Thames and Hudson

The German Centre for Aviation and Space Travel created very precise digital pictures of thirteen mountains with the aid of satellite photographs taken from a height of several hundred kilometres. Scientists used these to produce models of the terrain, which were finally turned into photorealistic, 'virtual' views from perspectives and heights that...

From cartoons to the graphic novel, from humour to super-heroes, comics are the world's most popular form of illustration. What we rarely see is the thinking - the image-and-word play, narrative sequencing, or just plain doodling - that leads to fully formed visual ideas and stories. Comics Sketchbooks presents the private notebooks of more than 80...

based on The Metropolitan Museum's renowned collection, French Art. Deco presents more than eighty masterpieces by forty-two designers.Jared Goss's engaging text comprises a discussion of each object together with a biography of the designer who created it, and is enlivened by generous quotations from contemporary writings....

The Evolution of Type takes you on a journey through the development of type design and typographic style from the mid-15th century to the present day, by way of 100 typefaces.Chosen to represent the key elements of style and form used by the punch cutters, calligraphers and designers of their day, and presented in chronological order according to...

Animation Sketchbooks presents the private notebooks, sketches and doodles of more than 50 of the world's most inventive, innovative and admired contemporary animators.From left-field satire to hit children's TV series, from short animations for websites to full-scale, internationally distributed films, a huge range of creative work is shown in...

The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils.In this remarkable gathering of private...