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on the Front Cover: Liberty Fabrics, Flower Portrait, Autumn/Winter 2024. From Liberty: Design. Pattern. Colour. on page 23 of this catalogue.
David Hockney
Norman Rosenthal
Published in association with the Fondation louis Vuitton, Paris, this vivid and visually engaging large-format book offers a detailed journey through Hockney’s remarkable life and career.
Playful, keen eyed, ever curious, David Hockney is one of our greatest living artists. Published in association with the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, and tied to its major 2025 exhibition, David Hockney charts an extraordinarily creative life through images and text in one large-format landscape book.
Compiled with the full involvement of David Hockney and his studio, and with a large-scale landscape format with a selection of gatefolds that enables the reader to revel in the art, this is the most important book on Hockney’s entire career to date and will appeal to the many fans of the artist’s work across the globe.
Picasso/asia
a Conversation
Doryun Chong and François Dareau
Published to accompany a major exhibition at M+, Hong Kong, this catalogue places more than sixty Picasso masterpieces alongside works by asian and asian-diasporic artists selected from the M+ collections.
Why is Pablo Picasso so famous the world over? How does Picasso, the quintessential modern artist of the 20th century but also undeniably a European, relate to the work of contemporary artists in other parts of the world, such as Asia? And what do Picasso and his legacy mean in an age and a place that are far from his own? These are some of the fundamental questions explored by this book, which accompanies a major exhibition at M+, Hong Kong, and the Musée National Picasso-Paris.
A bold exploration of complex relationships between origin and reception, invention and adaptation, and West and East, this book enriches the discourse on transnational contemporary Asian art and visual culture, while contributing to the growing critical literature on global art history.
Yoshitomo nara
Yung Ma
accompanies the first UK solo exhibition at a public institution by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo nara. Spanning four decades of the artist’s work, it offers readers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the personal and creative world of this internationally acclaimed artist.
Yoshitomo Nara is widely known for his bold images of children with large heads and wide eyes that challenge the viewers with their direct gaze and defiant stance. These captivating yet ominous characters are part of a wider visual vocabulary established by Nara to explore and communicate themes of home, isolation, resilience, belonging, regeneration, hope and freedom.
The Hayward Gallery presentation is an expanded version of the touring exhibition from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden. It features a group of Nara’s most recent paintings, including several new works.
Yuni Yoshida Works 2007-2019
Yuni Yoshida
a deep dive into the endlessly creative world of renowned Japanese art director Yuni Yoshida.
As one of Japan’s most active art directors, Yuni Yoshida is a master of making commercial work feel like art. Armed with a knack for optical illusions and an uncompromisingly playful vision, Yoshida’s perspective never fails to leave a powerful impact.
This richly illustrated catalogue is a compendium of Yoshida’s most creative and inspiring work. A bestselling book in Japan, it is now available to the international trade for the first time.
Dalí in 400 images
William Jeffett
accessible yet original, this comprehensive guide to Salvador Dalí contains over 400 colour reproductions and a unique selection of historical photographs.
Dalí in 400 images explores the full range of one of the most significant Surrealist painters of the twentieth-century. The exhaustive selection of works will reveal key masterpieces by perhaps the most famous of the Surrealists, as well as less familiar works including drawings and objects. This compact gem is a must-have for all art enthusiasts and connoisseurs.
artists of the Middle east
1900 to now Saeb Eigner
the first-ever a–Z of the major modern and contemporary artists of the Middle east.
The vibrant and varied art of the Middle East and North Africa is brought together in this beautifully illustrated book through the life and work of more than 250 artists, covering a 120-year period of creative activity from 1900 to the present day.
As a work of reference, the book will be a fascinating and invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in or engaged with the culture of the Middle East, and for those keen to broaden their knowledge of modern and contemporary art.
Ukrainian Modernism
Modernist architecture of Ukraine
Dmytro Soloviov and Owen Hatherley
Ukraine’s overlooked modernist buildings are under threat from development, decommunization and war.
Photographer Dmytro Soloviov has crossed Ukraine documenting these innovative buildings that remain largely unrecognised, despite being an extraordinary blend of function, avant-garde aesthetics and ingenious design. With 120+ examples across 240 pages, this publication is the most comprehensive available on the subject.
Hilma af Klint
What Stands Behind the Flowers
Jodi Hauptman
and Ewa
Lajer-Burcharth
a close look at a portfolio of forty-six botanical drawings by Hilma af Klint, and the abstract diagrams the artist developed to express the interconnectedness of the natural and spiritual realms.
“I have shown,” wrote the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, “that there is a connection between the plant world and the world of the soul.”
Published in conjunction with the first exhibition of the rare portfolio, this book presents the 46 botanical drawings alongside contextualizing works, as well as translations of her notes and previously unpublished texts from her own journals.
208 pages, 26.7 x 23 cm (HB) 160 illustrations
Hilma af Klint: Flora limited edition of 500 copies
Jodi Hauptman
ISBN 978 1 633 451681
a limited-edition facsimile of the full portfolio of 46 botanical drawings by Hilma af Klint, each on its own sheet and encased in a deluxe clamshell case.
Hilma af Klint’s Nature Studies portfolio, dated 1919–20, has been virtually unknown until now. Envisioned by af Klint as a botanical atlas and rendered in pencil and jewel-toned watercolors,this deluxe facsimile of the rare portfolio is published in a limited edition of 500. Each of the 46 drawings is presented on its own sheet at full scale, and encased in a luxe clamshell case.
46 pages, 50 x 27 cm (HB)
46 individual sheets in a clamshell box
a Bigger Message
Conversations with David Hockney
Martin Gayford
Early Asia Release February 2025
In this now classic book, filled with anecdote, insight, passion and wit, Hockney reveals the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems and paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface.
Compiled from a decade and a half of conversations with art critic Martin Gayford, it reflects a period in which Hockney relocated from Los Angeles to his native East Yorkshire.
3 April 2025
304 pages, 19.8 x 12.9 cm (PB) With over 180 illustrations in colour and b/w NEW in paperback!
oliver Jeffers
Martin
Salisbury
ISBN 978 0 500 298350 Thames and Hudson Ltd
Early Asia Release March 2025
This overview of Oliver Jeffers’s life and work – so far – charts his passion for the environment and his quest to understand humanity’s major challenges, and the impact this has had on his creative and intellectual output.
This addition to Thames & Hudson’s acclaimed Illustrators series is the first book to focus closely on Oliver Jeffers’s practice as an illustrator, offering an in-depth analysis of his processes, influences, styles and subjects as they have changed over time.
