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Design for Society
Reaktion Books 1997; US$ 26.50Although design has become eminently newsworthy among the general public in our society, there is very little understanding to be found of the values and implications that underlie it. Design generates much heat but little light: we live in a world that h more...
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 25.95Whether it?s Antiques Roadshow or American Pickers, or any of the number of TV shows on flea markets, the world of collecting inspires a cult following of millions of Americans. Celebrated author Maureen Stanton takes readers behind the scenes and deep into the ?flea-o-sphere,? following master antiques dealer Curt Avery from the populist mayhem... more...
Design Education
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 104.95Design Education encapsulates and analyses the research findings facilitated by the UK based Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design. By examining over 40 projects, ranging in focus from design students' use of archives and museum collections to the potential of specific technologies to enhance teaching and learning, Design... more...
Things Thai
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 19.95Things Thai presents over 60 different items from Thailand, each a collectible with cultural relevance or a story to tell. Each object represents an aspect of Thai life, from devotional objects to examples of the country's strong crafts tradition to pieces of clothing or jewelry. Detailed text and photographs explains the historical and cultural... more...
Tips, Tools & Techniques to Care for Antiques, Collectibles, and Other Treasures
University of North Texas Press 2012; US$ 11.96What common baking ingredient can conceal white rings on furniture? (Crushed pecans.) How do you detect a repair in a pottery vase you want to buy? (Look at it under a black light.) What?s the best way to remove water damage from your great-grandfather?s Bible? (Put it in your freezer.) Answers to these questions and many more are included in this... more...
Son of Serge Bastarde
Summersdale 2012; US$ 9.99The roguish Serge Bastarde teaches John the tricks of the French antique trade?a must for Francophiles We sat and stared balefully at the walnut buffet. A rich customer had complained it was "making strange noises in the night." It was around midnight and we strained our ears to hear, hardly daring to breathe. And there it was?a kind of crunch,... more...
Son of Serge Bastarde
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2012; US$ 9.99"We sat and stared balefully at the walnut buffet. A rich customer had complained it was making strange noises in the night. It was around midnight and we strained our ears to hear, hardly daring to breathe. And there it was a kind of crunch, crunch, crunching sound."Johns life as a travelling brocanteur (antiques... more...
A Century of Austrian Design
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 46.00«A Century of Austrian Design» offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country?s extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts. more...
Thinking Contemporary Curating
Independent Curators International 2012; US$ 19.95What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory... more...









