London's vibrant cultural scene is brought to life through a unique guide that reveals hidden, local events and seasonal activities. Covering various aspects such as art, history, and food, it highlights key dates and attractions, offering a fresh perspective for both visitors and residents. This resource ensures that readers can fully immerse themselves in the city's dynamic experiences, discovering the unusual and lively events that define London's cultural calendar throughout the year.
Featuring stunning imagery, this book takes readers on a journey through the most beautiful religious and spiritual gardens globally. Each garden is presented as a unique sanctuary, reflecting diverse cultural traditions and spiritual practices. The visual exploration highlights the serene landscapes, intricate designs, and the significance of these gardens in fostering peace and contemplation. Ideal for garden enthusiasts and those seeking spiritual inspiration, it celebrates the intersection of nature and faith.
"Cities of the Dead" is a captivating collection showcasing the world's most picturesque, historic, and notable cemeteries, highlighting their unique beauty and significance.
Amazing Art Adventures gathers together hundreds of exciting, unexpected and memorable art experiences from around the world.
A guide to the best free activities across London; covering everything from architectural gems and panoramic views, to green spaces, galleries and unique events.
From the dizzy heights of the Dubai horizon to the ancient silhouette of Rome, Skylines features fifty of the most iconic, vibrant and often magnificent places from across the globe. This is your key to exploring the world through the architectural triumphs that make our cities famous.
A beautifully illustrated and colourfully written guidebook which offers Londoners and tourists new and exciting places to visit outside of London.
Big city life unites the planet. Every habitable continent has metropolitan hot spots that are a hive of activity, a hub of culture - or, to countless millions, the place they call home. Some thrive on a symphony of car horns while for others there's the rhythmic echo of trains or even ships. The air may hang heavy with spices or fragrant flowers, among buildings that are rarefied or regenerated. There's no universal formula that makes a city illustrious. But the spectacle of a horizon brimming with prominent buildings great and small evokes an anticipatory thrill about what lies at its core. And a skyline is that city's iconic signature writ large on a blank canvas, with no two appearing the same. A skyline is a window-shoppers guide to what lays in store. It is a visual code that bridges the language gap and shows you at a glance what has made a city great. From the dizzy heights of the Dubai horizon to the ancient silhouette of Rome, Skylines features fifty of the most iconic, vibrant and often magnificent places from across the globe. This is your key to exploring the world through the architectural triumphs that make our cities famous. Beautiful and atmospheric illustrations accompany an introduction to these iconic vistas, summing up their spirit, history and location. Short histories of each place reveal threads that illuminate often well-trodden streets. This compilation is defined by the one-of-a-kind buildings - including fortresses, palaces, sacred sites, monuments, skyscrapers and cultural hotspots - that makes each one unique. See how well you really know these cities as they are depicted through the silhouettes of their most noteworthy buildings
Editorial Design: Digital and Print is a comprehensive guide to the traditional and digital skills that a designer will need for a future career in visual journalism today – the design of magazines and newspapers for a wide variety of markets. Generously illustrated, including case studies, practical exercises and tips, and examples of best practice; profiles of individual designers include Mark Porter, Scott Dadich, and Janet Froelich. The book explains the fundamentals of editorial design and layout. Subjects covered include current and emerging digital formats, branding, how to create layouts, handling copy and images, design and production skills, and trends in editorial design. With insider advice and opinions from leading contemporary designers, the book is a practical reference and learning resource that will teach readers everything they need to know to reach the top of the profession. The new edition of this book shows how editorial design has adapted to the online and digital world.
Thousands of magazines, newspapers, and journals are launched every year, but only a handful survive. What gives these few newcomers their staying content? branding? design?Art Direction and Editorial Design is an accessible and comprehensive guide to visual journalism—the design of magazines and newspapers, both in their print and online forms. Illustrated with case studies, examples, practical exercises, and tips, the book explains the fundamentals of editorial design and layout. It provides an overview of current editorial design practices and explains how design and production for publications is organized while also tackling broad issues that can often make or break careers in the field.Subjects covered include branding, how to create layouts, handling copy and images, design and production skills, and trends in the field. Included are interviews with and profiles of such leading influential figures as Neville Brody, Tyler Brûlée, David Carson, Felix Dennis, Fernando Gutiérrez, and Eamonn McCabe, as well as examples of work by M.F. Agha, Alexey Brodovitch, Willy Fleckhaus, Henry Wolf, Cipe Pineles, and Fabien Baron.