112 pages, 24.5 x 18.7 cm (HB) 90 colour illustrations The Illustrators series
not for art’s Sake
Quentin Blake and Claudia Zeff
ISBN 978 0 500 028155 Thames and Hudson Ltd UK 29 May 2025
Illustration is the most accessible visual artform and one that is used in all aspects of life; as Quentin Blake says, ‘it is, if you like, a vernacular; it’s a language that everybody understands. They may look at it and not think that they’re looking at art, but it’s having the effect on them of art. It’s a language that everybody can read, so to speak.’
This charming book opens with a foreword by Quentin Blake and includes photographs of him at work.
308 pages, 26 x 20 cm (HB) 300 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 0 500 966389
raucous Invention
Mark Hearld and Alan Powers
Early Asia Release April 2025
Featuring Mark Hearld’s distinctive collages, textile designs, linocut prints, wallpapers and sculptures (to name just a few), Raucous Invention is a celebration of – and insight into – Hearld’s recent work and extraordinary creativity. As Alan Powers explains in his introduction, ‘this art is imperfect in the best way, messy and not prone to explaining itself, but the sound of singing and laughter is in the air.’
256 pages, 30 x 24.5 cm (HB) 415 colour illustrations
Grayson Perry: the Pre-therapy Years
The Holburne Museum
the first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of ‘transvestite Potter’, bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry.
Grayson Perry is one of today’s most popular artists, known for his flamboyant persona and playful pots. For the first time, this book explores Perry’s artistic origins through the artworks that made his name in the years 1982–94 and includes an essay by the author in which he looks back on this period of his life.
176 pages, 24.5 x 21 cm (PB) 148 colour illustrations ISBN
Vanessa Bell
Modern living
Rosalind McKever
Asia Release February 2025
This book explores Vanessa Bell’s radical approach to art and life through her paintings and designs, bringing her work out of the shadow of her male contemporaries while celebrating her collaborative approach.
With over 100 striking images drawn from the V&A’s important collection of her work, this engaging overview also considers Bell’s unique, artisanal designs for the Omega Workshops and for Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex, her family residence, foregrounding the home as a crucial site of modernity.
pages, 19 x 17 cm (HB)
Hiroshige
artist of the open road
Alfred Haft
Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of Japan’s most talented, prolific and popular artists. Famed for his landscapes, he was also a great observer of nature with a visionary approach to colour and brushwork. His legacy continues to influence and inspire artists today.
Over a career spanning four decades, Hiroshige produced thousands of landscape and nature prints, hundreds of paintings commissioned by the samurai elite, as well as many illustrated books. This lavishly illustrated new publication celebrates one of the world’s most accomplished artists.
240 pages, 28 x 25 cm (HB)
150 illustrations
northern lights
ISBN 978 0 714 137001 British Museum Press
Ulf Küster for the Fondation Beyeler
the Forest in modernist art
The fascination of the North is enduring: vast, impenetrable coniferous forests on the edge of the Arctic polar region, “white” summer nights, the long darkness of snowy winters and the famous Northern Lights exert a magical attraction.
The Fondation Beyeler is dedicating an exhibition to this global phenomenon with landscape paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Scandinavia, Finland and Canada.
240 pages, 27 x 23 cm (HB)
140 colour illustrations
Camille Claudel and Bernhard Hoetger
emancipation from rodin
Yvette Deseyve and Frank Schmidt
ISBN 978 3 775 759151 Hatje Cantz Verlag
Sculptures by two impressive artists, both inspired by Rodin, emerge from the shadow cast by their great role model: the works of Camille Claudel (1864–1943) and Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) paved the way for sculpture to enter the modern age. The artistic freedom of the avant-garde including the emerging Art Nouveau can be seen in new forms and ideals.
This lavishly illustrated publication presents the encounter between the two sculptors in the French art scene at the dawn of the modern age.
176 pages, 26 x 20 cm (PB)
55 illustrations
ISBN 978 3 777 444666 Hirmer
Jean-Michel Basquiat: engadin
Dieter Buchhart and Iwan Wirth
an exploration of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s connection with Switzerland and the engadin region, and its influence on his trailblazing work.
This book examines the artist’s relationship with Switzerland and is published on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Basquiat Engadin’ at Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz. This publication documents a unique body of work that captures the artist’s impressions of the Swiss Alpine landscape and culture through the lens of his iconic visual language.
23 January 2025
72 pages, 34 x 24 cm (HB) 103 illustrations
Catherine Goodman
ISBN 978 3 907 493021
Hauser & Wirth Publishers
Jennifer Higgie and Catherine Goodman
an insight into the development of British artist’s Catherine Goodman’s distinct visual language and her new series of abstract paintings.
Charting recent developments in the practice of the London-based artist, this book focuses on a new body of work by Catherine Goodman: monumental abstract paintings that mark a significant shift in the artist’s visual language.
160 pages, 28.5 x 25 cm (HB) 103 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 3 907 493090
Hauser & Wirth Publishers
David Hammons
Linda Goode Bryant
Inside David Hammons’ 2019 los angeles exhibition in this singular artist’s book, uncovering the conception, development and transformation of the unconventional project.
UK 17 April 2025
In 2019, the artist David Hammons staged a highly unconventional – yet very characteristic – exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, described by frieze as “a parody of pious, politically activist art.” With no checklist, catalogue or wall labels and only a limited press release composed of a dedication and a drawing, this richly illustrated publication represents the author’s first comment on the landmark exhibition. Draft cover
408 pages, 29.8 x 29.8 cm (HB)
372 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 3 907 493137
Hauser & Wirth Publishers
UK 6 May 2025
Jenny Saville
the anatomy of Painting
Sarah Howgate and John Elderfield
Jenny Saville’s large-scale depictions of the human form are a celebration of flesh and paint, figure and abstraction. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting brings together works from across the artist’s career, ranging from pencil drawings to monumental paintings in oil.
The book accompanies Saville’s first major museum exhibition, showcasing over 50 works from throughout her career in a broadly chronological framework.
208 pages, 30 x 24 cm (HB)
190 illustrations
ISBN 978 1 855 145948
National Portrait Gallery
Chiharu Shiota (Bilingual edition)
Denise Wendel-Poray and Andrea Jahn
a tribute to the Japanese artist, a leading figure of the new generation of great contemporary masters
On the occasion of the inaugural exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and of the new partnership of Skira and Chargeurs Museum Studio, its motherhouse, with the Grand Palais Immersif, Skira presents an exhaustive monograph devoted to Chitaru Shiota, one of the leading figures of the new generation of great contemporary artists.
240 pages, 31 x 24 cm (HB)
150 illustrations
ISBN 978 2 370 742636 Skira Editore
Haegue Yang
Flat Works
Orianna Cacchione and Janine Mileaf
a defining publication marking the artist’s first north american retrospective to survey Haegue Yang’s two-dimensional explorations over the last three decades
The book includes 58 works from seven series: Hardware Store Collages, Lacquer Paintings, Non-Foldings, Trustworthies (abstractions made from security envelopes and other materials), Wallpapers, Edibles, and most recently, Mesmerizing Mesh (cut and folded paper collages based on varied, international shamanistic practices).
