Provides practical suggestions for beginning to write therapeutically and for developing writing further. Guidelines are given for facilitating therapeutic writing within the health care professions and the author uses methods previously found to be successful. Aimed at arts therapists and health care professionals.

A visual history of furniture design from 1945 to the present day. It begins with the highly sculptural chairs of Charles and Ray Eames and, via revolutionary '50s studies in space, form and metal and the explosion of '60s Pop culture, concludes with the best examples of current trends.

Provides information on achieving accurate skin tones, one of the most challenging tasks in digital photography. This book covers a range of skin: women and men, young and old, various tones, in-studio and outdoors, tattoos, and more. It includes step-by-step tutorials and before-and-after illustrations to demonstrate the various techniques.

If you're serious about digital photography, you know that taking a great photo is only the beginning. You want to share your polished images with the widest possible audience. This title is suitable for photographers.

From the stunning landscapes of Washington DC and Tennessee to the majestic mountains of Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway, this work takes the reader on a journey through one of the United States' most revered natural areas. It captures Washington DC's most famous landmarks.

A beautifully produced monograph on one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, comprising a critical essay, a superb selection of colour plates, and invaluable documentation of the artist's writings, interviews, bibliography and exhibition history.

A guide to 20 glass painting projects inspired by artists of the period 1890 to 1930. It explains basic tools, materials and techniques; features an extensive motif library, which provides design templates; and includes tips for adapting the motifs to suit any project.

Second edition. Contains the latest, up-to-the-minute information on new equipment, lenses and software to make better digital images.

Teaches you to create patterned fabrics. This book helps you learn how dyes work and using them with surface design techniques. It helps crafters understand which dyes work best with which fibers, and how to apply this knowledge to create unique, original fabrics. It covers recipes for dyes and techniques which are accompanied by instructions.

Basic Techniques and Creative Projects.

Explores the troubled years of his youth, from which the author emerged with heightened awareness of his ethnic identify as a Chicano, his role as a witness for the misunderstood tribal life of the barrio, and his redemptive vocation as a poet.

Known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames were forerunners in the fields of architecture, industrial design, photography, and film. This book covers all the aspects of their career, from the earliest furniture experiments and molded plywood designs to the Case Study Houses.

The fifth title in this highly acclaimed series introduces both the amateur and professional photographer to the latest in digital black and white photography.

Over 90 of the coolest design studios from over 30 countries profiled complete with examples of recent work, contact information, list of awards, and favourite tools (such as Flash, HTML, XML, etc). New title in Taschen's Icons series.

Explains the art of chairmaking with patterns and tips for creating seven elegant chairs. Through each project, this book teaches craftspeople complex skills that build upon each other.

A sequel to With No One As Witness , this book is a story describing a boy bought up in North Kensington where drugs, neglect and violence are common.

Aimed at the independent-minded, this handbook addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work but want to avoid becoming a hired drone working on soulless projects. It includes interviews with 10 leading designers.

How do you experience a photograph? What do you want a viewer to feel when they look at your image? This book explains how we see and what we don't see. It covers such topics as: gestalt grouping, memory and association, space, time, color, contours, illusion and ambiguity, morphics, personality, subliminals, critiquing photographs, and rhetoric.

Acclaimed designer George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his furniture. This survey of his life and work presents an intimate portrait of the man and the artist, exploring the philosophical ideas that lie beneath his work.