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Servant of Beauty
Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero Anthony C. Wood Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero is the true story of the interplay between the two all-consuming passions of this unheralded civic champion: his love of beauty in the public realm that would forever change New York City, and his love for a younger man that would forever change Bard. Albert Sprague Bard (18661963) fought for cities to have the right to protect their beauty, propelling him into a David versus Goliath combat with Robert Moses and paving the way, after four decades of advocacy, for New York City's Landmarks Law (1965). Today the law protects over 37,000 buildings, mostly in historic neighborhoods, and it has inspired cities across the nation. Bard was delighted and disappointed by his two enduring loves: one for a troubled younger man, the other for the beauty of New York City. Persevering against the odds, resilient in the face of disappointment, and a man who became embroiled in a spy UK May 2025 • US May 2025 324 Pages • 42 BW Photos HB 9781538194201 • £30.00 / $38.00 ePDF 9798881864040 • £27.00 / $34.20 ePub 9781538194218 • £27.00 / $34.20 Rowman & Littlefield
scandal at the same time as he served as a stand-in father to three, Bard is an uncelebrated renaissance man and civic hero whose story will inspire and inform generations of citizens who continue his battle to preserve the beauty of the places they love.
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Historical Dictionary of Francesco Borromini Lilian H. Zirpolo, Independent Art Historian Francesco Borromini was one of the most notable architects of the 17th century, and though he fell into disfavor by the end of the following century, today he is classified as one of the most innovative architects in history. Although Borromini enjoyed a highly successful career, he was already subjected to intense criticism during his lifetime. Criticism continued well after Borromini’s death, when the most often used word to assess his work was bizarre. Critics begrudged the fact that, in their view, Borromini ignored the traditional rules of architecture that had been established by the ancients and revived during the Renaissance era. They did not recognize that Borromini was indeed an avid student of both ancient and Renaissance architecture, and that he often borrowed elements from these two eras but then applied them to his structures in new and inventive ways. It was not until art historians began assessing Borromini’s architecture in a sober and nonjudgmental manner in the late 19th century that he was finally given his proper place in the history of architecture. This book assesses Historical Dictionaries of Literature Borromini’s individual commissions following the proper scholarly methodology, as well as his biographical details, artistic and the Arts development, relationship with his protectors and patrons, and external circumstances that might have determined his artistic UK July 2025 • US July 2025 352 Pages output. HB 9781538191583 • £150.00 / $190.00 ePDF 9798765156124 • £135.00 / $171.00 ePub 9781538191590 • £135.00 / $171.00 This book emphasizes the innovations Borromini introduced to the field of architecture and how these influenced later Bloomsbury Academic
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Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific
Built Traces of Intercolonial Trade, Industry and Labour, 1800s-1950s Edited by Amanda Achmadi, Paul Walker & Soon-Tzu Speechley, University of Melbourne, Australia Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific explores the architecture of colonial trade and industry, revealing a complex network of transnational connections across the built heritage of the world’s most dispersed and culturally diverse region. A wide-ranging collection of case studies uncover these forgotten connections, drawing together stories of migratory architects, imperial commodities, and indentured labour. From Iran to Tasmania, Japan to Java, and Imperial China to the Pacific Islands, the chapters reveal how remnants of colonial trade and industry shed light on the many multi-faceted mobilities of the imperial age, and their enduring legacy in the postcolonial built environments of Australasia, the Pacific, Southeast Asia and beyond. UK March 2026 • US March 2026 272 Pages • 16 colour and 47 bw illus HB 9781350421363 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350421400 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350421370 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350421387 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The chapters also reveal deep strands of cultural influences and material imprints long neglected by national histories of architecture, and showcase new methodologies to analyse the interconnectivities and bordering practices which are shaping our experiences of the 21st century.
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Interior Design & Interior Architecture 3RD EDITION
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Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers with STUDIO
Diana Allison, University of the Incarnate Word Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers, Third Edition, provides interior design students with a systematic method to calculate accurately, correctly, and on budget for everything from floor-to-ceiling materials. With introductory, intermediate, and advanced level exercises this text teaches readers at all levels a logical process for calculating materials and estimating the costs of installed products based on their math calculations. Utilizing step-by-step examples and worksheets, this text simplifies the math used in the interior design field. Sample problems and exercises take the calculations of quantities needed and apply material and labor costs, to discover the installed costs of the specified products. Covering wall and ceiling treatments, window treatments, soft fabrications, upholstery, flooring, and cabinetry and countertops, this book is applicable to both commercial and residential design projects. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 448 Pages • 300 bw illus PB 9798765121580 • £74.99 / $100.00 ePDF 9798765121597 • £67.49 / $90.00 ePub 9798765121603 • £67.49 / $90.00 Fairchild Books
New to This Edition: - Metric measurements included in all step-by-step examples, activity worksheets, tables, exercises, and exercise answers - A solid understanding of referencing appropriate codes when working is specified, especially the commercial field -A variety of interior design disciplines (such as commercial, office, healthcare, and hospitality) with examples incorporated throughout the text -Addressing sustainable materials and how costs may vary according to materials selected, utilized, and installed - New images, floorplans, and tables are included for accuracy and currency
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Interior Design Materials and Specifications with STUDIO
Lisa Godsey, International Academy of Design & Technology, USA Written from the viewpoint of the working designer, Interior Design Materials and Specifications, Fifth Edition, describes each material’s characteristics and shows students how to evaluate, select, and specify materials, while considering code compliance, building standards, human needs, and bidding processes. Students will learn how to communicate with suppliers and vendors to achieve the results they envision and how to avoid some of the pitfalls common to material selection and specification. The fifth edition engages students in larger picture thinking with a particular attention to globalization, user experience, and sustainability. New to this Edition - Emerging materials discussed in “On the Horizon” sections of chapters UK February 2026 • US January 2026 432 Pages • 420 colour illus PB 9798765122433 • £74.99 / $100.00 ePDF 9798765122440 • £67.49 / $90.00 ePub 9798765122457 • £67.49 / $90.00 Fairchild Books
- Updated web search and personal activities for additional research - Includes wellness considerations when discussing material viability Instructor Resources; Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes; PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion.
Revit Architecture 2026 for Designers Douglas R. Seidler, Marymount University, USA Revit is rapidly replacing AutoCAD as the digital drawing tool of choice for architects and interior designers. Revit Architecture 2026 for Designers aims to help design students master Revit as a tool in the design studio and in practice. Revit Architecture 2026 for Designers provides a thorough primer for new learners and advanced instruction for designers. Packed with visual models and written specifically for architecture and interior design students, the progressive introduction of concepts (chapters build on previous chapters), digital exercises, and professional examples make this book easy to follow for learners new to Revit. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 320 Pages • 430 colour illus PB 9798765149553 • £59.99 / $79.95 ePDF 9798765149560 • £53.99 / $71.95 ePub 9798765149577 • £53.99 / $71.95 Fairchild Books
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New to This Edition -Addresses user interface and command updates to the software since the previous (2024) edition -New breakdown of Building Information Modeling (BIM) -Demonstration of how Revit facilitates collaboration in team environments -Updated instructions on creating stairs and perspectives
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In Private
Interior Design as Lifestyle in the 1970s Home Joanne Turney, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK The 1970s is often considered the period that design forgot. In Private sets out to challenge this view, offering a cultural history of domestic interior design in Britain and America over the course of a decade that shaped the contemporary relationship between fashion and interiors. With each chapter dedicated to a different room in the house, this book explores style, design and socio-cultural influence from the sitting room to the sauna, and from the kitchen to the conservatory. Considering the key critical discourses which arise from the style and function of each space, In Private looks at how the public sphere informed the decorating styles, furniture and furnishing of the private home, from shag pile carpets to Swedish duvets. Demonstrating how the cultural environment of the 1970s sparked the ideas, styles and practices that have become UK May 2026 • US May 2026 304 Pages • 29 bw images HB 9781350062122 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350508071 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350062139 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350062146 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
common currency in today’s interior design, the book examines questions of sensuality, tactility, fashion, fantasy and gender. Illustrated throughout and packed with original research, it provides an insight into 1970s innovation and eclecticism in fashion, textiles and the domestic interior.