96 pages, 24 x 16.5 cm (HB)
110 illustrations
ISBN 978 8 857 253268 Skira Editore
UK 9 January
Po CKet PerSPeCtIVeS
Margaret Drabble on the romantics
Margaret Drabble
a highly acclaimed exploration of the way in which the landscape has both influenced and been represented in British romantic literature.
Margaret Drabble on the Romantics presents an image of Britain as seen through the eyes of some of its most celebrated authors. Many of the Romantics, as well as their successors, are closely associated with particular landscapes – the Wordsworths with the Lake District, Walter Scott with the Scottish Borders, the Brontë sisters with West Yorkshire.
richard rogers on Modern architecture
Richard Rogers
a manifesto for the future of architectural practice and the necessity of good design to modern life, by renowned British architect richard rogers.
Written in what architect Richard Rogers regarded as a moment of crisis in modern architecture, this essay considers how the way we build –and live – might change for the better. A succinct summary of his design philosophies, Richard Rogers on Modern Architecture continues to be a powerful manifesto.
t.J. Clark on Bruegel
lucy lippard on Pop art
Lucy Lippard
explore the dynamic world of 1960s Pop art through lucy lippard’s insightful analysis in this new addition to the Pocket Perspectives series.
Pop Art epitomized the free spirit of the 1960s, blending carnival-like qualities with bold colours and monumental scale, but based on a tough, no-nonsense, no-refinement standard appropriate to its time. Renowned art critic and curator Lucy Lippard’s classic, contemporaneous study enriches our understanding of this groundbreaking art movement.
120 pages, 18 x 11.6 cm (HB)
34 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 0 500 028674 Thames and Hudson Ltd
T.J. Clark offers profound insights on Bruegel’s art, where we encounter a reality formed from wholly worldly materials, yet suspended between belief and disbelief.
UK 26 September 2024
GBP 12.99
96 pages, 18 x 11.6 cm (HB)
28 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 0 500 028667 Thames and Hudson Ltd
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UK 26 September 2024
GBP 12.99
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linda nochlin on the Body
978 0 500 027257
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e.H. Gombrich on Fresco Painting
978 0 500 027448 GBP 12.99
James Hall on the Self-Portrait
978 0 500 027271
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Griselda Pollock on Gauguin
978 0 500 027721
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Julian Bell on Painting
978 0 500 027288
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John Boardman on the Parthenon
978 0 500 027264
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T. J. Clark
MoMa one on one SerIeS
Pablo Picasso: Boy leading a Horse
Annemarie Iker
Pablo Picasso developed Boy Leading a Horse (1905-06) from an unrealized mural during a pivotal period of evolution in his art. In this latest volume of the MoMa One on One series, scholar Annemarie Iker offers a close examination of this composition, contextualizing it within the artist’s larger oeuvre.
Kisho Kurokawa: nakagin Capsule tower
Evangelos Kotsioris
This latest volume in the MoMa One on One series focuses on Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, completed between 1970–72. One of the most iconic architectural marvels of the postwar period, the project comprised of two steel and concrete towers outfitted with 140 prefabricated living capsules. Curator Evangelos Kotsioris delves into the groundbreaking design, construction, evolution, and ultimate need for the demolition of this remarkable structure in 2022.
the Iconic tropical House
Patrick Bingham-Hall
a luscious survey of forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses built in south-east asia and australia over the last thirty years, arranged decade by decade.
This stunningly illustrated volume presents forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses of the last thirty years, surveying India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and northern Australia, arranged decade by decade.
These are buildings with pitched roofs, broad overhangs and eaves, verandas, big doors and windows, that optimize airflow and solar orientation. Larger-than-life, open to the elements, this is soaring architecture with a strong sense of place. Early Asia Release May 2025
304 pages, 28 x 26 cm (HB) 300 colour illustrations
978 0 500 027011 Thames and Hudson Ltd
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arCHIteCtUre & InterIor DeSIGn
Casa Mexicana
Jonathan Bell and Edmund Sumner
the best new houses from Mexico, currently the exciting epicentre of the architecture scene fuelled by brilliant young practices, a booming economy and a liberal sprinkling of concrete, with stunning photography by edmund Sumner.
Twenty-six houses demonstrate the trends and themes in Mexican residential architecture now, with plans and drawings included for the architects. These are sun-saturated houses in extraordinary landscapes, beautifully photographed, and each with a detailed profile setting them in context.
assemble
Building, Community and Collaboration
Aaron Betsky
the long-awaited monograph on the turner Prize-winning multidisciplinary architecture collective assemble, gathering more than a decade of their groundbreaking collaborative work.
This retrospective of the first decade or so of Assemble’s dynamic work, organized according to project type, highlights how their methods, working practices, interest in craft and building, and focus on reuse and material choices set them apart from other architecture practices.
arCHIteCtUre & InterIor DeSIGn
Curated Style
artfully edited homes
Kerrie-Ann Jones
Interior style that reflects who you are, what you love and how you like to live.
Featuring stunning homes from across the world, each designed with incredible and individual style, Curated Style is the perfect guide to understand how you can evolve and develop your own style. Kerrie-Ann explains the principles home curation and how you can apply those to your own spaces.
Contemporary Interior Design Masterpieces around the World
Chris
van Uffelen and Markus Sebastian Braun
a reference, overview and source of inspiration for today’s interior design, from private homes to stores, spas, restaurants, offices and more.
From materials and textures, through light and colors, shapes and lines, furniture, and design objects, to style references and much more: This compendium offers an inspiring overview of the latest trends, techniques, and visions of what is possible between floor and ceiling, and between four or more walls.
PHoto GraPHY
Chromotherapia
the feel-good color photography
Maurizio Cattelan and Sam Stourdzé
Chromotherapia: the Feel-Good Color Photography offers genuine relief from the black-and-white world.
Often disparaged, not always taken seriously, color photography has nevertheless allowed artists to get out their palettes and “paint.” Famed Italian visual artist and curator Maurizio Cattelan and curator Sam Stourdzé offer a rereading of the history of color photography through the 20th century into the 21st, and through the works of over 20 artists who take us on a journey into vibrant, acidulous worlds.
toiletMiles Paperaldridge
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
27 February 2025
British photographer Miles Aldridge has developed an editorial style that is both couture and chromatic but also surreal. He is influenced by the films of Federico Fellini and David Lynch and the photography of Richard Avedon, as well as the album covers and book designs created by his father, Alan Aldridge. As one of Aldridge’s own inspirations, David Lynch, once said of his work: “Miles sees a color-coordinated, graphically pure, hard-edged reality.”
