Art&DesignWinter2024

Barn Again: Restored and New Barns for the 21st Century E. Ashley Rooney. Over 240 color photos and informative text explore the possibilities for transforming the barn from a storage space for large equipment and hay to living and working space fea- turing unique sight lines and vaulting open spaces. Barns converted into residences, offices, retail estab- lishments, nonprofit centers, and much more are all displayed and discussed. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 242 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3431-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Living Barns: How to Find and Restore a Barn of Your Own Ernest Burden. This inspiring guide for adaptive restoration includes a survey of the types of barns, and advice for salvaging barn timber and mov- ing structures. A stunning selection of residential and commercial projects • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 500+ color &b/wphotos and drawings • 192 pp. • 978-0- 7643-2410-9 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Old Barns–New Homes: A Showcase of Archi- tectural Conversions E. Ashley Rooney. Presents more than thirty barn conversion projects by creative architects, developers, and homeowners, providing fresh design ideas for the conversion of barns into residences and business spaces. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •310 color photos •176pp. •978-0-7643-2132- 0 • HC • $35.00 / £31.99 / $48.95 CAD Yesterday’s Structures: Today’s Homes Lucy D. Rosenfeld. 56 innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures, with more than 290 images and plans. Among the structures restored to use are homes, con- dos, churches, schools, factories, barns, a lighthouse, a giant gas tank, and even a missile silo. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • over 305 color photos • 176 pp. • 978- 0-7643-1014-0 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Boathouses: Architecture at the Water’s Edge E. Ashley Rooney with a foreword by Jeffrey D. Peter- son. Boathouses: Architecture at the Water’s Edge. E. Ashley Rooney with a foreword by Jeffrey D. Peterson. 260 color photographs capture the beauty and charm of both historic and recently designed boathouses belonging to private residences, rowing clubs, and preparatory schools and colleges. Together, they pro- vide an historical appreciation and architectural inspi- ration of this classic building form. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 260 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3190-9 • HC • $49.99 / £45.99 / $72.00 CAD Built to Last: A Showcase of Concrete Homes Tina Skinner. ICF construction combines concrete and steel for a rock-solid house construction that can with- stand hurricanes, drastically cut energy costs, and provide air and sound quality • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •226 color &13b/wphotos •144pp. •978-0-7643- 1617-3 • HC • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Handmade Houses Steven P. Whitsitt & Tina Skinner. Twelve exciting homes expressive of individuality as well as artistry. Homes featured include Eliphante near Sedona, Arizona; a four-acre art installation complete with free-form rammed-earth buildings and handmade stained glass; the sculpted grounds and meditation huts of a recycling artist and guru; and the mystical home and gardens of Gnome Countryside in southern Penn- sylvania. • 8 1/2" x 11" (279 x 215 mm) • 200+ color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-3203-6 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Book Cover Designs Matthew Goodman, Foreword by Nicole Caputo. Browse more than 500 book cover designs and listen to more than 50 of today’s top de- signers discuss designing the perfect book cover. Award-winning creative professionals from around the world have applied astonishingly clever cover concepts that play slyly on titles and themes of international bestsellers, both classic and modern • 81/2"x11" (215 x 279 mm) • 518 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5016-0 • PB • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD The Clothing Label Book: A Century of Design Tina Skinner & Jenna Palecko Schuck. A wonderful gallery for artists, textile manufacturers, and graphic designers. Includes history and technical information, as well as a diverse selection of actual labels to look at and be inspired by. A resource guide lists many of today’s leading clothing label manufacturers. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 791 color photos • 144 pp. • 978- 0-7643-1746-0 • PB • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD World Designs: 1200 Historic Patterns with Royalty-free CD Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. The designs, most shown in beautiful color and exquisite detail, display Ancient, Gothic, Renaissance, and Classic styles. A classic reference and source for designers. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 1203 images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2295-2 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Book of American Types: Standard Faces Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Discover over 300 complete printing type fonts showcased with accompanying samples of typeset documents, including body fonts of varying sizes, initials, and monograms. This 20th century trea- sure is reborn as an essential graphic design reference. Explore classics like Copperplate, Garamond, and Bodoni, alongside Art Deco beauties such as Newport and Rosetti. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •300+ fonts • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-2770-4 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD Words in Action: Seeing the Meaning of Words Michael Pause..Explore ingenious ty- pography where words define themselves through captivating graphics. This chunky book boasts an eye-catching design—a fantastic gift for word enthusiasts. A delightful, browsable conversation starter suitable for all ages, offering inspiration to artists, authors, teachers, and anyone seeking a creative spark. Your perspective on words will forever change.• 6" x 6" (150 x 150 mm) • 370+ b/w images •384pp. •978-0-7643-6452-5•HC•$14.99 / £13.99 / $19.99CAD Chinese Flower Art: Line Drawings with CD Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Centuries of flower arrangement wisdom in exquisite calligraphic representation. Each image is a perfect arrangement, delicately balanced within an imaginary frame. Perfect for adaptation to art projects in want of Asian flair. Traditional Chinese characters accompany each. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •202drawings •160pp. •978-0-7643-2083-5•PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD Fabulous Floor Patterns with CD “Jerry” S. F. Cooke III & Tina Skinner. Cooke III & Tina Skinner. Explore hundreds of floor patterns, from checkerboards and wild tile configurations to florals, faux marble, and fantastic parquetry. The enclosed CD presents the images in various for- mats, making it easy to experiment with, manip- ulate, and apply. • 9" x 6" (228 x 152mm) • 400+ color illustrationsw/ CD-Rom • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2291-4 • HC • $34.95 / £31.99 / $48.95 CAD Foliage Textures: Royalty Free Art for Designers Ginny Parfitt. This beautiful book and its accompany- ing Mac and PC compatible CD contain over 150 photographs of summer, autumn, and evergreen foliage, as well as grasses, ground covers, and tropical and succulent foliages • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 150+ color photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-2289-1•PB•$39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Heraldic Designs: Royalty-free Images Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Thousands of wonderful motifs drawn from historic reference works. In- cludes state seals, royal seals, coats-of-arms, college fraternity emblems, and societal emblems with animals, mythological creatures, nautical and military motifs, armor, rosettes, crowns, and much more. • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •2,180 images • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-2458-1 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD Paper Textures: Royalty Free Art for Designers With two CDs Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. A treasury of textures, this beautiful book and its accompanying Mac and PC Compatible CDs are filled with 114 col- orful images of handmade papers, from soft and subtle to deeply marbled and highly textured. Ready- to-use high resolution images. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 114 color plates • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-2118- 4 • PB • $40.00 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Art Nouveau Era Graphics: Ornamental Figures, Flowers, Emblems, Landscapes, and Animals with DVD Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Originally present- ed in the 1890s for use in home interiors, ceramics, textiles, stationary, stained glass, and ironwork. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 500 color and 275 b/wgraphicswith CD-Rom • 152 pp. • 978-0-7643-2042-2 • PB • $34.95 / £31.99 / $48.95 CAD Historic Christmas Art Mary L. Martin and Tina Skinner. Enjoy charming clip-art dating back through the turn of the century and up through the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1930s. More than 300 royalty free images are ready for application to your professional projects or ca- sual communications in a format suitable for Mac or PC use. • 9" x 6" (228 x 152 mm) • 330 color illustrations • 176 pp. • 978-0- 7643-2120-7 • HC • $25.00 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD Historic Holiday Art Tina Skinner and Mary L. Martin. Charming clip-art dates from the turn of the century and up through the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1930s. Royalty free im- ages are perfect for today’s messages from those with a nostalgic yearning for an era gone by. Nearly 300 images are available in a format suitable for Mac or PC use. • 9" x 6" (228 x 152mm) • 295 color illus. • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-2119-1 • HC • $25.00 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE: ADAPTIVE CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE: ALTERNATIVE TYPE & LOGOS ROYALTY-FREE ART RESOURCES 66 | ROYALTY-FREE ART RESOURCES • TYPE & LOGOS • CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE: ADAPTIVE • ALTERNATIVE