Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW As the outward face o...(展开全部)

英国DK出版社是国际知名的出版社，全球视觉工具书的著名品牌，成立于1974年，其愿景是创作既有视觉冲击力又包含丰富信息的图书，使读者能够理解每一个主题。DK图书被认为是从生到老不断学习的生活指南，其科普、百科、生活等图书畅销全球。

* A best-selling anthology of over 400 covers from one of the most acclaimed record labels of all time. * Complete compliation of the original Blue Note volumes * A timeless collector's piece for all music fans The Cover Art of Blue Note Records is Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham's classic collection of the finest record sleeves produced by the celebrated Blue Note record l...(展开全部)

What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality – this was the thesis of Aristotle’s Poetics. The rationality of fiction is that appearances are inverted. Fiction overturns the ordinary course of events that occur one after the other, aiming to show how the unexpected arises, happiness transforms into unhappiness and ign...(展开全部)

What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality – this was the thesis of Aristotle’s Poetics. The rationality of fiction is that appearances are inverted. Fiction overturns the ordinary course of events that occur one after the other, aiming to show how the unexpected arises, happiness transforms into unhappiness and ign...(展开全部)

英国费顿出版社是全球首屈一指的艺术出版机构，出版范围涵盖艺术、建筑、设计、时尚和摄影等门类。

英国费顿出版社是全球首屈一指的艺术出版机构，出版范围涵盖艺术、建筑、设计、时尚和摄影等门类。

在《书》一书中，基思·休斯顿揭示了书籍的纸张、墨水、线、胶水和纸板，它们如同书页上的文字一样，蕴含着丰富的故事。休斯顿以引人入胜的方式，追溯了这一拥有2000年历史的媒介的历史，追溯了书写、印刷、插图艺术和装订艺术的发展，展现了我们如何从楔形文字板和纸莎草卷轴发展到如今的精装书和平装书。 In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows t...(展开全部)

“Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”―Erik Spiekermann, typographer We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, ...(展开全部)

Featuring all kinds of dogs – big, small, graceful, cute, funny – The Book of the Dog is a cool and quirky collection of dog art and illustration by artists around the world. Interspersed through the illustrations are short texts about the artists and different breeds, paying homage to man's best friend. Beautifully designed and packaged, the book will appeal to dog lovers of a...(展开全部)