Skintown

This introduction to fashion is aimed at students of fashion design across the world. By following the design process, from historical and commercial industry context to final collection presentation, the book provides a clear guide for students as they discover what designing for fashion entails. Along the way they will explore a wide variety of […]

If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world’s population. But what makes these languages stand out amid the world’s estimated 6,500 tongues? Gaston Dorren delves deep into the linguistic oddities and extraordinary stories of these diverse lingua francas, tracing their origins and their […]

Den där speciella känslan när man botaniserar bland stånden på en marknad, eller kommer in i en välsorterad saluhall. Hur det fullkomligt exploderar inför alla sinnen av färgintensiva och härligt doftande frukter och grönsaker, välorganiserade i höga pyramider och djupa korgar. Allt är perfekt moget, noga utvalt, plockat och sköljt. Det är i den här […]

Emily is twenty-two years old. She’s just discovered that the gender pay gap is currently estimated to close in 2117. She’s psyched that her great-great-granddaughter is going to witness this momentous step forward for the sisterhood. She’s made herself a tick-off calendar that she intends to hand down the maternal line. Complete with nostalgic illustrations […]

This beautiful, soulful, and information-packed guide to healthy living in a busy world is full of the powerful wisdom and insight of Almila Kakinc-Dodd, author of the wellness blog The Thirlby. Almila Kakinc-Dodd has made a name for herself in the digital world. Her website, The Thirlby, attracts a worldwide audience hungry for her tips […]

I december 1972 blir den 38-åriga änkan Jean McConville kidnappad i sitt hem i Belfast av ett maskerat gäng, med hennes barn som vittnen. De tio barnen återser henne aldrig och det ouppklarade mordet på Jean McConville blir snart ett av de mest omtalade brotten på Nordirland, ett för alltid öppet sår i den konflikt […]

**A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?** In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS […]

One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari’s Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the ‘Penguin on Design’ series in Penguin Modern Classics. ‘The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the […]