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There's a Criminal Touch to Art
How Ulay Stole Hitler's Favorite Painting and Redefined Performance Art Noah Charney, Art historian, author On December 12, 1976, German conceptual artist Ulay stole Hitler’s favorite painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. It was art theft as conceptual artwork. He hung the painting on the wall of a working-class immigrant family’s home, then phoned the museum to let them know where they could retrieve it. Told from three perspectives, this unique and groundbreaking book tells the complete story of this art theft and explores what made Ulay’s iconic artistic action one of the most famous performance artworks in history. While Ulay passed away in 2020, he recorded his own first-person account of the action in conversation with art historian Noah Charney, allowing readers to engage with a never-before-seen narrative of the theft in Ulay’s own words. The theft as artwork was conceived and undertaken with the help of Ulay’s partner at the time, Marina Abramovic, who is among the most famous living artists in the world. Her account of the action will follow Ulay’s in UK February 2026 • US February 2026 144 Pages • 22 bw images HB 9798765163047 • £20.00 / $27.00 ePDF 9798765163061 • £18.00 / $24.30 ePub 9798765163054 • £18.00 / $24.30 Bloomsbury Academic
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this book. Finally, Noah Charney will contextualize Ulay and Abramovic’s artistic action within the history of art as well as highlight this fascinating incident's importance to the history of art theft.
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Grassroots Artmaking
Political Struggle and Activist Art in the UK, 1960–Present Edited by Maryam Ohadi-Hamadani, Edinburgh College of Art, UK, Catherine Spencer, University of St Andrews, UK & Amy Tobin, University of Cambridge, UK This open-access, pioneering survey compiles diverse studies, artist interviews, case studies, and roundtable discussions to explore how UK-based art activism has moulded contemporary art over six decades. Addressing political turmoil in the UK since the 1960s this timely book traces the evolution of grassroots artistic self-organization as a means of resistance. Contextualizing the importance of this work in relation to recent seismic events such as austerity, Brexit, Covid, Grenfell, and BLM, the book brings contemporary and historical realities into dialogue with a uniquely cross-media perspective, covering photography and film-making, as well as multiple forms of organizing and artistic practice; from curating, archiving, and UK June 2026 • US June 2026 288 Pages • 68 colour illus. HB 9781350453630 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350453661 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350453647 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350453654 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
administration, to studio management, poster production and institution building. Richly illustrated with archival material from a wide range of sources, Grassroots Artmaking provides a lively, visually enticing account of the formative connections between grassroots activism and art practice. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
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Michelangelo's Puzzle Rebecca Jelbert, De Montfort University For fans of art crime, art history, astronomy, and puzzles, Michelangelo’s Puzzle expands on Rebecca’s article published in Journal of Art Crime (2019), in which she argued that the Vatican’s Laocoön Group was created by Michelangelo as a forged antiquity. Drawing on the traditional link between Laocoön and the constellation of Ophiuchus, Michelangelo was able to depict the famous sculpture within the context of a hidden star map on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The foreword has been written by Noah Charney, founder of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA). This book is unique as it has been written by a professional artist who combines creative insight with rigorous research.
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Organic Modernism
From the British Bauhaus to Cybernetics Charissa N. Terranova, University of Texas at Dallas, USA The first book to trace the story of British "organic modernism", this ground-breaking open access study tells the story of a collective culture of artists, scientists, and designers in 20th century united by a holistic understanding of the organic world and devoted to collaboration, cooperation, and cross-pollination of the arts and biological sciences. Tracing how artists, scientists, and designers cooperated in various capacities from the Great Depression to postwar cybernetics, this book follows the evolution of philosophical organicism from the British Bauhaus, modern architecture, and surrealism; through to post-war socialism, the welfare state, epigenetics, biology-based art exhibitions; robotic art and design, cybernetics and ecology in art. Reacting against blunt reductionism, organic modernists implemented organicist and Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design UK May 2026 • US May 2026 304 Pages • 16 colour & 71 bw illus HB 9781350227538 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781350227576 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350227545 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350227552 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
emergentist philosophies in scientific labs, design studios, and art ateliers, embracing complexity to solve problems in various scales and arenas, from cells to socialism. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History.
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Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market, c. 1860–1940 Negotiating Cultural Modernity
Edited by Silvia Davoli, Strawberry Hill House and Garden, UK & Tom Stammers, University of Durham, UK Before the tragedy of the Holocaust, many of the leading art and antiques dealers across Europe were Jewish, establishing dynamic cross-Channel, international and transatlantic networks. Aside from a few famous examples, however, we are only at the beginning of exploring the diversity of Jewish dealers' commercial and cultural worlds, and reflecting on the particular conditions that made possible their dramatic expansion within the profession. Adopting a wider geography than any previous study, this book brings together a team of distinguished international contributors to consider Jewish art dealers as an interconnected cohort, tied together by common strategies and a shared vulnerability. After an extended historiographical introduction, the volume presents case studies and trends from 1860-1940, Contextualizing Art Markets UK June 2026 • US June 2026 336 Pages • 12 colour illus & 80 bw illus HB 9781350473683 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781350473690 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350473706 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781350473713 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
including: Jewish family businesses in Western Europe; the role of Jews as mediators of art from East Asia; the antisemitism and suspicion faced by Jewish dealers; Jews as theorists, exhibition makers and promoters of modern art ; and the geographical mobility and professional reinvention of Jewish dealers in times of economic and political crisis. With a wide variety of illustrations, including paintings, decorative arts, historic photographs and archival material, the volume adopts a mix of methodological approaches to analyse a key chapter in Jewish cultural history and in the history of the international art market.
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The Social World of Galleries
Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization Alain Quemin, Paris 8 University, France Translated by Keara Engelhardt This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States. Based on the author’s field research carried out for over a decade, and combining ethnographic material with quantitative data, the book reveals the major role galleries play in the creation of art value. Despite being pillars of the art market, there has been very little in-depth research on galleries, especially when compared with the analysis of artists, critics, and dealers. Written by a sociologist who has spent a decade as an art critic, the book builds on work conducted by art historian and sociologist Raymonde Moulin from the 1960s to the 1990s. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with those working in the field today, it provides a thorough and up-to-date Contextualizing Art Markets
analysis of what contemporary art galleries really are: the spaces they occupy both physically and online; their position within
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gallery ‘districts’; their relation to art fairs and biennials; and how friendship with clients is built and trends within the business, in turn illuminating the hierarchized structure of the sector. The Social World of Galleries is essential reading for scholars and students of art sociology, art history and art business, as well as gallerists, collectors or art lovers, and artists themselves.
