Photographer and painter Richard Billingham (born 1970) grew up in a cramped, high-rise tenement apartment with his mother and father in Birmingham, England. His father, Ray, was an unemployed, chronic alcoholic, often sleeping the whole day through, while Liz, Billingham's overweight and heavily ta[...]
Beyond Cotton will take modern crafters and sewists beyond the world of commercially available fabrics by encouraging readers to work with different, but readily available materials like leather, rivets, and industrial-grade felt. Create a Leather Cuff in three ways: Stitched, Carved or Stamped; lea[...]
These 60 fabulous designs are must-haves for the many knitters who prefer cotton, whether it's because they're allergic to wool, opposed to using animal fibres, or just looking for a lighter material. A wide range of quick, creative and on-trend projects - from sweaters and shawls to hats and bags -[...]
Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. From an environmental perspective, they are also the settings for some of the most powerful, consequential, and frequently destructive modes of production ever to have existed. This volume assembles essays on commodities as dive[...]
Bringing together seventeen years of work in the fashion world, this eye-catching volume features selections from Sassen's award-winning series and campaigns for Stella McCartney, Adidas, Carven, Bergdorf Goodman, MiuMiu, and M Missoni, along with editorials for magazines such as The New York Times [...]
Jennifer vaknar av att någon sitter på golvet vid hennes säng.
Ett par timmar senare sitter hon på en polisstation - ett våldtäktsoffer, men fast besluten att sätta fast den man som bröt sig in i hennes lägenhet och vände hennes tillvaro uppochner. Hon har ansträngt sig för a[...]
Jennifer vaknar av att någon sitter på golvet vid hennes säng.
Ett par timmar senare sitter hon på en polisstation -- ett våldtäktsoffer, men fast besluten att sätta fast den man som bröt sig in i hennes lägenhet och vände hennes tillvaro uppochner. Vid vittneskonfrontation[...]
The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil
fuels are burnt in the world. How did we get caught up in this mess? This thesis returns to a
crucial moment in the emergence of the fossil economy: the rise of steam-power. With the
adoption of the stea[...]
This photo-book by Stefan F Lindberg portrays the life of seamen of today. During the past three years Stefan F Lindberg has been documenting seafaring on widely different trade routes, and he has been aboard 20 ships, flying different flags.
The book alternates between being a documentary an[...]
Contemporary Swedish Photography
Art and Theory presents Contemporary Swedish Photography, a unique and sumptuous book providing a much-needed overview over the field from the 1970s until today. With its generous format, the book introduces the reader to fifty-two acclaimed photographers,[...]
The graphic novel of Pauli Kallio and Tiitu Takalo narrates nine fascinating tales of people in the stream of history. At the same time it illustrates Tampere's development from a village into a city.The foster son of Iron Age, the cotton girl of Industrial Revolution and other historical figures le[...]
Jerryn ja Philin parhaat "puhepaukut" vuodesta 1968 alkaen on kerätty samoihin kansiin. Meheviä sutkauksia ja hurjia huulia heittelevien erikoisagenttien huumoripläjäys. Kukaan ei kylmety tätä tekstiä lukiessaan eikä aika pahenna G-miesten kielenkärkiä.Cottonin suomalainen menestystarina a[...]
Cotton made the fortune of the Fuda family, Egyptian landed gentry with peasant origins, during the second part of the nineteenth century. This story, narrated and photographed by a family member who has researched and documented various aspects of her own history, goes well beyond the family photo [...]