This latest issue of Toiletpaper sequences a selection of Aldridge’s glamorous and elaborate mise-en-scène images in a palette of vibrant acidic hues.
978 8 862 088190
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978 8 862 087049
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ISBN 978 8 862 088367 Damiani
World Press Photo Yearbook 2025
El Zein Khoury Joumana
Photographic journalism at its best
Independent photojournalism and documentary photography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society and an essential part of shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called ‘post-factual’ times. In recognition of this, the independent non-profit organization World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, has been presenting the World Press Photo Award for the best photo, the best story, the best longterm project of the year for more than six decades.
240 pages, 24 x 17 cm (HB)
Permanent attraction: Man ray & Chess
Dada & Surrealist Chess art
Larry List and Francis M. Naumann
Man Ray’s chess set designs are as sought after as his innovative photography, collected by everyone from the Maharajah of Indore to Igor Stravinsky, Artie Shaw and David Bowie.
Authorised by The Man Ray Trust, this is the first and only book on Man Ray’s chess-themed works in all media. With experience in studio art, chess, photography, cartography, prototyping and scholarly research, the author offers a comprehensive interpretation of when, how, and why Man Ray created these timeless works
264 pages, 25.4 x 20.4 cm (HB)
illustrations
FaSHIon & JeWelrY
Coco Chanel’s roaring twenties
Célia Bernasconi and Bronwyn Cosgrave
the early years of the fashion icon
The beginnings of Chanel’s fashion brand lie in the French seaside resorts. In 1912, Coco—then still Gabrielle—Chanel opened her first boutique in Deauville; shops in Biarritz, Monte Carlo and Cannes soon followed. There, her simple, sporty designs met with a cosmopolitan clientele who carried her fashion back to the capital, Paris. In the 1920s, the Chanel brand thus experienced its first heyday, driven by the artistic and social upheaval of those years, the Roaring Twenties.
This lavishly illustrated catalogue documents in drawings and photographs the extraordinary productivity of the designer who maintained friendships with artists such as Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and others. In the 1920s, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes were performing on the Riviera. The book reveals the Slavic influence in Chanel’s creations, highlighting a network of correspondences with female artists close to Diaghilev’s circle, such as Natalia Goncharova and Sonia Delaunay. Also features La Pausa, Gabrielle Chanel’s dream villa built in 1929 near Monaco.
Yves Saint l aurent’s Studio
Mirrors and Secrets
Jéromine Savignon
Saint Laurent was a key artist of the 20th century. Today to many his name evokes the reefer jacket, the trench-coat, the Mondrian dress, the smoking jacket and feminine trouser suits. But what do we really know about the man beyond his renown? Here, the author opens up the door to Yves Saint Laurent’s studio, where everything took place, where the work and artist became one. Here we see how Saint Laurent set about his creations, the secrets behind his approach.
144 pages, 19 x 10 cm (HB) Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout REPRINT of popular book!
alaia/Kuramata
lightness in Creation
Azzedine Alaia and Shiro Kuramata
this publication brings together the works of the Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata(1934-1991) and the creations of the great couturier azzedine alaïa.
Fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa was a fervent admirer of Shiro Kuramata, even organizing an exhibition of his work at the Fondation Alaïa in 2005. Now, the Fondation Alaïa presents 23 of Kuramata’s works alongside 20 of Alaïa’s haute couture creations, creating a synthesis of forms and materials. 88 pages, 30.5 x 23.5 cm (HB) 40 colour
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liberty
Design. Pattern. Colour.
Kassia St Clair
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business and its global reputation for well over a century.
Liberty – an icon of design innovation and luxury – is renowned internationally for fabric designs on silk, wool, cashmere and, most famously, Tana Lawn Cotton™. Gathered here are 150 of the most striking and significant Liberty patterns, ranging from much-loved florals to bold and abstract designs and contemporary collaborations.
This beautifully produced book places fabrics in the context of the store’s wider design history – from the retailer’s remarkable Tudor-revival building to posters, advertising and branding. It presents the very latest examples of Liberty design alongside prints, drawings and samples from the company’s outstanding archive, telling an inspiring, century-long story of manufacturing quality and design excellence.
alive
Madeline Schwartzman
a timely examination of a wide range of projects exploring the boundaries of our existence.
How can a drone smell? Is a silicone jellyfish with a rat’s heart “alive”? Things that once seemed impossible are now becoming not only possible but mainstream. In the coming years, nearly all realms of our existence, will involve experiments with human and non-human living tissue impacting the worlds of medicine, art, and design as well as our everyday lives, so it’s about time we got to grips with what these new lifeforms can do.
Alive examines the concepts and ideas behind the knotty intersection where robotics, AI, biology, and art collide through nearly 150 fascinating projects. From the cutting edge of technological innovation and scientific discovery, Schwartzman speculates on what “life” is, and how humankind will (or will not) fit into a new order of hybrid species. The engaging result is a sort of sci-fi guidebook to lab-built creatures that will have readers excited about what might come next.
Early Asia Release June 2025 Draft cover
abstract logo
this is the revised and expanded ten year, anniversary edition of one of Counter-Print’s most-loved books.
From tech to fashion, explore how simple shapes and detailed patterns can evoke complex emotions and ideas through the captivating world of abstract logo design.
0 993 581205
Japan Unboxed
Contemporary Packaging Design in Japan
This beautifully curated book showcases a diverse collection of packaging solutions from Japan’s most talented designers, studios, and brands. From minimalist designs that evoke a sense of calm and precision to bold, colourful creations that celebrate playfulness and creativity, Japan Unboxed is a visual feast for design enthusiasts, professionals, and anyone intrigued by the art of packaging.
eight Decades of British Design
Design Council: 1944 to today
Mark Cortes Favis
Celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Design Council, the UK’s national strategic advisor for design. This lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of British design from postwar recovery to global phenomenon, showcasing the pivotal role of publicly funded institutions in shaping the country’s design legacy. Features iconic designs from the Routemaster bus to Alexander McQueen’s fashion collections, as well as emerging ‘classics of the future’ making an impact in the fight against climate change.
the FVS atlas
Flexible Visual Systems from (almost) all over the world TwoPoints.Net
Early Asia Release March 2025
Brought to you by TwoPoints.Net, the curators and editors of the compelling variable typeface compendium On the Road to Variable (2019), this new book comprises an extensive introduction, a substantial showcase of form-based and transformation-based systems, as well as four in-depth case studies in a Q&A format. It is a go-to resource for designers looking to craft identities that extend beyond traditional approaches and media.