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Relational Art A Guided Tour
Craig Smith, University of Florida, USA Taking place in the skies over London, the plazas of Rotterdam, and the hallways of museums worldwide, a new kind of art has emerged since the 1990s. Known as Relational Art, this conceptual practice features audience participation in ways never before realised, often using new media and social networking. In this book, academic and artist Craig Smith outlines a rigorous theory of Relational Art, explaining why audience interaction and collective art production has become so relevant. Tracing the development of the movement, from its beginnings with the 1996 Traffic exhibition in Bordeaux and Nicolas Bourriaud's treatise Relational Aesthetics, to the diverse and international scope of Relational Art today, this provocative book explores the foundational impact this movement has had on contemporary art and exhibition making. UK April 2026 • US April 2026 176 Pages • 25 bw illus HB 9781780762555 • £80.00 / $110.00 PB 9781350499393 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350201910 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781350201927 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Taking the reader through a range of case studies, such as Olafur Eliasson's iconic Weather Project at Tate Modern, and uniting ideas from artists, art critics, curators, philosophers and audience members, it reveals the practices integral to the movement and how these have affected aesthetic, theoretical and economic forces in the art world. Through a guided tour of thought-provoking and influential works, he demonstrates that Relational Art has permanently altered the nature of art and its global audiences.
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Intersecting Threads
Art, Cloth and Intersectional Feminism Julia Skelly, Concordia University, Canada Examining the significance of cloth in the work of contemporary feminist artists, Intersecting Threads: Art, Cloth and Intersectional Feminism draws on Black feminist theories, queer theories, and anti-colonial theories such as opacity, as well as scholarship on the nonhuman turn in the humanities. In a world where intersectional feminist approaches are increasingly important, this book adds to the growing literature on contemporary feminist art, making a significant contribution to discussions on queer, feminist and anti-racist artists and their work. UK March 2026 • US March 2026 192 Pages • 39 images total, including 8 colour (in a 1 x 8pp plate section) PB 9781350422261 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350422223 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350422230 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350422247 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Through a close reading of both the art and writing of feminist artists including Faith Ringgold, Louise Bourgeois, Elisabeth Perrault, Tau Lewis, and Candice Lin, Julia Skelly shows how their work may be productively analysed through Black feminist scholar and activist Kimberlé W. Crenshaw’s theoretical framework of intersectional feminism. Writing as a Black feminist legal scholar, Crenshaw’s framework is dedicated to illuminating the different kinds of violence that women of colour experience, but it has become an indispensable analytic tool for feminist art historians concerned not only with gender, but also with race, class, and sexuality.
What Art Is Now
Creativity in the Age of AI Michael E. Jones, University of Massachusetts & Michael Caballes, Freelance photography What Art is Now: Creativity in the Age of AI explores one of the most urgent questions of our time: What happens to human creativity when machines can generate music, paintings, poetry, and design? This thought-provoking book examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we define, create, and experience art. Blending philosophy, law, neuroscience, and cultural history, the authors investigate how AI challenges traditional notions of authorship, originality, and artistic value. Written for a broad audience—from artists and educators to tech developers and curious thinkers—What Art is Now invites readers into a conversation that spans centuries of creative thought and confronts the promises and perils of machine-made imagination. Can AI be truly creative, or is it only mimicking the human mind? Will artists be replaced, or will they find new UK February 2026 • US February 2026 272 Pages HB 9798765151761 • £80.00 / $110.00 PB 9798765151822 • £32.99 / $45.00 ePDF 9798765151921 • £29.69 / $40.50 ePub 9798765151914 • £29.69 / $40.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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ways to collaborate with algorithms? And what rights do humans have over works produced in partnership with machines? Timely, accessible, and deeply interdisciplinary, this book offers a roadmap for understanding the rapidly shifting terrain of art and technology. At stake is more than just the future of the arts—it’s how we understand ourselves as creative beings in a world where intelligence is no longer uniquely human.
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Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture, 1947–2000 Lynn M. Somers, Drew University, USA This book considers the sculpture of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) in light of psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott’s (1896-1971) radical ideas regarding transitional objects, potential space, and play, offering a model for exploring the complex and psychologically evocative work Bourgeois produced from 1947 to 2000. Critical concepts from British object relational theories – destruction, reparation, integration, relationality and play – drawn from the writings of Winnicott, Melanie Klein, Marion Milner, and Christopher Bollas, among others, bear upon the decades-long study of psychoanalysis Bourgeois brought to her sculptural production that was symbolic, metaphorical, and most importantly, useful. The book demonstrates how Bourgeois’s transformative sculptural objects and environments are invested in object relations, New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts UK June 2026 • US June 2026 328 Pages • 95 bw illus HB 9781350378865 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781350378902 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350378872 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781350378889 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
both psychical and tangible, and explores Bourgeois’s contention that the observer physically engage with the intricate sculptural objects and architectural spaces she produced. This book addresses critical relationships among Bourgeois’s work and that of other artists. It brings together practical, archival, and theoretical material, offering close examinations of historically situated objects and analyses of their complex affects and spatiality.
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Picturing Peace
Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding Edited by Tom Allbeson, Cardiff University, UK, Pippa Oldfield, Teesside University, UK & Jolyon Mitchell, University of Durham, UK How can photographers, curators, and editors convey narratives of peace and not just stories of war? Providing interdisciplinary and international perspectives on timely debates, Picturing Peace explores humanitarianism and visual culture, community collaboration, collective memory, and imagined futures for creating and sustaining of civil societies. How things look and are perceived are not superficial issues; when it comes to war and conflict, photography is vitally relevant not only to documenting violence, but also to rebuilding peaceful societies. The volume examines the intersecting issues of visual culture and peacebuilding, including: the genealogies of photography New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts UK June 2026 • US June 2026 352 Pages • 32 colour & 61 bw illus. HB 9781350258853 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781350258891 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350258860 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781350258877 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
and conflict, decolonisation and the gaze, the significance of archival material, as well as recent peacebuilding initiatives. Exploring multiple forms of peace photography, the volume offers a range of voices from preeminent international scholars, as well as interviews with practicing photographers who have experience of working with post-conflict communities. As such, the book provides a timely investigation into the politics of representation, questioning how photographers might help foster social relationships, transform conflicts, and reconcile communities in the image-oriented cultures.
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Material Selves
Object Biographies and Identities in Motion Edited by Alex Burchmore, the Australian National University, Australia Establishing new connections between people and things via artistic media and material culture, this highly interdisciplinary volume brings together both established and emerging scholars in the fields of art history, material culture, museum and heritage studies and literary studies to investigate the intersection of the personal with the material. Raising vital questions of cultural identity, belonging and selfhood, Material Selves is the first book of its kind to consider the relationship between people and things across transcultural and transhistorical contexts. It employs innovative methodologies across ten chapters and critically expands on current models for understanding the dynamic relationship between people and things by tracing the central role objects have played in the construction, creation and performance of identity throughout history. Material Culture of Art and Design UK May 2026 • US May 2026 256 Pages • 65 bw illus HB 9781350416444 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350416482 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350416451 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350416468 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Structured around four key sections exploring biography and narrative; adornment and ornament; reclamation and intervention; and subjects and objects, the volume presents a global selection of case studies that explore, amongst other things, Margaret Olley’s enduring fame, the significance of the Khil’a in Safavid Persia and early modern Europe, and 17thcentury French painter Charles LeBrun’s royal portraiture. Fusing these with contemporary theories of identity, the contributors provide analyses informed by posthumanism, the environmental humanities, race and gender. At the same time, they confront vital questions of identity, agency, and materiality, and highlight the way in which we use objects to tell stories, construct myths and make sense of our place in the world.
