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      • Miscellaneous items
        September 2015

        Secret Garden Artist's Edition

        A Pull-Out and Frame Colouring Book

        by Johanna Basford

        From the publisher that brought you the hugely successful Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest - this special artist's edition features 20 beautiful, pull-out art prints for colouring in. Colouring fans of all ages will enjoy immersing themselves in a selection of the most popular artworks from the original book, now presented in a new, large-scale format for maximum colouring enjoyment. Each detailed illustration is printed on high-quality card and can be removed easily for framing or craft projects.

      • Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts
        April 2015

        Sewing for Fashion Designers

        by Anette Fischer

        This comprehensive guide explores the fundamental sewing methods fashion designers need and teaches professional garment construction. Chapter One introduces sewing tools and machinery (including industrial machines). It discusses how to work with patterns and explains cutting-out methods. Chapter Two is devoted to different fabrics and how they work, focusing on the construction of a garment, including fastenings and trimmings, and the use of materials to support structured pieces, such as corsets. Hand-sewing techniques and basic seams are explored in Chapter Three. Techniques are demonstrated with step-by-step photographic guides combined with technical drawings. A guide to making garment details and decorations, such as pockets, waistlines, and necklines, is found in Chapter Four. Chapter Five addresses fabric-specific techniques, for everything from lace to neoprene. The best technical approaches to use for patternmaking and construction are discussed for each fabric. Catwalk images demonstrate how these kinds of techniques are employed by designers.

      • Origami & paper engineering
        February 2014

        Cut and Fold Techniques for Pop-Up Designs

        by Paul Jackson

        Introducing techniques for making pop-ups from one sheet of card, the third title in this series on paper engineering takes folding techniques into the third dimension. Each chapter introduces a new technical idea and shows how that technique can be adapted in many different ways, or combined with techniques from earlier chapters. These 3-D techniques can be incorporated into any design where typography and/or illustration are used, including mail-shots, personal publicity, invitations, business cards and greetings cards. With their emphasis on surface design over complex cutting, the pop-ups have an instant appeal for designers. Following the elegant, easy-to-follow style of Paul Jackson’s other titles for Laurence King, Cut and Fold Techniques for Pop-Up Designs is an essential resource for marketing professionals and design students.

      • Origami & paper engineering
        March 2013

        Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials

        by Paul Jackson

        Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials is a unique collection of over 40 attention-grabbing cut-and-fold designs that when printed and illustrated form memorable give-aways to promote and advertise services and products. The book provides a one-stop source for novelty promotional materials, many appearing in print for the first time. Some designs are interactive toys that turn inside out or reveal hidden faces when played with, others are more practical, offering ingenious ways to fold-up letters, brochures and posters, or to create novelty envelopes and leaflets. All the designs will enhance a message or presentation, grabbing attention in ways that simple printing can never achieve. Following the elegant, easy-to-follow style of Paul Jackson’s other titles for Laurence King, Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials is an essential resource for marketing professionals and design students, and an inspirational guide to anyone looking to enhance the presentation of their product or service.

      • Cycling
        October 2009

        Fixed

        Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture

        by Andrew Edwards and Max Leonard

        A fixed-gear bike is a thoroughbred racing machine, the cycle messenger’s workhorse and, for many street riders an aesthetic choice. Each bike is a statement of individuality that stands out from the hundreds of grey hybrids lined up at the traffic lights. This is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. Fixed joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on our city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders whom the bike has inspired. It tells the story of why these bikes are special through interview, image and archive – exploring the form, function, style and culture at the heart of the obsession.

      • Miscellaneous items
        February 2015

        Fingerprint Art Postcards

        by Marion Deuchars

        Containing 20 detachable postcards with colourful and fun new fingerprint characters by Marion Deuchars, this postcard book is a great addition to her best-selling Let's Make Some Great Art series. An appealing gift for all ages.

      • Stationery items
        July 2014

        Let's Make Some Great Art Notebooks

        by Marion Deuchars

        This attractive set of three notebooks features the illustrations of Marion Deuchars, best-selling author of Let's Make Some Great Art and Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art. Much-loved characters from Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art are featured on the brightly coloured covers and the first pages. Each notebook – one plain, one lined and one squared – has 48 blank pages for your sketches and doodles, making this the perfect gift set for budding artists of all ages.

      • Places & peoples: pictorial works
        January 2015

        London Sketchbook

        by Jason Brooks

        This follow-up to Jason Brooks's highly successful Paris Sketchbook is a stunning gift book that brings the big smoke to life through beautiful imagery. From the West End to the Square Mile and from Liberty to hipster hang-outs, Brooks explores modern-day London through his unique visual repertoire that unites high fashion, fine art and traveller's sketches made on the fly. Although best known for his gorgeous fashion illustrations, which feature regularly in Vogue and Elle, travel has been a recurrent theme in Brooks's work and, with this new volume, his picturesque adventures continue to amuse and inspire. Part guide book, part illustrated journal, this whimsical take on the swinging city will appeal to both London lovers and fashionistas. Sumptuous production with different stocks and inks will make this a must for anyone who loves fashion illustration and beautiful books.

