The ideal Sudoku gift for puzzle lovers, this beautiful, vintage Sudoku collection is packed with 150 classic brain-bending logic puzzles.Sudoku has never been more beautiful! A refreshing change from typical logic puzzle collections, this gifty Sudoku book features a stylish, ornate theme in a stunning yet portable package, inspired by vintage French signage. With a variety of levels and colorful numbered squares for contrast, this book is both an intellectual and visual pleasure to solve your way through. Whether you pack your puzzles to take on your commute or display this gorgeous collection on your coffee table to enjoy from the comfort of your own couch, this puzzle book will beat screen fatigue and keep your mind sharp.
The ideal creative gift for nature lovers and fans of adult coloring books, Drawing Trees is an innovative, meditative activity book that features traceable illustrations of thirty different types of trees, leaves, seeds, and flowers.Drawing Trees provides guided illustration techniques for beginning artists looking for a relaxing new hobby. Tracing the lines of each tree, leaf, and seed is an exercise in mindfulness: notice where your mind wanders as you draw, losing yourself between pages of thick, durable FSC-certified paper. Each illustration is depicted in bright, grassy green, splashing each page with color and welcoming you to add your own details or hues.These observational drawings are accompanied by detailed descriptions of the trees and plants they depict, teaching you how to identify these species out in the wild. Whether at home, on your lunch break, in a coffee shop, at the park, or out in the wilderness, this artistic and educational drawing guide will help soothe anxiet
It's Sunday, and Camille, having finished her school work, is feeling a little bored. Her parents are busy with their own projects, so she puts on her raincoat and goes outside to play. Suddenly she h
Our all time best selling book is now available in a revised and expanded second edition. Thinking with Type is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page
Where do our things really come from? China is the most common answer, but Thomas Thwaites decided he wanted to know more. In The Toaster Project, Thwaites asks what lies behind the smooth buttons on
With the increasing popular interest in mindfulness—and seeking quiet in the tumult of modern life—origami, the centuries-old practice of paper folding, has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence. With origi
Architect Tom Kundig is known worldwide for the originality of his work. This paperback edition of Tom Kundig: Houses, first published in 2006, collects five of his most prominent early residential pr
The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds
The new Cultivated puzzle, drawn from the stunning debut book by celebrated floral designer, writer, and photographer Christin Geall, captures her floral style in a rich, detailed puzzle.
Curious young readers will love learning about the migration patterns of plants and animals from all around the world in this colorful children's atlas, richly illustrated in Matt Sewell's signature watercolors.Featuring mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants from all continents and nearly all oceans, this informative collection will teach young nature lovers about migration in its many forms. Grade-school children will discover how creatures navigate the planet when they encounter climate change, sun, chemicals, the Earth's magnetic field, and the changing seasons in this illustrated reference book.Follow flocks of arctic terns on their annual 24,855-mile journey between the Earth's poles. Join the monarch butterflies on their famous pilgrimage, upwards of 3,000 miles, from Canada to Mexico. Marvel at wildebeests, humpback whales, salmon, dragonflies, and more, as they travel around the globe and battle the Earth's toughest conditions to survive.
From the award-winning author and illustrator of Up the Mountain Path, The Fish and the Cat, and Otto & Pio comes an imaginative read-aloud picture book about one bear's journey to believe in himself and discover the beauty of change.Bear is happy at home, eating strawberry pie and spending time with his friends. But one day, the wind whispers to Bear, calling him to embark on a surprising journey to an unknown place. He isn't sure where he is going, but he knows that everything will turn out okay if he trusts his instincts.A sweet, delightfully illustrated tale about believing in yourself, Bear and the Whisper of the Wind shows children that change may be scary at first, but it can lead to fun, happy, and exciting things too.
This vivid 1000-piece puzzle features a whimsical seasonal farmers' market, depicting oversized, colorful produce and a rich diversity of farmers and customers with layers of activity to discover.With bustling activity, large sections of bright colors, and micro-stories and inside jokes hidden within the scene, this jigsaw puzzle is perfect for solo or group assembly. To help with solving, there is a large insert of the puzzle image for reference, featuring a statement from the artist, Taiwan-based illustrator Whooli Chen. The box contains high-quality pieces and minimal puzzle dust, and the finished puzzle assembles to 25 x 20 inches. The ideal gift for foodies, this peek inside a farmer's market is sure to provide hours of puzzling fun for the whole family.
Enjoy over seventy delicious, seasonal recipes from the country's best independent breweries in this cookbook and beer pairing guide―a must-have book for craft beer lovers, home cooks, and fans of homebrewing.Packed with bright, fresh, bold flavors and beer pairings to complement each dish, The Craft Brewery Cookbook brings the biergarten straight to your kitchen. Organized into chapters according to beer type, including hoppy ales, lagers and pilsners, wheat beers, and Belgian-style ales, this cookbook will help readers discover each beer's style and flavor profile and how it pairs with the accompanying recipes, each from a different American brewery.Whether you're a fan of fruited kettle sours or New England IPAs, this cookbook from the co-host of the podcast Steal This Beer will show you how to create the ideal meal to accompany your favorite brew. These mouthwatering dishes―seafood, meat, vegetarian, vegan, and desserts among them―are depicted in photographic detail, showcasing mod
Architect and artist Marshall Brown is making space for the future by remixing the legacy of modern architecture in this exploration of his visionary urban ideas, brought to life through extraordinary collages, drawings, models, and photographs.Groundbreaking architect Marshall Brown presents a vision of the future through cross-disciplinary explorations that leverage the possibilities of scale, media, and time in this survey of three unique projects. With an introduction by curator Karen Kice, discover Brown's work through a deep dive into his seminal projects for New York, Chicago, and Detroit.Recurrent Visions journeys into the cities, places, and spaces of the future crafted by the hands of today, with contributions from today's leading architectural thinkers, Monica Ponce de Leon, Joseph Becker, Allison Glenn, and Adrienne Brown, featuring three projects:UNITY Plan for the MTA Vanderbilt Rail Yards, BrooklynDequindre Civic Academy, DetroitSmooth Growth Urbanism, ChicagoDiscover
In the early 1960s Italian design legend Bruno Munari published his visual case studies on shapes:Circle, Square, and, a decade later, Triangle. Using examples from ancient Greece and Egypt, as well a
Discover the incredible world of trees in this interactive, fun-filled guide for young readers, where fascinating facts and beautiful illustrations abound on every page.Did you know that gingko trees
Radical Practice celebrates the extraordinary, award-winning designs of Marlon Blackwell Architects, an Arkansas-based firm with a focus on public and civic projects that are located outside of the established centers of architectural culture.The distinct and original work of Marlon Blackwell Architects has produced iconic and award-winning designs across building types, scales, and budgets. Located in Arkansas, the firm merges the universal language of architecture and the particulars of place, a process that has resulted in a distinguished body of work, from schools to parks and beyond.Celebrating thirty years of practice by the 2020 AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Marlon Blackwell, this survey of more than a dozen buildings pairs detailed drawings and the vivid photographs of renowned photographer Timothy Hursley with essays by leading designers, planners, and artists. Contributors include Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, architects of the Obama Presidential Center; Maurice Cox
