility of Scandinavian rural style, this inspirational book showcases an array of beautiful homes in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, reflecting the special relationship that Scandinavians have with nature
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Scandinavian Modern
Shop NowIn Scandinavian Modern, Magnus Englund and Christina Schmidt of design store Skandium trace the development of the Scandinavian style, introduce key designers and take a look at some of the most stylish homes in Scandinavia.
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