      • Places & peoples: pictorial works
        May 2013

        Paris Sketchbook

        by Jason Brooks

        Paris Sketchbook is a stunning gift book from leading international fashion illustrator Jason Brooks. Although he is best known for his beautiful fashion imagery, which has regularly graced the pages of Vogue and Elle magazines, travel has been a recurrent theme in his work and his adventures continue to inspire and inform his visual repertoire. During his time on fashion assignments at the couture shows in Paris, Brooks developed a fascination for the city, drawing and painting beautiful travel journals that demonstrate his passion for all things Parisian. This book is a whimsical take on Paris, part guide book, part illustrated journal, it will appeal to both travellers and fashionistas. Sumptuous production with different stocks and inks will make this a must for anyone who loves fashion illustration and beautiful books.

      • Toys: making & decorating
        February 2016

        Pirates & Pompoms

        How to Make Children's Toys and Costumes

        by Stella Bee and Jemma Bell

        Pirates & Pompoms is packed with playtime ideas for creative parents and carers. Follow a few simple steps to create handmade costumes, toys and props and you’ll keep children entertained with make-believe worlds all day long. Only basic cutting, sticking and sewing skills are required. Focusing on these three popular themes (pirates, circus, and woodland animals), projects include: eye patches and a telescope, stuffed animal friends, leaf bunting, circus ringmaster’s hat and a big-top canopy den. Each project includes a simple template and illustrated step-by-step instructions. Perfect for crafty adults looking for holiday activities that will keep little ones happy and busy.

      • Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts
        August 2015

        Upcycle

        24 Sustainable DIY Projects

        by Rebecca Proctor

        In this inspirational and practical book, 24 international product designers show you how to recreate their upcycled designs. Inspired by the trend for recycling and craft, readers can follow the designers’ step-by-step instructions and create their very own piece of high-end upcycled design for the home. Projects include a clever waterproof mat woven from marine rope, a geometric lampshade made of strips of Tetrapak carton, a hanging rail using leftover copper plumbing pipe, decorative floral arrangements made from old plastic bottles, a cane chair upcycled as a cross-stitch canvas and many more.

      • Stationery items
        September 2015

        Enchanted Forest

        20 Postcards

        by Johanna Basford

        20 detachable postcards to decorate, colour in and send to your friends. That's if you can bear to part with them! From the book Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford, Laurence King Publishing, 2015.

      • Stationery items
        November 2015

        Johanna Basford's Secret Garden Journal

        by Johanna Basford

        This premium quality, hardback journal is stunningly decorated and beautifully produced. It features gilt edging, a ribbon marker and includes more than 70 small images from Secret Garden for you to colour in. Making notes and doodling will never be the same again.

      • Stationery items
        August 2014

        Secret Garden: 12 Notecards

        by Johanna Basford

        Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in an inky black-and-white wonderland. Following the success of the best-selling colouring book Secret Garden by Johanna Basford, this set of notecards is packaged in a gorgeous decorative box that you'll want to keep. There are 12 notecards with four different designs decorated with gold foil to suit a variety of occasions, left blank inside for your message, and 12 illustrated envelopes. Appealing to all ages, the intricately realized world of the secret garden is both beautiful and inspirational.

      • Stationery items
        January 2014

        Secret Garden: 20 Postcards

        by Johanna Basford

        Containing 20 detachable postcards of Johanna Basford's beautiful drawings from the inky world of her Secret Garden. Decorate the cards to bring the flowers and tiny creatures to life, then share the magic with all your friends. For artists and gardeners of all ages.

      • Stationery items
        August 2014

        Secret Garden: Three Mini Journals

        by Johanna Basford

        Inspired by the best-selling colouring book Secret Garden by Johanna Basford, these three mini journals have beautifully illustrated covers decorated with gold foil and are packaged as a gift set. Each journal contains 64 blank pages for your notes and sketches. Appealing to all ages, the intricately realised world of the secret garden is both beautiful and inspirational.

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure

        The Flower Year

        A Colouring Book

        by Leila Duly

        Leila Duly's new colouring book is a celebration of a year of flowers. Month by month, follow the progress of the seasons with intricate illustrations of flowers, birds, butterflies and other insects and small creatures to colour in, adding up to a year's worth of colouring enjoyment.

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure

        My Garden is a Car Park

        And Other Design Dilemmas

        by Kendra Wilson

        Whether you are grappling with a particular dilemma or just need some inspiration, this guide leads the way forward with sharp design advice and beautiful images. Read this book and the prospect of tackling your own garden will seem suddenly less daunting and more fun.

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