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Autumn 2013 catalogue

By Toby | Published: June 7, 2013

Thames & Hudson’s Autumn 2013 catalogue is bursting with exciting new titles such as 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age, a daring yet convincing analysis of 100 artworks that are destined to stand the test of time; The World According to Karl, the ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashion’s sharpest [...]

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Animation straight from the sketchbook

By Toby | Published: April 10, 2013

The forthcoming title Animation Sketchbooks takes readers inside the private sketchbooks of some of the world’s most inventive, innovative and admired contemporary animators. In this article, author Laura Heit profiles a selection of artists from the book and reveals the final fruits of their work. ‘It is a rare thing that you get to see [...]

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New titles for Spring 2013

By Toby | Published: December 13, 2012

Get an exclusive look at our exciting forthcoming titles for Spring 2013 – read the complete online catalogue below or view it here and post your comments or questions below. Thames & Hudson’s Spring 2013 catalogue features all our forthcoming titles for January to June, including an amazing new survey of taxidermy; the first ever [...]

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Autumn 2012 catalogue now online

By Toby | Published: September 25, 2012

We are delighted to announce that our Autumn 2012 catalogue is now online. You can read the catalogue below or view it here. The Autumn 2012 Catalogue features our forthcoming titles for July to December including The Rolling Stones 50, the official anniversary book; In My View, which looks at seminal art works through the [...]

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Read an extract from Histories of Nations

By Toby | Published: August 6, 2012

With Queen Elizabeth II celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, Bradley Wiggins’s victory at the Tour de France and the triumphs at the London Olympic Games, 2012 sees Great Britain unified in national celebration. But what do we mean when we talk about ‘Great Britain’? Who are its people, and how do they view their nation’s history? [...]

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The Rolling Stones 50 video: On the press

By Toby | Published: July 3, 2012

Thames & Hudson Production Manager Ginny Liggit went to China to oversee the production of The Rolling Stones 50. Watch this video for a behind-the-scenes look at how a book gets made, and download the transcript of Ginny’s narration here. Tweet

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The Rolling Stones 50: The Making of the Cover

By Toby | Published: April 18, 2012

The cover of our new book, The Rolling Stones: 50, was realised through a collaborative effort between artist Ian Wright and the art direction team at Studio Fury. Here is the story behind it. Ian and Stephen Kennedy (creative director at Studio Fury) first worked together on album art for Ian Brown’s ‘Golden Greats’. When [...]

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The Rolling Stones: 50

By Toby | Published: March 2, 2012

Thames & Hudson, the Rolling Stones and the Daily Mirror create 50th anniversary book The Rolling Stones: 50 ‘This is our story of fifty fantastic years. We started out as a blues band playing the clubs and more recently we’ve filled the largest stadiums in the world with the kind of show that none of [...]

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Spring 2012 catalogue now online

By Toby | Published: January 5, 2012

We are very pleased to announce the publication of our Spring 2012 catalogue, which can be viewed online here. The Spring 2012 catalogue features our fantastic forthcoming titles for January to June. Check out David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, the beautiful book created for the major exhibition of David Hockney’s work at the Royal Academy; [...]

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Magnum Contact Sheets – Production

By Sadie Butler | Published: October 6, 2011

The next installment in our Life Cycle of a Book series follows Production Controller Sadie Butler to South Korea to discover more about the production processes behind Magnum Contact Sheets. checking proofs against the printed sheet As Andrew explained in his entry about commissioning Magnum Contact Sheets, the development of a book such as this [...]