288 pages, 25 x 19 cm (PB) Illustrated in colour throughout
Early Asia Release March 2025
Folkish
ISBN 978 9 887 684596 Victionary UK 24 April 2025
Illustrations Inspired by Folklore Victionary
Despite what society says, humans were born to create and have been doing so since ancient times. Starting with cave paintings, people have documented their heritage and culture regardless of geography. Folkish collates a resurgence of old folk tales and traditions through the contemporary brushstrokes of artists who seamlessly blend the old with the new.
256 pages, 23.5 x 18 cm (HB) Illustrated in colour throughout
the Shakers: a World in the Making
Mateo Kries and Mea Hoffmann
ISBN 978 9 887 684565 Victionary
The Shakers are by far the longest-lived American utopian experiment. Their faith is based on the belief in the creation of paradise on earth through communal living, gender and racial equality, celibacy and pacifism.
The exhibition »The Shakers: A World in the Making« aims to both examine the lasting impact of the Shaker legacy as well as the more unexpected facets of their production, ideology and way of life from a contemporary perspective.
248 pages, 28 x 21 cm (HB)
200 illustrations
UK 24 April 2025
ISBN 978 3 945 852668
Vitra Design Museum UK 26 June 2025
repast (British Museum)
the Story of Food
Jenny Linford
a deliciously fascinating, expertly written global tour of cooking, eating and drinking, told through objects in the collections of the British Museum.
Our insatiable appetite for creativity in the kitchen – or around the open fire – is reflected in the fascinating array of objects explored in this book. Written by food historian Jenny Linford in consultation with curators from the British Museum, Repast focuses on artefacts in the museum’s collections – from ancient clay cooking vessels to exquisite gold goblets – spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Australasia, from prehistory to the present day.
Arranged into 13 broad themes such as Hunting, Alcohol, Religion, Feasting and Eating Out, with lavish plates accompanying absorbing essays, Repast conveys the extraordinary global story of food, drink and the culinary arts.
This clearly structured, beautifully illustrated book will engage and delight the growing audience interested in the history of food and drink.
Dinosaurs
new Visions of a lost World
Michael J. Benton
Dinosaurs are not what you thought they were – or at least, they didn’t look like you thought they did.
The world-leading palaeontologist Michael J. Benton brings us a new visual guide to the world of the dinosaurs, showing how rapid advances in technology and amazing new fossil finds have changed the way we see dinosaurs forever. Stunning new illustrations from palaeoartist Bob Nicholls display the latest and most exciting scientific discoveries in vibrant colour.
ancient India
Sushma Jansari and Sureshkumar Muthukumaran
With beautiful illustrations, this major new publication traces the development of religious imagery from around 100 BCE, when it focused on the depiction of nature spirits, to 600 CE, by which time devotional images of Jain, Buddhist and Hindu deities and teachers had taken shape. Moving from symbolic to human form, such imagery employed attributes, divine attendants and animal vehicles that we still recognise today and are found across the global diaspora.
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HUXleY
Ben Mauro
a gripping, post-apocalyptic sci-fi graphic novel from acclaimed universe-builder Ben Mauro, perfect for fans of Dune and Star Wars.
While humanity limps on in this new world, the lives of two soldiers, Max and Kai, become irreversibly intertwined on a routine mission upon discovering an ancient sentient robot known as Huxley in the wastelands of a desolate planet. These two postapocalyptic scavengers suddenly find themselves thrust into a mystery of a galactic scale and as the saga unfolds, the reader begins to unravel Huxley’s true purpose.
Ben Mauro’s stunning debut adventure sets the stage for an exciting new sci-fi universe for readers and fans of the genre to enjoy and fall in love with. Early Asia Release March 2025
PoPUlar CUltUre
a Chronology of Film
a Cultural timeline from the Magic l antern to the Digital Screen
Ian Haydn Smith
This visual timeline for film enthusiasts makes the history of cinema – from the earliest moving images to the latest blockbusters – newly accessible by organizing it chronologically.
• A large format makes it easy to trace the complex links between technological innovations, social changes and artistic interventions.
• An easy-to-read timeline identifies key films, together with commentaries and contextual information.
• In-depth essays explore a variety of film genres and styles, break down the technical advancements of the last 150 years, and highlight pivotal figures who have shaped the development of filmmaking.
pages, 25.4 x 21.6 cm (PB)
Drawn to MoMa
Comics Inspired by Modern art
Alex Halberstadt and Arlette Hernandez
Drawn to MoMA is an anthology of comics and illustrated stories by 25 acclaimed graphic artists about museum-going and the ways art infiltrates and shapes and our lives. The stories were first published as part of a groundbreaking series featuring some of the most influential illustrators and comics creators of our time, including Chris Ware, Roz Chast, Walter Scott, and Mari Kanstad Johnsen. It offers a dazzling array of artistic styles and storytelling approaches, ranging from intimate sketches and fluid paintings to bold woodcuts and psychedelic cartoons.
pages, 30.5 x 15.25 cm (HB)
lIFeStYle
Greece: the Monocle Handbook
Tyler
Brûlé and Andrew Tuck
Discover Monocle’s favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit in Greece.
Following Monocle’s bestselling handbooks on France, Spain and Portugal, this practical and inspirational guide takes you from the bustling streets of Athens to the forested ski slopes of Arcadia, and beyond to Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese and Aegean islands.
Discover rural tavernas, isolated island retreats, great music venues, cool bars and the best luxury pitstops. You’ll also find out about a new generation of olive oil producers, wine-makers and beekeepers upholding ancient traditions and creating the best produce from local ingredients, as well as contemporary artisans.
For those looking to spend more time, or even put down roots in Greece, the book also profiles the cities, towns and islands where you could make a home, the architects and designers to commission and interior design inspirations.
Grand trails
a Global anthology of trail running
Alexis Berg and Frédéric Berg
Early Asia Release April 2025
Runners and races, new places and new faces: here is the very best of trail running brought together in one spectacular showcase. Experience thirtysix races in twenty countries, featuring trail running in all its forms: short trails, ultra-trails, mountain running, stage races and skyrunning.
Immerse yourself in inspiring interviews with leading trail runners, then go deeper with specialist essays. Packed with breathtaking photography, this is an unforgettable handbook for anyone planning their own trail running adventure or simply dreaming about what might be possible.
352 pages, 29 x 25 cm (HB)
the outdoor archive
the Ultimate Collection of adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear
Clint Pumphrey and Chris Burkard
Early Asia Release March 2025
For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and catalogues, pushing the limits of photography and graphic design. This fascinating collection of outdoors covers, drawn from the Outdoor Recreation Archive at Utah State University and spanning 100 years, features 70 iconic outfits including Columbia, The North Face and Snow Peak.
The images, from grainy climbing photographs to homely illustrations of happy campers and cinematic landscapes, are organized artfully by medium – from nature (outdoors photography) to processed (treated photography), remixed (collage) to lines (illustration), object (product photography) to words (typography).
