Tapisserie Francaise

Peter Koepke
The design library

An insider's guide to the world's largest archive of patterns and textiles, the source of inspiration for the globe's top designers

Every season, designers from fashion, home furnishings, textiles, graphic arts, and paper-product industries seek inspiration from patterns to bring their collections to life. Many of these designers - including Beacon Hill, Boden, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Colefax & Fowler, Lululemon, Nike, Oscar de la Renta, Pottery Barn, and Target - look to the Design Library, the world's largest archive of surface design. This one-of-a-kind book, drawn from the Design Library's archive, is an exclusive and ultimate sourcebook of pattern and ornament.

Nicholas Foulkes
Van Cleef & Arpels

Bruno Munari, Valeria Montaldi
Edizioni L'Agrifoglio

Edoardo Massucci
Automobilia

Michela Manservisi
Cooper & Castelvecchi

Lo scopo della presente pubblicazione è quello di dare voce alla creatività africana, rimasta a lungo misconosciuta. Una guida con immagini, profili e interviste ai più importanti creativi della moda d'oggi, in bilico tra innovazione estrema e tradizioni locali. In Africa, come in ogni altra parte del mondo, la storia delle arti tessili e del costume rappresenta uno degli indicatori del cambiamento sociale e dell'influenza culturale.

Corrado Gavinelli
Zanichelli

AA.VV.
Vogue Italia - Christie's

Enrico Marelli
Edizioni Metron

Chanel
Chanel

Wolfgang Hageney
Edizioni Belvedere

AA.VV.
s.e.

Paula Reed
Edizioni Charta

No one who loves hats can resist the wonderful tale of Philip Treacy, the Irish hatter. Born in County Galway to a large family (seven brothers and a sister), Treacy was taught to hold a sewing needle by his village school teacher. With the needle, he has gone on to free the hat from the dictums of fashions and trends, creating sculptures for the crown out of veils, feathers, artificial flowers, straw and gauze, as well as shadows and illusion. "I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats," he reflects. "They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly individual acts of rebellion. I am constantly challenging the perception of what a hat should be and what role it should play."