Design
Here you will find all the lovely things you need to put on your body, and surround yourself with at home & in the garden. If you can't find what you were looking for, we are very happy to make a special order for you of any book in print.
The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome by Gordon Campbell
$32.95 AUD
Category: Gardens
Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission ...Show more
Ultra Vanities by Meredith Etherington-Smith
$80.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery
Exquisite jewelled minaudieres, necessaires and compacts from the l8th to the 21st centuries, photographed in great detail are set within the social and fashion contexts of their creation, through original archive photographs of the social leaders, the stars of the stage and cinema and the fashion leade ...Show more
Visible/Invisible The Landscape Works of Reed Hilderbrand by Peter Walker
$110.00 AUD
Category: Gardens
"Visible | Invisible" presents 40 of the completed landscape designs by the widely recognized firm Reed Hilderbrand. Douglas Reed and Gary Hilderbrand are known for their rigorously conceived and carefully executed projects that merge the particular native qualities of a site with recognizably contempor ...Show more
Craftydermy by Tracey Benton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Craft
The current fashion for taxidermy is hard to avoid. It seems every trendy bar, restaurant or new boutique you walk into these days has the head of some animal or another gazing down from on high. For those of us who are reluctant for whatever reason to exhibit a decapitated mammal upon our walls, an alt ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
$25.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical ...Show more
Gertrude Jekyll: Her Art Restored at Upton Grey by Rosamund Wallinger
$80.00 AUD
Category: Gardens
Gertrude Jekyll was perhaps the most important British garden designer of the 20th century. She famously argued that gardening ought to be considered a Fine Art, highlighting that it becomes a point of honour to be always striving for the best. This volume examines Jekyll's work at Manor House, Upton Gr ...Show more
Just My Typo: From 'sinning with the choir' to 'the large hardon collider' by Drummond Moir
$20.00 AUD
Category: Graphic Design
From the sublime to the ridiculous, Just My Typo is a hilarious collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen and embarrassing misprints which, like any typo of any kind, should never have happened, cannot be excused, and must not in any way be glorified. Enjoy. You'll travel back in time to meet ...Show more
The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making by David Esterly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Craft
Awestruck by the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, David Esterly chose to dedicate his life to the art - its physical control, intricate beauty and intellectual demands. Forty years later, he is the foremost practitioner of Gibbons's forgotten technique, which revolutionised orna ...Show more
Nicky Haslam's Folly de Grandeur: Romance and Revival in an English Country House by Nicholas Haslam
$80.00 AUD
Category: Interiors
For anyone who has nurtured the dream of having a country house in the English style, celebrated designer Nicholas Haslam has created an inspiring series of exquisite yet relaxed interiors that blend traditional comfort with elegance and a passion for collecting art and antiques. Nicholas Haslam's delig ...Show more
Paris Flea Market Style
$35.00 AUD
Category: Interiors
Shop and dream Paris style If you love French interior design and bargain hunting, Paris is the place where your shopping daydreams come true. Claudia Strasser takes us on a winding tour through the Parisian flea markets finding decorative pieces all along the way. Strasser discusses ways to bring the l ...Show more
Private Edens by Jack Staub
$69.99 AUD
Category: Gardens
Private country paradises boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations. Garden design expert Jack Staub presents more than twenty beautiful and sumptuous private country gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. From a romantic garden with c ...Show more
French Style by Berenice Vila
$110.00 AUD
Category: Interiors
Berenice Baudry was born in Argentina and raised in France. She was a fellow of the Ecole Normale Superieure where she studied French and Spanish literature, and received her doctorate from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. After living four years in Spain, she currently resides in New York and teaches ...Show more