384 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm (HB) 600 colour illustrations ISBN
lIFeStYle
the Cocktail Cabinet: Spritz
the essential drinks every spritz lover should know
Kara Newman
Early Asia Release February 2025
Whether you prefer a classic Americano or Biciletta, or a modern favourite like the Golden Gate spritz, a refreshing sip of an effervescent libation is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
The Cocktail Cabinet: Spritz features recipes for 50 of the best spritz creations. Whether you’re dreaming of a summertime staple like the Pimm’s spritz or after a festive fave like the Alpine spritz, there’s something for every palette.
53 pages, 13.5 x 9.5 cm (CR)
50 colour illustrations
Early Asia Release February 2025
ISBN 978 1 923 049888 Smith Street Gift
the Cocktail Cabinet: tequila
29 May 2025
the essential drinks every tequila & mezcal lover should know
Kara Newman and Giacomo Bagnara
Whether you prefer a classic margarita or a sunrise, tequila and mezcal are the foundations of some truly great cocktails. Without them, we wouldn’t have the paloma, el diablo, or bloody marias.
The Cocktail Cabinet: Tequila distills the best of the spirits with 50 cards that feature recipes for any mood, whether you’d like to get smoky with an Oaxaca old fashioned or enjoy a lazy afternoon with a siesta.
53 pages, 13.5 x 9.5 cm (CR)
50 colour illustrations
UK 29 May 2025
ISBN 978 1 923 049604 Smith Street Gift
Cocktail Cabinet: Gin 978 1 923 049598 GBP 15.83
Cocktail Cabinet: Whiskey 978 1 923 049666 GBP 15.83
Bayrut
Kanpai!
50 Japanese-inspired cocktails
Naomi Coleman and Phil Constantinesco
Inspired by the meticulous traditions and craftsmanship of Japanese mixology, Kanpai! features fifty Japanese cocktail recipes. From much-loved classics like the Whiskey highball and the Bamboo, to modern favourites like the Chu-Hai and the Vermouth sidecar, there is a cocktail for every occasion.
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ISBN 978 1 923 049857
Early Asia Release February 2025
recipes from the heart of a lebanese city kitchen
Hisham Assaad
A stunning, authentic and evocative cookbook on the food of Beirut. Lebanese cuisine is famed for its varied and flavourful regional dishes that emphasize whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables and seafood. This book shows you the best the city has to offer, with accessible, delicious recipes, ranging from the classics to more modern fare.
224 pages, 26.5 x 21 cm (HB) 155 colour photographs
Early Asia Release February 2025
Vegetable Genius
ISBN 978 1 923 239043 Smith Street Books
Secrets from the Flower Farm
UK 3 April 2025
Growing abundant flowers in unpredictable conditions
Rebecca Starling and Christine McCabe
What is the secret to growing abundant cut flowers even in unpredictable conditions? Here is the complete guide for your seed-to-vase journey. Grow flowers with incredible fragrance, discover gorgeous varieties, embrace sustainability and enjoy the magic of homegrown flowers.
240 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm (HB)
243 colour illustrations
Early Asia Release April 2025
200 clever ways to take your vegetables further
Anna Berrill and Agnieszka Wieckowska
From everyday staples like carrots, broccoli and onions to seasonal stars like asparagus, sweetcorn and runner beans, elevate your produce to a starring role, either as a main meal or tasty side dish. Each vegetable has five fuss-free recipes that require minimal ingredients – yet taste so delicious you’ll want to make them time and again.
176 pages, 22.4 x 17.6 cm (HB)
40 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 1 837 760367
Thames and Hudson Ltd
ISBN 978 1 760 763770
Thames & Hudson Australia
CraF t, PraCtICal artS & HoBBIeS
Cut-out Curiosities: Botanica
a compelling compendium of botanical peculiarities and antique florals to cut and collage
Maximillian Malone
Early Asia Release February 2025
More than 1,000 charming, vintage illustrations to snip and stick.
A deluxe compendium of more than 1,000 antique peculiarities and ephemera, perfect for scrapbooking, junk journaling, collaging, gift wrapping, or merely personalizing any page.
With 100 pages of whimsical illustrations – from vintage botany and sea creatures to beautiful pottery and cute cats – this book has more than 1,000 illustrations ready to be cut and collaged.
216 pages, 31 x 23.5 cm (PB) 1000 colour illustrations
Early Asia Release February 2025
Paperdoll Dress Ups series
Dress Up taylor
978 1 923 049765 GBP 15
ISBN 978 1 923 049925
Smith Street Books
Dress Up Zendaya
UK 3 April 2025 GBP 16.67
a Zendaya paper doll book featuring her most iconic looks
Julia Murray
Dress up your favourite it-girl with this press and play paper doll book.
Featuring 12 show-stopping looks – from the vintage Thierry Mugler robot suit to the showstopping Joan of Arc armour by Versace for the 2018 Met Gala –Dress Up Zendaya takes you through the very best of Z’s fashion moments.
With beautifully illustrated, press-out outfits and a sturdy Zendaya mannequin, this paper doll book is the ultimate collector’s item for Zendaya fans and fashionistas alike.
32 pages, 28 x 21.6 cm (PB) 12 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 1 923 239067
Smith Street Books
UK 1 May 2025 GBP 15
Dress Up Harry
978 1 923 049031
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the Big Biodiversity Puzzle
a Shaped Jigsaw Puzzle by Yuval Zommer
Yuval Zommer and Yuval Zommer
Early Asia Release June 2025
Discover the diversity of beasts, ocean-dwellers, bugs and blooms on our planet through Yuval Zommer’s earth-shaped puzzle.
How many species of animals, bugs and blooms can you name on land and in the sea? Discover the huge variety of living things through this Earth-shaped puzzle, and learn about the unique roles they play in their environments.The Big Biodiversity Puzzle is an introduction to biodiversity with over forty creatures, illustrated by
Yuval Zommer. Learn about animals and geography as you piece the Earth together. The puzzle includes eight shaped pieces and a fact-filled poster.
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Big Belly of the Whale: a Shaped Jigsaw Puzzle
pages, 28.8 x 21.6 cm (GA)
14.16
the Story of rome in 1000 Pieces
Daisy Dunn
Uncover the legendary roots of rome as you build this stunning 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle and journey through Virgil’s greatest masterpiece, the aeneid.
Join Aeneas, Trojan hero and son of Venus, as he escapes the fallen city of Troy. Follow him as he battles mighty storms and ancient monsters, Early Asia Release May 2025
becomes entangled in a tragic love affair, and ultimately reaches Italy, where he is destined to found a great city.
Comes with a fold-out story guide by Daisy Dunn, summarizing twenty key scenes, bringing to life a rich cast of heroes, heroines and jealous deities.
