Do you have a wide imagination and dream about castles in the sky, nebulous galaxies and awesome spaceships? You can give your dreams shape with two books that feature in our selection: Mega Manga and Sci-Fi art. We also have a number of items dedicated to sustainable designs and green architecture. You can learn about 100 new eco designs and where to find them, Green design and Designing sustainable packaging. And if you are interested in American illustration and graphics, check out this month’s Graphic design and art Recent Picks.

You can apply design to many products and concepts if you have a keen eye and are resourceful. Ecological design proves the point with 60 products marrying elegance with sustainability. Haute-Couture is also a form of design. Thanks to our selection, you can find out about Lucien Lelong who presented famous collections at the beginning of the twentieth century. Items about a new wave of architects, interior decoration, Harakuju fashion, restaurant and CD designs are also available. If you want to know more about these titles, check out this month’s Design Recent Picks.

 This month, our selection will please you if you can’t imagine life without design. Best brochure design.10 presents you with innovative ideas concerning the design of brochures. Ultimate illustrations! compiles the work of today’s most talented illustrators. Stereographics: graphics in new dimensions and Tangible: high touch visuals show how 3D designs are becoming increasingly popular, with illustrations and examples for the reader to draw inspiration from. Packaging sustainability deals with the tips and tricks of producing functional and beautifully designed packages. Small environments offers design and architectural solutions to making the most of lack of space. And if you want to know more about Color & layout: from asparagus white to burnt olive, check out this month’s Graphic Arts Recent Picks.

This month, our design selection covers a wide range of topics. Atlas of fashion designers showcases the most influential fashion designers of the last five years and their work. Architecture is covered with a book that illustrates the wild and daring imagination of some urban designs. Modern stages and sets are the canvas onto which talented designers express their love for architecture and technology. Interior decoration gets a boost with Print, pattern & colour and street fashion has a guru with Vice Dos and Don’ts. Do you want to know what is happening in the world of fashion ? Check out the second volume of Fashion now, and if you are looking for romantic inspiration, have a look at the Design parts sourcebook. Finally, you can learn more about Japanese street fashion from Harajuku in this month’s Design Recent Picks.

Fashion prints are seen everywhere: on wallpaper, cushions, clothes and more. Our design selection this month includes two books about these: New fashion Print , and if you are a bit nostalgic and like vintage, you can also borrow 1960’s Fashion Print: a sourcebook. If you are a fan of US designer Narciso Rodriguez, you can read about his work, and you can also find out more about design packaging, including  music graphics and design. You can also try out new and inventive ways of presenting your business cards and other RSVPs with 1,000 greetings: creative correspondence designed for all occasions. And if you want to know all about selling design successfully, check out this month’s Design Recent Picks.

Do you ever get given flyers for parties and nightclubs in the street and just throw them in the nearest bin? Well, you might have passed up an opportunity to appreciate some real graphic art, such as the kind featured in Fly by night : the new art of the club flyer. Other books in our Graphics selection this month deal with typography, logos, and how to unlock your imagination and get creative. You can also discover the possibilities the two- and three-dimensional qualities of CD disc packaging offer artists to create unique artwork, in Best of disc art. Plus, get advice about in-house design in every type of company and organisation. All in this month’s Graphic Art Recent Picks.

Short of ideas this month? Look no further than this month’s Design Recent Picks!

HKDA awards 07. Vol.2! Design, no junk food, wrap up your fresh stuff now showcases the winners of the 21st HKDA Awards – chosen out of 2,700 entries from all across Asia. If you’re needing inspiration this should be your first stop! Also this month… Design and the elastic mind presents the latest show at the Museum of Modern Art and asks whether the scientific advances of the last decade have opened the way to more innovative visual delights? Read and let us know what you think. The one show interactive. Volume 10. Advertising’s best interactive and new media celebrates the qualities that go into engineering a successful ad campaign or design. Piecebook : the secret drawings of graffiti writers features bold and beautiful works from graffiti history’s most important sources or seeds and presents a dizzying array of techniques. The big book of illustration & ideas 2 presents the best illustrators from all over the world, found together in one place along with all their contact information. And finally, When space meets art / when art meets space focuses on space design – essential to the overall experience of an event or exhibition. Read more about in this month’s Design Recent Picks and discover other design books new to the library!

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New design books – folk art, hip-hop art, business cards, New Orleans zines, storyboards and more. ‘Andy Howell : art, skateboarding & life’ traces Howell’s journey through pro-skateboarding, the action sports industry and DIY movements within art, music and design.

Feast your eyes on our new design books, including a sumptuous and hilarious collection of photos of Manolo Blahnik shoes.