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Four young women attending the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris share the time of their lives, but they part bitterly. Seven years later, they return to celebrate the 85th birthday of the school's founder and spend three unforgettable weeks learning about each other's lives--their loves, marriages, betrayals, and triumphs--while rediscovering the City of Light and each other.
2) PopCo
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PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, math, and the sense her grandparents gave her that she could change the world. Alice-slight introvert, crossword compositor- works at PopCo, a globally successful and slightly sinister toy company. Lured by their CEO to a Thought Camp out on the moors, PopCo's creatives...
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Since becoming the capital of reunited Germany, Berlin has had a dose of global money and international style added to its already impressive cultural veneer. Once home to emperors and dictators, peddlers and spies, it is now a fashion showplace that attracts the young and hip. Moving beyond descriptions of Berlin's fashion industry and its ready-to-wear clothing, Berliner Chic charts the turbulent stories of entrepreneurially-savvy manufacturers...
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Hearts and crafts volume 3
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English
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"Lindsey Morales is a beautiful, talented decorator with a popular lifestyle blog. She always knows just how to make things look perfect. But when it comes to her love life, there's no design trick she can use to cover up the obvious: her broken heart. Eight years ago, Derek Walsh just wasn't ready to choose a long-term relationship over his career. But now that the handsome, hot-shot architect has the chance to see Lindsey again-- working with her...
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Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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This visual celebration of the most incredible and impactful design ever produced by female designers flips the script on what is historically considered a man's world. Featuring more than 200 designers from more than 50 countries, it records and illuminates the fascinating and overlooked history of women preeminent in the field - shining a vital spotlight on the most extraordinary objects made by female designers but, more importantly, offering a...
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1760s, Spitalfields. Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel thinking she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara, realizing the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies, tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's maid. Esther yearned to be a silk designer, but her water colors are dismissed by her husband, Elias, as the daubs of a foolish girl. Bisby Lambert is brought in by Elias to...
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"Kendra Troyer always knew she would leave Walnut Creek the first chance she got. When she was accepted into design school, she tried her best not to look back at the four siblings she was abandoning, but ahead to Columbus, where she was determined to stay - far away from her abusive home and far away from Nate Miller, the boy she vowed to despise for the rest of her life.Though she suffered through dark times in Columbus, Kendra found her faith in...
11) Life in flight
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Will is a Manhattan architect who seems to have it all: a successful business, a beautiful wife and son, and a new offer to merge with a major firm on a huge Brooklyn development. But when Will meets quirky young designer Kate, he begins to rethink the flaws in his overall design. Can a man who's stuck to a plan his entire life now find the courage to build the life he really wants?
12) Where women create: book of inspiration : in the studio & behind the scenes with extraordinary women
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Lark Books
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Laurence King Student & Professional
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Women designers have made an immense contribution to our shared material culture and built environment. However, while several pioneers have achieved global recognition - Ray Eames, Florence Knoll Bassett and Charlotte Perriand to name a few - there are others not so well known but equally influential to the history of design. This book introduces the principal players in the areas of fashion, textiles, graphic and product design and architecture...
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Center for Design Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Sara Little Turnbull was a designer, an observer, a mentor, and not afraid to cause a little trouble while making the world a better place. As a global traveler, she made connections between people and found wonder in the everyday objects they hold dear." - Amazon.
16) Kyra: a novel
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Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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The turbulent love affair between Kyra and Andreas has a profound impact on both their lives as a shocking betrayal and Kyra's determination to uncover what is true leads her to Greta, a therapist who helps her come to a larger understanding of love.
17) Women design
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Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, an imprint of The Quarto Group
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2017.
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English
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From architects and product designers to textile artists and digital innovators, Women Design profiles 27 of the most influential female designers from the twentieth century to the present day, showcasing their finest work and celebrating their enduring influence on design throughout history has been profoundly shaped and enhanced by the creativity of women; as shapers, designers, patrons and educators. But in a narrative that tends towards the promotion...
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Jovis Verlag GmbH
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"Why do apparently so few women feature in the history of design? Why is it still the case that so few women speak at conferences? Why are previously well-known women 'forgotten'? What effects does the gender debate have on today's everyday working life? Are women judged today solely on the basis of their quality of work? Since professionalization began, female graphic designers have been working actively and successfully, but the artificial synthesis...
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