Describing himself as a visual jackdaw , master designer Alan Fletcher has spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps that take his fancy. This work distills this collection into a quirky and entertaining feast for the eyes and the mind.

Explores over 150 ways in which books can not only be stored, but made to play a part in the character of a home. Space-saving devices are illustrated for storing books in odd spaces within the home. Special double-page features appear in each chapter on topics such as designer solutions, book plates, and creating furniture out of books.

Featuring the work of American and European artists, this book traces the history of conceptual art from its origins in the Dada movement through to its current practitioners. It offers an accessible explanation of the phenomenon rooted in a social context. Aimed at A level and undergraduate students, as well as the general reader.

This is a pocket bible for the talented and timid to help make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. Top advertising guru Paul Arden offers his wisdom on issues as diverse as problem solving, responding to a brief, communicating, playing your cards right, and making mistakes.

This text explores witty thinking, looking at clever ideas rather than funny drawing, and gathering together the best examples of graphic wit since the 1960s. Work is included from more than 300 designers in the US, Britain, Europe and Japan.