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Craft and War
Makers, Users, and Craft Practices since the 19th Century Edited by Jennifer Way, University of North Texas, USA, Heather Smith, Independent Curator, Canada & Alida Jekabson, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Examining the diverse ways in which craft has participated in wars from the mid-19th century to the present day, this book brings together a wealth of scholarship to redress an understudied area of modern craft history. Craft and War explores issues of fabrication, makers, objects, uses and users throughout conflicts across the world to provide a critical understanding of the relationship between craft and contexts of war. Chapters look at the impact of colonization on making practices and acts of preserving cultural heritage in times of dislocation and migration. Authors provide insights into repurposing tools of oppression and the appropriation of material UK June 2026 • US June 2026 352 Pages • 59 colour illus. HB 9781350345485 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350345478 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350345508 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9781350345492 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
culture as a device of warfare, in addition to embroidery and tactics of resistance, and the role of craft and folk art in international feminist peace activism. Organized into four thematic sections, this book reveals how craft developed in different regions during and after armed conflicts, including research on trench art and objects, quilts and rugs commissioned in wartime, and ceramics and the art of commemoration. Craft and War also provides a breadth of analysis on crafting as a rehabilitative activity and traces government initiatives across different countries for postwar healing involving crafts.
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Pitchers of American Life Art Within Reach
Ezra Shales, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA Through an exploration of the tactile pleasures of drinking vessels, Pitchers of American Life traces the role of these objects as representative art and collective tools—episodes of American history that resonate today in our everyday lives and yearnings for sociability and communion. Generously illustrated, and richly woven with personal memoir, discussion ranges from vessels within ancient cultures and religious and family rituals to the growth of mass production and contemporary consumer culture. Shales blends the social histories of art/artifacts with memories of working on a museum installation crew, as an educator, and as a shopper; in each UK May 2026 • US January 2026 288 Pages • 200 colour illus HB 9781350386716 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350386709 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350386730 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9781350386723 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
chapter he interprets a single object as a revealing time capsule.
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Visual Ecologies of Placemaking Place, Performance, Identity
Edited by Leslie Atzmon, Eastern Michigan University, USA & Pamela Stewart, Eastern Michigan University, USA Contributing to a growing discourse in spatial humanities, this collection of essays provides a unique, critical insight into how place is shaped through visual and sensory practices. By looking at a range of natural, built, and digital environments, across historical and contemporary contexts, Visual Ecologies of Placemaking offers an in-depth study into place as a spatial, social and cultural construct. Essays explore public and private spaces, cities, gardens, sacred settings and domestic scenes, and particularly consider human beings’ relationships to place at times when places are undergoing radical shifts due to occurrences such as global pandemics, changing climates and widespread social unrest. This timely volume features a range of case studies that UK May 2026 • US May 2026 296 Pages • 75 bw illus PB 9781350239289 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350224858 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350224865 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350224872 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
explore places from storage units to city streets, performances from sacred pilgrimages to drag shows, and identities from secessionists to imperial authorities. Essays also contribute to emerging areas of inquiry, such as queer and decolonial studies and the digital humanities. Visual Ecologies of Placemaking offers a broad examination of the performative aspects of place and identity, and yields new ways of thinking about how places are shaped and negotiated.
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Surface, Textile, and German Material Culture Bodies, Interiors, and Architecture, 1830-1914
Didem Ekici, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA This volume explores the intersections between the body, textiles, clothes, soft furnishings and architectural surfaces in the German-speaking world from 1830 to 1914. While the continuum from bodies to clothing to architecture was present in popular culture across Europe and North America, it assumed a particularly influential role within German disciplines such as philosophy, cultural history, art history, linguistics, and hygiene. By bringing these disciplinary discourses into a dialogue with popular conceptions and practices surrounding fashion, fabrics, textile embellishments, and dress, the book offers a narrative of textile materiality that conflated bodies, interiors, and architecture. From architect Gottfried Semper to cultural historian Jacob von Falke, hygienist Max von Pettenkofer, designer Margarethe Cultural Histories of Design
von Brauchitsch, and many others discussed in this book, the modern surface was largely conceived in terms of textile
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materiality. Different facets of this materiality—including textile fibers, tactility, crafting techniques, ornamentation, tailoring, and function—became central to modern art and architectural discourses, shaping debates on topics ranging from style, fashion, gender, and ornament to tectonics, health, mechanization, and abstraction.
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Alternative Narratives in Ceramic History
Intermediaries and the Anglo-American Ceramic Trade Neil Ewins, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, China Introducing new insights into the history of ceramic design and consumption, Neil Ewins departs from the focus on manufacturers and producers and presents a third perspective that puts the multifaceted lives of the merchants, importers and dealers at the centre. Challenging the notion that intermediaries involved in the Anglo-American ceramic trade from the late 18th into the 19th century were simply motivated by maximizing profits and widespread market demands, Ewin’s alternative approach demonstrates the value of taking their culture, identity and conscience into account. The geographic gap between the British manufacturer and the American consumer meant that those involved in mercantile activities assumed a highly significant role. Ewins analyses a range of sources including city directories, advertisements, UK January 2026 • US January 2026 304 Pages • 130 bw illus, 13 tables PB 9781350543935 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350538337 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350538344 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350538351 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
newspapers and family trees to identify those involved in the ceramic trade, supplemented by archival material relating to the Wainwright and Ovington families. Illustrated with examples of ceramics and engravings, chapters explore how the intermediaries commissioned and marketed ceramics for different reasons, influenced by their political, social, religious and moral views. Ewins investigates how culture and a strong sense of identity, the abolition movement, kinship and family ties, religious beliefs and community, and the interracial experience all played a part in the manufacture, distribution and consumption of ceramics in the US market.
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International Design Organizations Histories, Legacies, Values
Edited by Jeremy Aynsley, University of Brighton, UK, Alison J. Clarke, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria & Tania Messell, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) This innovative volume brings together international design scholars to address the history and present-day status of national and international design organizations, working across design disciplines and located in countries including Argentina, Turkey, Estonia, Switzerland, Italy, China and the USA. In the second half of the 20th century, many non-governmental organizations were created to address urgent cultural, economic and welfare issues. Design organizations set out to create an international consensus for the future direction of design. This included enhancing communication between professionals, educators and practitioners, raising standards for UK February 2026 • US February 2026 352 Pages • 65 bw illus HB 9781350112513 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781526697127 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350112537 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781350112520 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
design, and creating communities of designers across linguistic, national and political borders. Shared needs and agendas were identified and categories of design constantly defined and re-defined, often with overt cultural and political intents. Drawing on an impressive range of original research, archival sources and oral testimony, this volume questions the aims and achievements of national and international design organizations in light of their subsequent histories and their global remits. The Cold War period is central to the book, while many chapters draw on post-colonial perspectives to interpret how transnational networks and negotiations took place at events and congresses, and through publication.
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Philosophy through Design
Rethinking Design Practice for a Changing World Brian Dixon, Ulster University, UK Philosophy through Design proposes a new approach to design practice grounded in a philosophical reflection in and on action, with alignments being drawn to the democratic pragmatism of John Dewey and Jane Addams as well as key contemporary philosophic perspectives. Throughout, Dixon stresses the need for designers to engage critically, ethically and reflectively as they seek to meet the complex challenges of the 21st century. The key argument is that design practice can itself become a mode of philosophical inquiry, supporting designers’ efforts to experiment, reflect and act responsibly and make and remake the ever-evolving future as potential ‘designer philosophers’.
