Decorative arts

In China, a fan has traditionally been both a practical object and an artistic work that expresses the owner’s learning or personality. The high-end craftsmanship of Chinese fans, encompassing poetry, calligraphy and painting, has long captivated the...

John Derian—the world-famous and beloved home goods designer and New York Times bestselling author—adds a cheery puzzle to his ever-growing collection of covetable products.John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images...

John Derian—the world-famous and beloved home goods designer and New York Times bestselling author—adds a cheery puzzle to his ever-growing collection of covetable products.John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images...

John Derian—the world-famous and beloved home goods designer and New York Times bestselling author—adds a spooky puzzle to his ever-growing collection of covetable products.John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with an all-new 1,000 piece...

Who doesn’t want to escape to the beaches of Southern California or to a cabin deep in the forests of Northern California? Danielle Kroll, author of Pacific Coasting, creates two original illustrations for these fun puzzles. They are must-haves for her...

Who doesn’t want to escape to the beaches of Southern California or to a cabin deep in the forests of Northern California? Danielle Kroll, author of Pacific Coasting, creates two original illustrations for these fun puzzles. They are must-haves for her...

Celebrate the things that truly matter. So straightforward in its language, so rich and allusive in its symbolism, this extraordinary Victorian composition comes straight from the collection of John Derian, the artist and designer whose work with...

It’s time for a new Thanksgiving tradition. After the pies, after the contented sighs, keep the reverence for the day going with this singularly stunning puzzle. Straight from the collection of John Derian, the artist and designer whose work with...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his  beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with an all-new 1,000...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his  beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with an all-new 1,000...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with this all-new 1,000 piece...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with this all-new 1,000 piece...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with this all-new 1,000 piece...

A rose in full bloom. What is more captivating? Adapted from a nineteenth-century chromolithograph from the collection of John Derian, the artist and designer whose work with printed images of the past transports the viewer to another world, Garden Rose...

What delights you? A vibrant red? A mysterious blue? From John Derian, the artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world, Painter's Palette features an art student’s colour study from the...

Behold the perfect carrot from John Derian, the artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Based on a chromolithographic print from a nineteenth-century botanical guide, Three Carrots features...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Featuring a nineteenth-century map used in an advertising campaign, The City of New York shows a long-lost Manhattan, the island...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. In Calm Cat, get lost in the mesmerizing gaze of its regal subject, perched on a silk cushion like an artist’s model and...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. With its deep, jewellike tones, Dancing Butterflies captures that time when the simple reproduction of color was a thing...

Vintage Tattoo Flash is a one-of-a-kind visual explorationof the history and evolution of tattooing in America. Aluscious, offset-printed, hardcover tome-a beautiful andserious addition to the understanding of one of the world'soldest and most popular...

Julie Jackson is back and more subversive than ever! This new anniversary edition of her classicSubversive Cross Stitchcelebrates more than 10 years of delightfully snarky, in-your-face cross stitch with 50 full-color patterns including17 brand-new...

Create beautiful paper flowers, vegetables and decorative items with this comprehensive quilling guide for beginners!Under the expert guidance of Japanese quilling artist Motoko Maggie Nakatani, one of the world's top paper quilling experts, you...

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca artThe most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a...

Make the acquaintance of two of New Orleans' most beloved hosts and concert pianists, Michael and Quinn, who sure do know their shindigs.From seasonal celebrations to iconic book clubs to lavish parties for friends, family, and charities (both local and...

This exhibition catalogue for a show at the Neue Sammlung (Design Museum) in Munich documents the first solo show by Swiss jewellery artist Therese Hilbert, former student of Max Frehlich in Zurich and Hermann Jnger in Munich. It features 250 works,...

In LithoMania, the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery at the Trier University of Applied Arts/Campus Idar-Oberstein explores new perspectives in the artistic engagement with precious stones.Here the students address ethical issues regarding the mining...

ROCKstars presents works that focus on the 'eternal material' in jewelry: they are declarations of love, experimental snapshots, or rebellious works revolving around precious stones. At Campus Idar-Oberstein, newcomers to the gemstone...

Karl Fritsch (b. 1963), master of extravagant rings, returns with a publication that lures us deep into his world. Ruby Gold is a 'no-frills' pared-back book, without pagination, without essays. Instead it comprises eighty-one rings from the past twenty...

The Danner Prize is an award presented to distinguished artists from Bavaria. The 100th anniversary of its establishment is now cause to present the current award winners and other exceptional submissions in a large exhibition and this comprehensive...

This is an indispensable and enlightening text by one of the most renowned art historians and design theorists, about the work of the great Marjan Unger. The Dutch art historian and jewellery expert Marjan Unger died back in 2018, at...

Toni Greenbaum wittingly traces the life and work of Sam Kramer, one of the most eccentric American jewellery artists of the modern age. Presented in English. Kramer's strongly expressive, organic work and surreal workshops in New...

Alongside stringency of form and precision of execution, Vigeland develops surprising variability in his handling of the material. From his beginnings in noble metals, which he used in his jewellery, his path led to an intensified and meanwhile almost...

Scandinavian studio jewellery is simply unimaginable without Tone Vigeland (b. 1938) and her work. Her distinctive objects flatter the human body, captivate through their dimensions and volume, and yet are assembled from a variety of the tiniest...

"Funny and whimsical. There are wonderful asides ... It is also poignant." -The New York TimesAn utterly charming book by beloved Parisian artist Pierre Le-Tan, filled with dazzling illustrations and intriguing tales about often eccentric art collectors...

You can set your table - or you can 'scape it.When Bugsy Drake stepped onboard the yacht as Second Stew on Bravo's Below Deck Med, she showed the world the magic of tablescaping. With the help of some unconventional centerpieces, a few artfully folded...

Sri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka.Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to...

A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their usesArt history is often viewed through cultural or national lenses that define some works as fine art while...

This lavishly illustrated volume is the first major global history of ornament from the Middle Ages to today. Crossing historical and geographical boundaries in unprecedented ways and considering the role of ornament in both art and architecture,...

Wabi sabi, the quintessential Japanese design aesthetic, is quickly gaining popularity around the world. Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi...

The Swiss Otto Knzli (born in 1948) revolutionised modern jewellery design and is regarded as 'one of the most intelligent and atthe same time most critical artists in the world of jewelry' (Ralph Turner: The New Jewelry, 1985/1994). Over the course of...

Origami Paper Hiroshige Prints is a new set of folding papers which will add beauty and authenticity to your folded origami models and papercraft projects. The famous Japanese artist, painter, and printmaker, Utagawa Hiroshige...

In Israel East meets West. Their jewellery traditions blend, resulting in creative innovations. In the 1930s, immigrants from Germany and other European countries introduced the spirit of the Bauhaus, while oriental craftsmanship was invigorated in the...

Things Japanese takes a delightful look at over sixty objects that are uniquely Japanese. Each spread is dedicated to a different item everything from folding paper fans to lacquer ware combs and ceramic tea bowls. Each object...

The Dirty Janes Vintage Style emporiums in Bowral and Canberra are a much treasured destination for lovers of antiques and old wares, both a treat for the eyes and the soul. With over 50,000 Instagram followers, and thousands more ardent fans, the vast...

Step into a world of witchcraft both good and evil, where the iconic character of myth and legend is once more brought uniquely to life. From the first alleged witch to be hanged in Salem, and Goya's depictions of witchcraft, to Shakespeare's Macbeth,...