28.8 x 21.6 cm (GA)
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animals in the nude
It’s a critter costume crisis!
Daniel Frost and Catherine Ard
Have you ever wondered if a zebra is black or white beneath its stripes? What does a bird-of-paradise look like without its fancy feathers?
Test your memory and help twenty-five animals find their missing scales, fur, feathers, shells or quills by matching them to their ‘clothed’ counterparts. Includes a booklet jam-packed with fascinating facts about each animal.
Early Asia Release April 2025
112 pages, 14.4 x 10.8 cm (GA) 50 colour illustrations
the artist Box: Frida Kahlo
Manjit
Thapp and Susannah Frieze
Explore Frida Kahlo’s art, life and home in this interactive artist’s box, featuring twenty-four activity cards, a 150-piece jigsaw, a concertina fold-out and an ironon patch.
Did you know that Frida Kahlo only created 300 works in her lifetime, and just half of these have been shown to the public? Or that she and Diego Rivera had a bridge that linked their two houses? Step into the world of Frida Kahlo and learn about her life in a fold-out timeline, trail and biography.
24 pages, 21.6 x 14.4 cm (CR) 27 colour illustrations
the artist Box: Claude Monet
Susannah Frieze and Iratxe López de Munáin
Open the box and step into the world of Claude Monet with a 150-piece puzzle, twenty-four activities, a fact-filled fold-out and an iron-on patch.
Whether you’re besotted by his kitchen and garden in Giverny, or intrigued by his personal dramas, there’s no doubting that Claude Monet is one of history’s most influential artists. Piece together Monet’s garden in a puzzle, uncover fascinating details about his life in a fold-out timeline, trail and biography.
24 pages, 21.6 x 14.4 cm (CR) 27 colour illustrations
rock Gods & Goddesses
Vuslat Camkerten and Jenner Smith
Early Asia Release May 2025
Ever wondered what deity your favourite rock god or goddess would be? Legendary rock stars are immortalized as divine beings in this card deck with fifty-four beautiful illustrations by artist Vuslat Çamkerten.
Reimagining Freddie Mercury as Venus, Janis Joplin as Gaia and Kurt Cobain as Poseidon, learn more about these godly connections in the accompanying book filled with fun facts.
116 pages, 14.4 x 10.8 cm (GA) 54 colour illustrations
Go ask austen
ISBN 978 0 500 421246 Thames and Hudson Ltd
life lessons from Jane austen
Violet De Whitt and George Saad
With illustrations of Jane Austen’s beloved characters and their most enlightened quotes, this book will guide you through the day ahead and help you resolve your questions.
Not sure you’ve made the right decision? “Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.” Unsure what to do with your afternoon? “To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.” Austen’s wisdom is at your disposal.
the little Dream Journal
pages, 19.5 x 13 cm (HB)
a space to spark insights from your midnight mind
Tzivia Gover
The perfect gift for anyone wanting to learn more about their dreams, their meaning and how we interpret them, and how to dream better.
The journal is filled with lined pages for recording your dreams, as well as an informative introduction that covers topics such as why we dream, dream symbols and themes, dream health and how to remember your dreams.
Early Asia Release February 2025
192 pages, 20.2 x 15 cm (HB)
CHIlDren'S | PICtUre BooKS
the Colours of Home
Sally Soweol Han
a sun-speckled story about one little girl connecting the two countries she calls home through the matching of colours.
When Bomi moves to a new country everything seems different except for the silver moon.
Making a faraway place feel like home isn’t easy, but as she explores Bomi finds comfort in matching new with old. Soon she discovers the colours of home everywhere she looks.
nini at Carnival
Errol Lloyd
CHIlDren'S | PICtUre BooKS
Early Asia Release March 2025
a new, hardcover edition of errol lloyd’s enduring, classic tale of Carnival, originally published in 1978.
Every year on Carnival Day, the streets fill with a whirl of color and sound, as people put on their wildest costumes and pick up their musical instruments. When the big day arrives, everyone is excited! Everyone except for Nini. She doesn’t have a costume, and so she doesn’t want to join in the fun. She sits and cries until a familiar-looking fairy godmother arrives with a beautiful piece
of colorful cloth that will let Nini join the celebration.
This is a story of the yearly celebration of Caribbean culture which takes place around the world, from Rio to London’s Notting Hill to New Orleans.
32 pages, 22 x 25.5 cm (HB) Illustrated in colour throughout For age 3+
the Glasshouse
Hélène Druvert
Early Asia Release March 2025
a delightful picture book with intricate laser cuts and beautiful illustrations.
Holly loves to wander the city streets, collecting fallen leaves and stray flowers, tiny treasures that bring a spot of brightness to her day. But one day she stumbles upon the biggest treasure of all, an amazing forgotten place bursting with life and color that might change her gray world forever. . . .
Filled with intricate laser cuts and glorious images, this gorgeous, largeformat book is by Hélène Druvert, the acclaimed author and illustrator of many beloved books for children.
32 pages, 30.7 x 23.2 cm (HB) 20 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 0
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life (as We Know It)
Ziggy Hanaor and Cristobal Schmal
a dizzying ride through 4.6 billion years of life on Planet earth.
We know think this much is true… Once upon a time, before time even existed, all matter in the universe was concentrated in a single point a fraction of the size of an atom. And then? And then it exploded.
Tracing the origins of the universe and the planet itself, this book takes readers on a vivid exploration of the extraordinary emergence of life and its subsequent evolution. The earliest life-forms on Earth were single-celled organisms capable of photosynthesis. Over billions of years, the planet filled with oxygen, paving the way for life to diversify dramatically: sea creatures gave rise to fish, which eventually evolved into reptiles, dinosaurs and, ultimately, mammals.
Life (As We Know It) celebrates this awe-inspiring evolutionary journey. Written by award-winning
writer, Ziggy Hanaor, and gorgeously illustrated by Cristóbal Schmal, this striking book is both emotive and educational and will appeal to education, parent and gift markets.
the Incredible 3D Bug Hunt
Peggy Nille
Discover the wonderful world of insects in this beautiful 3D search-and find book.
Join Little Ladybird and friends as they head off on a journey through an exciting world populated by beetles, spiders, butterflies and many more colourful little creatures. Clever 3D glasses will offer young readers a joyful and dynamic hunt among the jungle and its inhabitants!
Little Ladybird is bored, so she decides to go and see the world and make new friends. She meets some colourful beetles along the way and is rescued from a big bird by some mantises in a tropical forest. There’s no stopping Little Ladybird and her new friends as they meet spiders, butterflies, frogs and other little creatures, each more beautiful and fascinating than the last. Little Ladybird soon realises that the world is full of wonders: ‘Nature really is an artist!’