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(Designing) Beyond the Modern Limits, Dialectic, and Potentialities
Edited by Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons School of Design, USA & Virginia Tassinari, TU Delft, the Netherlands (Designing) Beyond the Modern is the second volume in a trilogy by Eduardo Staszowski and Virginia Tassinari, following Designing in Dark Times: An Arendtian Lexicon (2020). This book is a provocation: how can we begin to move beyond the modern when so much of how we think and make remains entangled in its logic? Among the forces that have both shaped and been shaped by the modern project, design occupies a central role. Rather than treating it as a neutral tool, this book approaches design as a practice deeply implicated in modernity’s extractive, colonial, and anthropocentric foundations. The parenthesis in the title signals an ambivalence about whether “designing” can remain a relevant or viable practice. Without offering a conclusion, the book confronts the Beyond the Modern
legacy of the Modern and calls for a caesura: a rupture, a pause, or an interval where a critical praxis, whether called design
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or not, might begin to take shape. Drawing on philosophy, decolonial thought, and design theory, it challenges the logics that continue to shape modern institutions and imaginaries.
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Contrapractice
Action Against Defuturing Tony Fry, University of Tasmania, Australia Building on his foundational work on ‘defuturing,’ a deconstructive method that exposes historically the unsustainability of a great deal of design practice and its products, Tony Fry now offers a powerful response. There is no shortage of analysis of the current state of the world. Climate change impacts are increasing, environmental destruction will follow, populations and settlements will be displaced, food security will become critical, geopolitical instability and escalating dangers of conflict will grow. Such an entangled complexity threatens life itself more seriously than at any time since the Ice Age. Against the real threats to life on Earth, what are the world’s political leaders doing? The answers sit between nothing and very little. Beyond the Modern UK May 2026 • US May 2026 224 Pages HB 9781350448506 • £50.00 / $68.00 PB 9781350448490 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9781350448520 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9781350448513 • £15.209 / $20.65 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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So, what is to be done? There is no immediate or simple answer. But what Contrapractice acknowledges is that nothing changes unless practices change. The intent is for the process to take on a life of its own by the many people who care about securing a viable future. It does not provide template solutions, but the ability to act. Every reader is viewed as a communicator of its message and a change agent of their own practice. Fry’s dialogue in the book with Dulmini Perera is a prompt for the book to be an object of discussion.
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Drawing as Placemaking
Environment, History and Identity Edited by Jill Journeaux, Coventry University, UK & Simon Woolham, University of Huddersfield, UK Using a combination of articles and interviews, the book introduces nine contemporary drawing projects that embrace an expansive definition of the discipline, and use their drawing practice to consider how place is understood and made. Drawing as Placemaking focuses on how drawings and drawing processes can examine and articulate our relationships to placemaking, to our concepts of home, to historical and memorial sites, to our personal histories, and to imagined and actual places. The contributing artists (from the USA, Canada, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the UK) use Drawing In
expanded drawing approaches to present different perspectives on how drawings are made, and how they can be used to
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describe, analyse, reimagine, transform and to make new actual, historical, and psychological places. The artist-authored chapters and the conversations with artists are interwoven to facilitate broader conversations about our human interactions with place, through all our senses; what we can see, touch, feel and hear, alongside what we know, theorise or imagine. The re-evaluation of placemaking from a range of cultural perspectives highlights new stories whilst reconsidering older ones.
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OPEN ACCESS
Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn Edited by Fernando Secomandi, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands & Peter-Paul Verbeek, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Taking stock of recent changes in technology – including recently emerging digital tools like AI – the authors look to expand the discussions that draw upon both design philosophy and technological developments. The editors of the book argue that we are already a long way from the conventional interpretation of design philosophy as a ‘philosophy of design’, where philosophers remained distant from the practice of design itself. They maintain that designers must welcome cross-fertilisations between disciplines that make possible alternative interpretations of design philosophy, for example, as ‘a designerly way of doing philosophy’ or as ‘designing things philosophically’, perhaps even as ‘the design of philosophy’. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 216 Pages • 18 B&W illus, 1 table PB 9781350542204 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350494411 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350494435 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350494466 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the TU Delft Open Access Fund.
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Typography Edited by Paul Luna, University of Reading, UK, Fiona Ross, University of Reading, UK, Aaris Sherin, St John's University, New York, USA, Sue Walker, University of Reading, UK & Vaibhav Singh, University of Reading, UK This new handbook takes the broadest possible view of typography, defining it as ‘design for reading’. It considers all kinds of reading matter and visual communication systems; digital, environmental, printed, and produced by hand. By offering a rich collection of texts that are genuinely international in authorship and in scope, it seeks to rebalance the Western bias of so many books on the subject. It gives space to new voices and emerging standpoints about the global nature of design, the needs of particular communities of readers, and about the need for inclusivity and historical understanding in design practice and research. Thirty-seven chapters by forty-three contributors show the interdisciplinary range of research in typography today, Bloomsbury Visual Arts Handbooks exemplifying the relationship between history, theory, and practice that is at the heart of the discipline. They feature over 500
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illustrations, mostly in colour, and full bibliographic references. Topics include: Typography and sociolinguistics; Frameworks for considering scripts and multilingual documents; Historical and contemporary Arabic-script typographic practice; Designing fonts for marginalized communities in Asia, Africa, and North America; The earliest movable type in China in the tenth century; Understanding Japanese and Korean typography; The type design industry today; Typography in the environment.
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Upcycling Research
Global Perspectives on Product, Fashion and Theory Edited by Kyungeun Sung, De Montfort University, UK & Richie Moalosi, University of Botswana, Botswana Upcycling is a design, business and social practice and - when done with care - it can reduce solid wastes, increase resource and material efficiency, and lower industrial energy consumption, with an aim to transiting towards net zero. Despite the wide-ranging benefits, upcycling remains a niche practice, calling for scaling up in order to realise the full potential of upcycling. Research and real-world interventions that promote increased upcycling necessarily bring together theories and disciplinary practices from design, manufacturing, business studies, sustainable development, consumer studies, and politics. This book presents the key findings of the International Upcycling Research Network (IURN), which is at the forefront of upcycling research, practice, and opinion in the world, and expands our understanding of current upcycling research and practice across industries, disciplines, and countries, and develops new cross-industry, multidisciplinary, international UK February 2026 • US February 2026 344 Pages • 69 bw illus, 25 tables PB 9781350524637 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350496316 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350496323 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350496330 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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collaborative research projects, and initiatives. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by AHRC.
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Pattern Cutting
The Architecture of Fashion Pat Parish, Chichester College/Northbrook College and London College of Contemporary Arts, UK Drawing on over 38 years teaching fashion design, Pat Parish gives an accessible approach to translating imaginative 2D designs into exciting 3D womenswear. By combining technical pattern cutting with a more creative approach focussing on shape and line, she provides an overview that reflects how designers actually think and encourages students to move beyond sticking closely to pattern blocks. Designed to inspire creativity with transferrable techniques for any garment, each technique features troubleshooting tips and tricks to help students apply them to their own designs. The guide’s clear structure makes it easy to follow in the studio, with technical drawings alongside step-by-step instructions throughout. Over 50 new photographs including toiles, catwalk images, and garments, case studies and interviews from young designers help you visualise the concepts in 3D and inspire your own designs. UK June 2026 • US June 2026 272 Pages • 400 colour illus PB 9781350332829 • £34.99 / $47.95 ePDF 9781350332836 • £31.49 / $43.15 ePub 9781350332843 • £31.49 / $43.15 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
This third edition brings pattern putting up to date for modern fashion industry with two new chapters on draping and geometry, and updated information on sustainable practices, reflecting new directions in design, pattern cutting and material use. Redesigned with an even clearer layout and now featuring imperial and metric conversions throughout.
