Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

Ai Weiwei's archaeological exploration of the histories and skills that have been ignored or erased, through objects from his personal collections. Known around the world for his powerful art and activism, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) does not differentiate between disciplines: his practice glides acros...

A nostalgic and celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-color reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlines. In this illustrated collection of airline route maps, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts look to the skies and transpor...

"Akademie X is an art school without walls. Unrestricted by geography and open to all, it brings together the finest faculty of arts educators from across the globe ... Its tutors have the freedom to instruct and guide according to their individual style, revealing wisdom drawn from their own exp...

Akira Isogawa delves into the creative world of one of Australia's best known and most loved designers. Beautifully illustrated and with more than 50 garments, it explores the background, inspirations, impulses and cultural references that have contributed to the making of a fashion original.Born...

"Albrecht Dürer was the first artist to truly employ the power of reproduction. He reinvented the way people looked at, and understood, art. He painted signs and wonders; comets, devils, horses, nudes, dogs, and blades of grass so accurately that even today they seem hyper-real, utterly modern i...

When a bestselling author and a much-esteemed painter meet at a party, they soon cook up the idea to collaborate and make a book about the life cycle of a woman...Two brilliant artists get together and plan a dramatic book in words and images about the twists and turns in the life cycle of a woma...

"This publication, Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, accompanies the NGV exhibition of the same name. It includes texts authored by curators at LACMA that explore the cycles of inspiration and existential themes that provided the foundation for the unique worlds that McQueen built with each ...