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VIDEO: Taxidermy is alive and well

By Toby | Published: May 8, 2013

Taxidermy is making a dramatic comeback across the arts, in fashion and jewelry design, and in advertising. Last week we visited Alexis Turner’s incredible studio in London to hear about the resurgence of interest in this rich art form, the subject of his forthcoming book Taxidermy. More information about Taxidermy can be found on our [...]

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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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Art of the Revolution

By Toby | Published: April 5, 2013

Photojournalist Mia Gröndahl’s new book Revolution Graffiti documents the rise of street art in Egypt during and after the 2011 revolution. Here, street art expert Tristan Manco introduces us to this dynamic and essential artistic movement. For many urbanites, street art has become something more often associated with a gallery show or a clothing brand, [...]

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Read an extract from The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory

By Toby | Published: March 15, 2013

Read the introduction to the new book The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory by Deborah Alun-Jones, which explores the lives of writers whose work was deeply influenced by the time they spent living in village rectories. For more information, head to our website. Read, comment on and share more book extracts on our ISSUU [...]

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VIDEO: A Year in the Life of Face Hunter

By Toby | Published: March 14, 2013

We caught up with Yvan Rodic (AKA Face Hunter) at Paris Fashion Week to find out about his new book A Year in the Life of Face Hunter, an engaging travel diary that follows Yvan through more than thirty of his favourite cities on a typical year-long travelling session around the world. It captures his [...]

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Green Tees – an instructional by Remake It: Clothes (video)

By Toby | Published: December 13, 2012

In this instructional animation, Remake It: Clothes shows the avid life-hacker how to create a cloth bag from an unwanted t-shirt. For more sustainable fashion tips, ideas and inspirartion, read Henrietta Thompson’s new book Remake It Clothes. For more information about Remake It: Clothes, visit our website. Tweet

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The Rolling Stones 50 book hits the eBookshelf!

By Toby | Published: October 23, 2012

Following this summer’s incredible worldwide success of The Rolling Stones 50, the only official 50th anniversary book of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world, Thames & Hudson is delighted to announce the release of the enhanced eBook, one which is set to shape things to come in the world of digital publishing. Created and [...]

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The New Jewelers – Olivier Dupon’s new book

By Toby | Published: October 15, 2012

In his beautiful new book, The New Jewelers, Olivier Dupon introduces the finest modern jewelers practising today. Here, Olivier reveals the surprising trends in contemporary jewelry design that inspired him to write the book. What inspired you to write the book? I love fashion, appreciate craft and have always been fascinated by luxury. Jewelry and [...]

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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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A trip down memory lane

By Toby | Published: July 31, 2012

Here is Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood taking a look at the official book of The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary, The Rolling Stones 50, and chatting about the good old days, from Ronnie’s first gig on the back of a flatbed truck to the massive A Bigger Bang stage. The Rolling Stones 50, published by [...]