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The Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing Clare Harris, The University of Sussex, UK, Karen Edwards, University of South Carolina, USA & Donna Watts, University of South Carolina, USA How can judicious use of online marketing, social media, video, mobile and in-store technologies help fashion brands reach and engage with their audience? The Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing uses industry examples, including Burberry and creative agency ODD, to demonstrate how creative digital marketing practices can build vibrant, loyal communities. Covering the vital roles of influencers, analytics, pop-up stores and user-generated content, Harris, Edwards and Watt offer a practical guide to building a successful fashion brand online. Fundamentals UK June 2026 • US June 2026 208 Pages • 160 color illus PB 9781350168695 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350168701 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781350168718 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
This revised edition includes two new chapters on reaching underserved markets, including people with disabilities and mature consumers, and a guide to legal issues like managing consumer data & privacy. Each chapter also now concludes with a project to help you build an e-commerce website to start experimenting with your own online marketing campaigns.
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Going Global
The Textile and Apparel Industry with STUDIO Elena E. Karpova, University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA, Grace I. Kunz, Professor Emerita, Iowa State University, USA & JuYoung Lee Going Global, Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive framework and approach to understanding the global textile and apparel industries, trade, and markets worldwide. Holistically examining the market in three sections: Embarking on a Global Adventure, The Global Supply Chain, and Trading Partners aids in understanding the international markets, examines up-todate intercontinental rules and regulations, and focuses on different countries integral to textile and apparel industries. New to this Edition Comprehensive updates on global supply chain disruptions and the pandemic, emerging technologies, and current trade UK April 2026 • US March 2026 456 Pages • 125 bw illus PB 9798765113868 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798765113875 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9798765113882 • £72.00 / $99.00 Fairchild Books
regulations; A new chapter “Textile and Apparel Industry Development” introduces and expands the relationship between a country's economic development and the role of textile and apparel industries; Includes new features called “Career Profiles” of industry interviews and “Project Assignments” bringing key concepts to life through firsthand applications; All new case studies help readers apply concepts to real-world scenarios.
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Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries - with STUDIO José Blanco F., Fashion Institute of Technology, USA This book frames the history of modern and contemporary dress and fashion in a global and diverse context, broadening the traditional dominance placed on European and American (“The West”) design by including examples from every continent. Students will explore fashion as a global phenomenon through a series of relevant and connected case studies. The text invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and points of view, explore their own location and identity, and develop critical thinking skills to interpret and analyze complex issues such as colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, and cultural appropriation and how this has affected the perception of modern and contemporary fashion history.
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Fashioning the Asian Century
Sustainability, Aesthetics, and Popular Culture in the New Millennium Edited by Amanda Sikarskie, University of Michigan, USA If the 21st century can be described as the Asian century, what does this Pan-Asian ascendency mean for fashion? Fashioning the Asian Century offers various compelling perspectives on this fascinating and urgent question. Exploring the influence of Asian fashion both within and beyond China, India, Japan, Korea and Thailand, this collection of essays is written by contributors from across the globe. Fashioning the Asian Century covers an exciting range of topics from the work of Asia’s fashion designers to fashion shows and fashion weeks that take Asia as their stage, as well as from consumer behaviour and popular cultural trends across Asia to sustainability and greenwashing in Asian fashion. Fashion, Media and Culture
Together, these diverse perspectives address, interrogate, unpack and celebrate Asia’s ever-growing significance – from
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creation to consumption – as a center for fashion in the 21st-century.
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Dressays
An Anthology of Writing about Clothing Edited by Rosie Findlay, City University of London, UK Dressays is an anthology of thought-provoking essays exploring how clothing can reveal the complex, deeply felt bonds we have with ourselves, our communities and the worlds through which we move. These deeply personal narratives demonstrate how, whether saturated with emotion or charged with political significance, dress both bears and shapes meaning. Collectively, they show how dress is as inextricable from shared cultures and histories as we are from the garments we wear. The contributions in this anthology articulate what is often felt but not seen when it comes to dress: how it ties us to other people, how it hides us even as it makes us visible, and how it helps us navigate and participate in our communities. They UK May 2026 • US July 2026 256 Pages HB 9781350473256 • £65.00 / $90.00 PB 9781350473249 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781350473270 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9781350473263 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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offer insight into a wide spectrum of human experiences, including how clothes relate to experiences of disability, chronic illness, religious faith, self-alienation and grief; of caring for a loved one, of being racialised, of coming to terms with one’s sexuality, and of custodianship of the natural world. By revealing how garments and accessories form the threshold of our experience of the world, these essays show just how entangled with both they are.
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A new series of short books on key global issues in fashion, guiding readers to rethink conventions and help shape a conscious, inclusive and sustainable future for all. COMING MAY 2026 @bloomsburyfashion
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Slow Hazel Clark, Parsons School of Design, USA What if we took 'slow' as an ethical strategy and practice for fashion, rather than considering ‘slow fashion’ as another passing fashion movement? Part of the Fashion in Action series of short books on global issues in fashion, calling on readers to become active participants in its future, Hazel Clark explores fashion's cultural role as a potential force for, not against, sustainability. Against a backdrop of massive waste, intensive energy use, human exploitation and overconsumption of fast fashion, Slow offers a thoughtful, practical, sustainable approach to fashion for businesses, educators and ordinary wearers of clothes, speaking to more mindful, caring and humanitarian attitudes and practices. Divided into 3 sections, the argument is framed by neoliberalism, and the increased attention to fashion around the globe, Fashion in Action UK May 2026 • US May 2026 120 Pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350253391 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePDF 9781350253407 • £10.79 / $14.35 ePub 9781350253414 • £10.79 / $14.35 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
set alongside growing interest in eco design, the slow food movement, second hand clothes and the emergence of ethical brands. The book begins with ‘where we are now,’ focussing on the emergence and huge impact of fast fashion. The next section looks at the way a slow discourse developed for fashion – in practice, in academia and in public. More mindful and slow approaches are set against greater global connectivity, digital communications, climate change and activism. This leads to a third and final section which seeks for a redefinition of fashion through the lens of slow approaches, ending with an urgent call to action.
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Appropriation Benjamin Linley Wild, The Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK What is cultural appropriation in fashion and how can understanding its causes, consequences and reoccurrences help us to challenge it in the future? As part of the Fashion in Action series of short books aimed at rallying readers on global issues in fashion, Benjamin Linley Wild highlights the long and complicated history of appropriation, guiding us on the pressing question of where we go next. Chapter one considers where we have been - what are the words we have used and what theories continue to frame and potentially hinder discussions about appropriation within the fashion industry? Chapter two moves on to where we are now what does appropriation look like in the fashion industry and how can understanding this help both educators and consumers overcome the circularity of the current debates? Chapter three draws together the theories and their potential implications to Fashion in Action UK May 2026 • US May 2026 128 Pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350258037 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePDF 9781350258044 • £10.79 / $14.35 ePub 9781350258051 • £10.79 / $14.35 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
unravel the riddle of appropriation and enable us to look to the future with suggested calls for action. This timely book equips readers with the tools to navigate and reshape the conversation around cultural appropriation, encouraging meaningful action for a more conscious and inclusive fashion industry.