CHIlDren'S | non-FICtIon
life the wild wonders of biodiversity
Jennifer N. R. Smith
Using luminous HUV printing, life immerses readers in the wonders of life on our wild planet.
The third title in the highly acclaimed ‘Wild Wonders’ series by awardwinning author and illustrator Jennifer N. R. Smith. This immersive, intricately illustrated book explores the fascinating relationships between different species – from the crab that uses sea anemones as boxing gloves to shrimp that ride around on sea slugs. Learn how unlikely animal friends rely on each other for survival and discover why without pesky midges there would be no chocolate!
Stunning illustrations and informative diagrams bring to life such important concepts as food chains, pollination and genetic diversity. Learn the difference between a biome and a habitat, and discover the remarkable ways that different species have adapted to their natural environment. This book highlights the importance of protecting and supporting biodiversity in our natural world and looks at ways that we can help to save our planet’s wildlife.
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Why Do We Sleep?
the Science of Snooze
Cathy Evans and Polya Plavinskaia
everything you ever wanted to know about sleep but were too exhausted to ask.
We spend around a third of our lives sleeping. But what actually happens during those hours?
• What are circadian rhythms and how do they affect our energy levels throughout the day?
• What are dreams for and how do they happen?
• What are the different stages of sleep?
• Do animals experience sleep the same way we do?
With clear texts and bright, distinctive illustrations, this is a great introduction to a subject that has fascinated us since ancient times, and an engaging tie-in to biology and natural sciences curriculums.
5+
Inside Your Brain
10 discoveries that reveal how the brain works
Lucy Ann Unwin and Professor Barry
Written by professor of neuroscience Caswell Barry, together with children’s author Lucy Ann Unwin, Inside Your Brain takes readers on an irreverent gallop through history to uncover ten groundbreaking discoveries that led to our current understanding of how the brain works.
The human brain is famously complex and difficult to understand. The brain is also essential to how we function – so much so, that you can’t simply poke a stick at it to see what happens. However, if someone accidentally pokes a stick through their own brain, there’s a lot we can learn... This entertaining and engaging deep dive into the most mindboggling area of science is sure to fascinate and delight young readers. 96 pages, 26.3 x 19 cm (HB)
CHIlDren'S | non-FICtIon
the Brainiac’s Book of the Internet
Larissa Suzuki and Harriet Russell
We use the internet every day, but how much do you know about how it actually works? real-life brainiac Prof. Dr larissa Suzuki is here to help.
We use the internet every day to connect with friends, share information, to navigate and be entertained, but what exactly is the internet, and how does it work? Prof. Dr Larissa Suzuki is the brainiac with the answers.
Combining science, data and activities to explain how the internet and computers work, as well as online safety tips for kids, this book explains the complexities of the internet in clear language and entertaining illustrations. Written with the trademark Brainiac’s sense of humour and packed with activities to do on and offline, this book is an essential and accessible read for internet-loving kids and their families.
Early Asia Release March 2025
For age 7+ Brainiacs series ISBN 978 0 500 653098 Thames and Hudson Ltd
64 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm (HB) Illustrated in colour throughout
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Femina Sapiens
Marta Yuste and Diego Rodríguez Robredo
a fresh and fascinating look at our prehistoric past.
You may have heard of early man, but what about early woman?
This fabulously illustrated book travels back in time and follows some of the many branches on the human family tree to meet our many-timesgreat grandmothers and grandfathers. Where did they live? What did they eat? When did they start using tools, making fire or creating art?
What’s more, this journey focuses on female fossil finds and what scientists have learned through them. We’ll meet ancestors such as Lucy, Benjamina, and the tiny Flores Woman.
an o cean in this
Book
Rachel Elliot and Genevieve Lacroix
a children’s non-fiction book about ocean habitats that places the reader in the diving mask of an ocean explorer.
Young adventurers are taken on an intrepid journey around the world to discover five incredible oceans. Starting in the Arctic, they will explore Røst Reef before moving into the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and finally the icy Southern Ocean.
Using clever die-cuts and gatefold pages, the book explains how oceans form, the difference between a sea and an ocean, water zones, tides and currents, and reveals some truly astonishing species, from sea squirts and killer whales to the telescope octopus.
Early Asia Release March 2025
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a Field Guide to Summer
Play and learn in nature
Gabby Dawnay and Dorien Brouwers
Early Asia Release April 2025
Part of the charming series inspired by the Forest School movement, teaching young children how to engage with nature from season to season.
This is a pocket-sized introduction to summer. Building on children’s natural curiosity about the world around them, this book aims to establish a connection with nature at an early age that will go on to last a lifetime!
Hunt for bugs, build your own sun dial, identify different trees and make your own flower crown. Discover how caterpillars transform into butterflies and why bees are so busy in summertime. Features lyrical poems, hands-on crafts and activities, scientific facts and identifier pages.
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For age 5+ Field Guide series
Shoes!
a Field Guide to autumn
978 0 500 653524
GBP 10.99
a Field Guide to Spring
978 0 500 653517
GBP 10.99
64 pages, 21.7 x 15.2 cm (HB)
a Foray into Fabulous Footwear
Daisy Wynter
From the sandals of ancient rome to the towering heels of Vivienne Westwood; a phenomenal frolic through footwear fashion.
Lace up your boots and take a journey through the rich history of footwear. Shoes tell stories about their wearers - who they are, where they come from and how they want to be seen. From André Perugia’s surrealist creations of the 1940s to Terry de Havilland’s iconic 1970s wedges, and the famous rivalry between the Dassler brothers that birthed Adidas and Puma, this book showcases the most captivating tales and personalities in shoe design throughout history.
64 pages, 24.5 x 19 cm (HB)
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What Did Yayoi Kusama Make?
Yayoi Kusama and Doro Globus
Pumpkins, polka dots, flowers, and so much more! Yayoi Kusama creates art that’s bursting with color and creativity, bringing “never-ending joy” to children. Her playful and vibrant masterpieces are perfect for young artists who love to explore and have fun with colors and shapes.
The What Artists Make series of lift-the-flap books, geared toward children under the age of three, shares the different ways artists view the world. In each book, one artist’s unique method of making or outlook on creativity is explored through rhythmic sentences and photographs of artworks selected to delight and inspire.
anni and Bert: a Weaving Story
Emily Hall and Victoria Semykina
Bert, a plucky but sometimes lazy bird, wakes up one morning to discover that his nest has fallen apart. After an unsuccessful search for a quick fix, he finds himself in the studio of the legendary artist Anni Albers, who shows him that weaving may be the perfect way to restore his home into something that’s useful and beautiful.
A colorful exploration of the artwork and influences of Anni Albers — who changed our ideas about what is art and what is craft and what is both — this engaging book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of weaving and the world of textiles.
For age 3+
First book in the NEW What Artists Make series