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New art & design books

Delve into visual art, fashion, architecture and design with these beautiful new releases, available at Readings.

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Japan Style

Gian Carlo Calza

$69.95
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Expressive Type

$39.99
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Poor Artists

The White Pube, Gabrielle de la Puente, Zarina Muhammad

$45.00
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Hand Dyed Designs

Katie Ellen Wilkins

$39.99
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How to be a Craftivist

Sarah P. Corbett

$34.99
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LifeStyled

Shira Gill

$55.00
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Visual Arts favourites

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Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers

Yayoi Kusama, Robert Slifkin, Lynn Zelevansky

$90.00
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Nolan’s Africa

Andrew Turley

$120.00
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65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art

Marcia Langton, Judith Ryan

$79.99 $59.99
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marramarra

Brook Garru Andrew, Jessica Neath

$49.99
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The Paintings of Criss Canning

Criss Canning

$130.00 $99.99
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Paris in Ruins

Sebastian Smee

$36.99
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Architecture favourites

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The New Sustainable House

Penny Craswell

$69.99 $59.99
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Grounds, Romberg & Boyd: Melbourne’s Midcentury Modernists

Maria Larkins

$64.99
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A Short History of British Architecture

Simon Jenkins

$59.99
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Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation

$49.99
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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces

Dominic Bradbury

$200.00 $149.99
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Stone Houses

Phaidon Editors

$69.95
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Industrial design favourites

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Tapio Wirkkala at Venini

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Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live

IKEA

$39.95
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Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook

Dominic Bradbury

$113.99
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1000 Design Classics

Phaidon Editors

$140.00
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Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s

Jonny Trunk, FUEL

$49.99
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Artisan Design: Collectible Furniture in the Digital Age

Judith Gura

$99.99
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Photography favourites

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Carol Jerrems: Portraits

National Portrait Gallery

$65.00
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Until Justice Comes

Juno Gemes

$65.00
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between the skin and sea

Katrin Koenning

$124.99
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Imagining a Real Australia

Stephen Zagala

$59.99
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Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits

Patrick Pound, Catlin Langford, Daniel Boetker-Smith

$48.00
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Fitzroy 1974

Robert Ashton

$59.99
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Graphic design favourites

Insightful and inspiring books about the art of graphic design.

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Graphic Classics

Phaidon Editors

$140.00
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Expressive Type

$39.99
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Japanese Color Matching

$39.99
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Design as Art

Bruno Munari

$24.99
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BranD No.34: KAWAII PARTY

$44.99
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Beyond Design: Special Printing Effects and Their Application

Sandu

$99.50
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Typography favourites

Delve into the surprisingly complex world of typography with these great books.

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Expressive Type

$39.99
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Revival of Letterpress and Handmade Type

Wang Sahoqiang

$69.99
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Albertus

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Baskerville

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Comic Sans

Simon Garfield

$34.99
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Big Type: Graphic Design and Identities with Typographic Emphasis

$45.00
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Craft favourites

From sketching, painting and printing to sewing and mending, these craft books will help you unleash your creativity.

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The Sewing Book (New Edition)

Alison Smith

$55.00
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Hand Dyed Designs

Katie Ellen Wilkins

$39.99
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How to be a Craftivist

Sarah P. Corbett

$34.99
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Visible Mending

Arounna Khounnoraj

$34.99
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Making Memories

Claudia Quintanilla

$36.99
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Nardurna

Ryhia Dank

$24.99
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Fashion favourites

Learn about the history and impact of fashion, from iconic brands to influential periods.

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Nike: Form Follows Motion

Mateo Kries, Glenn Adamson, Ligaya Salazar, Adam Bradley, Sam Grawe, William Myers, Hanif Abdurraqib, Rick Poynor

$110.00
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Bellissima

Collette Dinnigan

$100.00
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Fashion and the Floating World

Anna Jackson, Masami Yamada

$70.00
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Colourful

Iris Apfel

$100.00
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Taylor Swift Style

Sarah Chapelle

$49.99
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Advanced Pets

Ari Seth Cohen

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Interior design favourites

If you're looking to redesign and elevate your space, or just want some beautiful inspiration to pour over, you'll be set with these striking interior design books.

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LifeStyled

Shira Gill

$55.00
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Creative Homes

$95.00
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Moments at Home

Steve Cordony

$70.00
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Italian Interiors

Laura May Todd

$100.00
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The Plant Society Design Handbook

Jason Chongue

$45.00
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How They Entertain

Pierre Sauvage

$110.00
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