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Failure Nick Rees- Roberts, Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Fashion thrives on fame and success, capitalism and culture. But beneath the luster and hype, fashion is also inevitably about failure – an essential part of its history and evolution. In his contribution to the Fashion in Action series of short books rallying readers to tackle pressing issues in fashion, Nick Rees-Roberts unravels the relationship between forms of creative and commercial failure to consider how we might begin to address the systemic failings of the fashion industry today. Positing failure as a speculative way to rethink fashion and focussing on the checkered histories of a number of designers and brands, Rees-Roberts explores how forms of commercial failure within a capitalist framework might actually be productive, enabling designers to retain independence and balance by potentially opting out of the fashion establishment, if Fashion in Action UK May 2026 • US May 2026 120 Pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350369979 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePDF 9781350369986 • £10.79 / $14.35 ePub 9781350369993 • £10.79 / $14.35 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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not of the system altogether. He then goes on to look at the broader systemic failures of the 21st-century fashion industry, arguing that rather than keep focussing on doing and making, we should be undoing and remaking the idea of fashion itself in order to rethink design outside of the framework of a hyper-globalized industry. By applying failure as a critical mode of inquiry, this book invites readers to consider a new direction for the future of fashion – one that values resilience and reinvention over the relentless pursuit of the next big success.
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Adorned in Dreams Fashion and Modernity
Elizabeth Wilson, Independent Scholar, UK When Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as ‘the best I have read on the subject, bar none.’ From haute couture to haberdashery, and ‘deviant’ dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. She also discusses fashion’s vociferous opponent, from the ‘dress reform’ movement to certain strands of feminism. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out, or subvert, identity. This well-established fashion classic brings the story Foundations of Fashion Studies
of fashionable dress up to date, exploring the grunge look inspired by bands like Nirvana, the ‘boho chic’ of the mid 90s, and
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retrodressing. It also explores meanings of dress, from the veil to David Beckham’s pink-varnished toenails.
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Dress and Morality Aileen Ribeiro, The Courtauld Institute of Art and The University of London, UK In 747, Saint Boniface declared that wide stripes and scarlet borders in dress were a dangerous incitement of lust and ruination of the soul. A thousand years later the Jesuit Father Bernard Vaughan, in his book The Sins of Society, claimed that immodest dress led to paganism, while the popular v-shaped necklines of fashionable tops (referred to by some doctors as 'pneumonia necklines') were denounced as immoral by religious critics, along with short skirts. For many years dress and morality have been intertwined, while moralists throughout history have raged against fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose, or too costly. In this enlightening and entertaining book, Aileen Ribeiro looks at fashion extremes over the centuries – from codpieces to Foundations of Fashion Studies UK June 2026 • US June 2026 302 Pages • 106 bw HB 9781350400566 • £65.00 / $90.00 PB 9781350400559 • £19.99 / $26.95 ePDF 9781350400580 • £17.99 / $24.25 ePub 9781350400573 • £17.99 / $24.25 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
corsets – revealing how dress has functioned as a vehicle of righteousness or turpitude, and as an expression of sexuality, class or social status. With sharp wit and lavish illustrations, Dress and Morality offers an in-depth exploration of the comical vanities and social etiquettes associated with dress in the past. This foundational fashion classic has been re-issued with a new preface, afterword and further reading list – remaining an essential and entertaining read.
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Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
Gay Men's Dress in the Twentieth Century Shaun Cole, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK Re-issued as part of the Foundations of Fashion Studies series, Shaun Cole’s seminal text is an important study of the development and history of gay men’s dress – from the subcultural world of the early 20th century to the clubs and bars of the 80s and 90s. Drawing upon first-hand interviews conducted with men across the UK and US, the author analyzes the trends in dress adopted by gay men as well as the challenge gay style as has posed to mainstream men’s fashion. Other sources such as contemporary magazines shed further light on the culture and discourse influencing gay men’s dress and, in the newly extended reading list, the author situates his own writing among the landscape of recent writing on queer and gay men’s Foundations of Fashion Studies UK June 2026 • US June 2026 264 Pages • 25 b&w illustrations HB 9781350462069 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350462052 • £23.99 / $32.95 ePDF 9781350462076 • £21.59 / $29.65 ePub 9781350462083 • £21.59 / $29.65 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
style. A new preface and afterword also reflect on the value of the research methodology employed by Don We Now Our Gay Apparel as well as the changes in studies related to the central focus of Cole’s text. This re-issued text is a vital introduction for readers interested in gay men’s fashion over the last 100 years, whether approaching from a fashion studies, LGBTQ+ studies or sociology background.
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Fashioning London
Clothing and the Modern Metropolis Christopher Breward, National Galleries of Scotland, UK Over the past three centuries, London has established itself as one of the world’s most inventive fashion capitals. City life and fashion have always been intertwined, but nowhere has this relationship been more excitingly expressed than on the streets of London. Fashioning London explores how particular styles of dress became emblematic of this leading international city, ultimately challenging the fashion dominance of Paris, Milan, and New York. From the ballrooms and boxing rings of the 18th century, through the Victorian extremes of poverty and conspicuous consumption, to the flamboyant explosions of subcultural taste that defined the late modern capital, Londoners have constantly offered an idiosyncratic reading of fashionability that has profoundly influenced the nature of style in other parts of the world. Foundations of Fashion Studies
In this book, Christopher Breward constructs an original history of clothing in London, through its manufacture, promotion,
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and cultural significance, while examining how issues of space, architecture and performance impinge on notions of fashionability. Drawing on a range of sources, including paintings, street photography, maps, tourist guides, literature, stage and press representations, Fashioning London paints a vivid and definitive portrait of London's iconoclastic style.
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Power, Grit and Glamour The Women Behind Halston Tamara Sturtz-Filby, journalist One of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Halston defined and dominated the 1970s. Power, Grit and Glamour: The Women Behind Halston highlights the entourage of models, often known as the “Halstonettes,” who not only worked with, accompanied, and supported Halston at every turn, but were fiercely loyal and loved him deeply. Beginning with Eleanor Lambert, the ‘Godmother of Fashion,’ Tamara Sturtz-Filby charts the rise of Halston from every socialite’s hatmaker to creating his own named label, introducing readers to the women who guided him every step of the way to fame and stardom. He had loyal friendships with Liza Minnelli and Elizabeth Taylor. His close confidantes were Elsa Peretti and Pat Ast, as well as models and actresses including Bianca Jagger, Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton and Margaux Hemingway. He had invaluable relationships with Vogue editors Diana Vreeland and Grace Mirabella, and a long-term collaboration with UK May 2026 • US May 2026 272 Pages • 15 color photos HB 9798881842413 • £30.00 / $38.00 ePDF 9798765153994 • £27.00 / $34.20 ePub 9798765153987 • £27.00 / $34.20 Bloomsbury Academic
America’s doyenne of dance, Martha Graham. These are just a few of the women Sturtz-Filby profiles. Power, Grit and Glamour is broken into three parts and features exclusive interviews and quotes from those who worked with and knew Halston, as well as fifteen color photographs that visually transport the reader into the world of 1970s fashion. Each and every one of these women played their part in the success that was Halston, and he was acutely aware that he would have been nothing without these women by his side. They were his muses, his inspiration, his soul mates, his audience, his devotees, his everything. This is the story of those women, without whom there would be no ‘Halston’.
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The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens
Gender and Work in the Royal Wardrobe and the Fashion Marketplace Sarah A. Bendall, Australian Catholic University, Australia This study explores – for the first time – the changing professions and roles of the women who worked to clothe six Stuart queens between 1603–1714: Anna of Denmark, Henrietta Maria, Catherine of Braganza, Mary of Modena, Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, and using a wide range of written, visual and material sources, this book explores how changing patterns of work and consumption saw women become key producers, retailers and consumers of fashion during the 17th century, and illuminates the strong connections between the royal courts and London’s fashion marketplace. UK June 2026 • US June 2026 360 Pages • 100 colour illus HB 9781350407343 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350407312 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350407350 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781350407367 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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From royal wardrobes, workrooms and laundries to workshops and retail premises in London’s bustling streets, Sarah A. Bendall highlights the integral role that women of multiple backgrounds played in the creation and maintenance of elite dress. The patronage of queens and elite women was integral to supporting and promoting women’s rise in the fashion trades as celebrated silkwomen, tirewoman, milliners and mantua makers.
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Fashion and Beauty
Case Studies in Innovation Denise Hardesty Sutton In the fashion and beauty industries—where relevance is everything—innovation is critical to survival and is often shaped by specific historical, cultural, economic, and sociological contexts. This book identifies the various factors that define innovation, and innovation theories such as Schumpeter’s, using a case study approach to explore innovative events in fashion and beauty ranging from the creation of maternity and plus-size women’s apparel (Lane Bryant) and new textiles (DuPont’s Kevlar) to the development of luxury streetwear (Dapper Dan), creative upcycling (feed sacks), and new markets in cosmetics (Fashion Fair) and business models in beauty (Weleda, Dr. Hauschka). The case studies incorporate salient contextual elements that factor into innovative developments as well as the entrepreneurial impulse both inside and outside of traditional economic systems. UK March 2026 • US March 2026 208 Pages PB 9798216446675 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666912227 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798216266679 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781978771314 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Sutton explores case studies of moments in history where innovation has initiated fundamental change, including recognition of new market segmentation (the rise of streetwear, beauty’s turn to inclusivity), trends that turn into classics (athleisure wear), the creation of entirely new categories of apparel (maternity, plus-size), the use of technology for convenience and efficiency (e-commerce and social media), product improvement (advances in science of skin care), and as part of potential solutions to current fashion industry challenges (plant-based/upcycled products). Ultimately, each chapter considers the historical, political, and social context of each innovation along with its cultural meaning and impact.
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Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen
British Seamstresses from the 17th to the 19th centuries Pam Inder, Independent Scholar, UK Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores how the jobs of the ‘seamstress’ evolved in scope, and status, between 1600-1900. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men’s shirts, women’s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisible to the naked eye. Few examples of their work survive, but those that do attest to their skill. However, as the ready-to-wear trade expanded in the 18th century, women who assembled these garments were also known as seamstresses, and by the 1840s, most seamstresses were outworkers for companies or entrepreneurs, paid UK January 2026 • US January 2026 308 Pages • 8 colour and 52 bw illus HB 9781350252967 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350253001 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350252974 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781350252981 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
unbelievably low rates per dozen for the garments they produced, notorious examples of downtrodden, exploited womenfolk. Drawing on a range of original and hitherto unpublished sources, including business diaries, letters and bills, Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores the seamstress’s change of status in the 19th century and the reasons for it, hinting at the resurgence of the trade today given so few women today are skilled at repairing and altering clothes.
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Documenting Fashion
Dress and Visual Culture in 1920s and 1930s America Rebecca Arnold From illustrations to editorial spreads, and amateur snapshots to Hollywood film, Documenting Fashion considers how American fashion was represented and created by visual culture. The chapters comprise thematic case studies of interconnected images that build to create a discussion of fashion as embodied experience, foregrounding the way that all viewers are also wearers, consuming magazines and other types of images, just as they purchase clothing and accessories. Examining how mediums constructed and impacted the meaning of fashion during the 1920s and 1930s, the book tracks interconnections between technologies that developed in, for example, handheld cameras and Technicolor and Kodachrome color film. Aspects of photography itself are also considered such as hybrid and manipulated images, as well as light, UK February 2026 • US February 2026 256 Pages • 47 color illus HB 9781350172463 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350603790 • £24.98 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350172470 • £18.74 / $31.45 ePub 9781350172487 • £18.74 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
shadow and colour’s impact on depictions of fashion and the body. Newspapers, fashion and women’s magazines such as Vogue and The Delineator are analysed alongside examples from the Black media, including Abbott’s Monthly Magazine and The Afro-American. Conceived as a revisionist history, diverse types of images of Black, white and Chinese Americans are analysed to argue for a more rounded examination of the ways dress, style and self-image were represented in still and moving images and how such imagery created a particularly American vision of vernacular modernity.
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Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul
Photography and Identity in a Global City Nancy Micklewright This dynamic exploration of two key modes of visual culture - fashion and photography - in 19th-century Istanbul contributes to an expanding body of research on fashion and the dressed body outside the Euro-American context. Based on meticulous analysis of visual, written and material objects, it focuses on women's lived experience during a time of dramatic change in the Ottoman Empire. Over the 19th century, the women of Istanbul gradually transformed their appearance, adopting European dress and new modes of self-fashioning, including photographs. The book reconstructs a complex fashion history, and the dramatic changes that took place in women’s lives in this period, and given the diverse population of Istanbul in terms of ethnicity, Dress Cultures
class, race and religion, attends to the differing clothing habits of the women of the city. The book focuses particularly on elite
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women as fashion tastemakers and on the dress of enslaved and working women. Appealing to scholars across a range of fields, including fashion history, Ottoman studies, women’s and gender history, visual culture and photography history, Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul provides a fascinating insight into women's histories, writing and dress practices in a rapidly changing Istanbul.
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The Women of 'Little Paris' Fashion in Interwar Bucharest
Sonia-Doris Andras, Independent scholar Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this book presents middle-class women consuming fashion in the symbolic ‘Little Paris’ of interwar Bucharest, and examines how their material and cultural means supported the city’s modernisation. Combining archival research with personal archaeology, this interdisciplinary work explores Romania’s reinvention as a modern state, focusing on middle-class women as they lived their lives - walking through the streets, at lavish events, at cafes and clubs, shopping, and working. Analysing largely unseen, unused written and visual texts, The Women of 'Little Paris' encourages exploration of new avenues for research, uniting scholars of Romanian culture, history and fashion and Dress Cultures
guiding readers through a forgotten, little explored world and, in so doing, adds to our understanding and knowledge of the
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global image of interwar fashion cultures and the emerging field of Romanian fashion studies.
Digital Rendering for Fashion and Costume Lalon Alexander & Theresa Alexander Digital Rendering for Fashion and Costume is the most up-to-date text on fashion illustration and costume rendering. The text includes both artistic and technical perspectives to ensure readers receive a holistic understanding of digital rendering. Students will learn not only the technical skills of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign, but will also be guided and encouraged to hone their creative style and portfolios. Each lesson will have companion videos, exercise files, additional assignments, and discussion questions to incorporate student opinions and encourage creativity. STUDIO Features Include: -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Watch companion videos with each lesson UK February 2026 • US February 2026 544 Pages • 700 bw illus PB 9798765103685 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765103692 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765103708 • £81.00 / $108.00 Fairchild Books
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Knitting in Scotland
Culture, Craft and Industry Lynn Abrams, University of Glasgow, UK, Sally Tuckett, Marina Moskowitz, Roslyn Chapman & Lin Gardner The story of Scottish knitting: the first critical history and analysis of a local craft turned international icon. From Fair Isle patterning to Pringle jumpers, Scottish knitwear is internationally renowned and instantly recognisable. This open access study unpicks the distinctive place of knitting in the Scottish landscape, economy, and culture from the 19th century to today. Recent reappraisals of the industrial revolution and traditional craft economies, and the recent revival of hobby knitting during the Covid-19 pandemic, have raised new questions about the roles of social communities, sustainability and women’s domestic work in the textile industries. Tracing its story from raw material to final product, from home-spun clothes and crafts to luxury markets and industrial-scale production, Knitting in Scotland investigates the Scottish knitting trade’s UK June 2026 • US June 2026 344 Pages • 34 colour and 35 bw illus PB 9781350361751 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350361713 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350361720 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350361737 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
remarkable survival across two centuries of economic and cultural modernisation. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
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