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In Progress(1st Edition)
See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector (Hand Lettering Books, Learn to Draw Books, Calligraphy Workbook for Beginners)
by Jessica Hische, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2015 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4521-3622-6, ISBN: 1-4521-3622-X

"This show-all romp through design-world darling Jessica Hische's sketchbook reveals the creative and technical process behind making award-winning hand lettering. See everything, from Hische's rough sketches to her polished finals for major clients such as Wes Anderson, NPR and Starbucks. The result is a well of inspiration and brass tacks information for designers who want to sketch distinctive letterforms and hone their skills., With ..."






Rip Van Winkle(1st Edition)
(Creative Editions)
by Washington Irving, Gary Kelley, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1987 by Creative Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-56846-082-6, ISBN: 1-56846-082-1

"These magnificent illustrations, created for a 1905 edition of Washington Irving's enchanting fairy tale, established Arthur Rackham as a leading illustrator of his time. The illustrations featured traits that soon were to characterize much of Rackham's art: flowing pen lines and muted watercolors, forests of looming trees, lovely fairy maidens, and quizzical troll-like figures. Today these images are recognized as among Rackham's very ..."






Scripts(1st Edition)
Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51568-6, ISBN: 0-500-51568-9

"Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.From wedding announcements to IOUs, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of scripts—some “classic,” others eccentric. Derived from handwriting, these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest, imply, or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Their fundamental characteristic is that all the letters, mor ..."






The Bridges of Madison County(1st Edition)
by Robert James Waller, Ken Regan, Jane Wagner, Voltairerobert James Waller, Walter Robert
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1992 by Warner Bros.
ISBN-13: 978-0-446-51652-5, ISBN: 0-446-51652-X






Counter Culture(1st Edition)
The Allure of Mini-Mannequins
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili, Tony Cenicola, Stephen Heller
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-304-2, ISBN: 1-56898-304-2

"If sex sells, what better come-on for merchants of the repressed decades of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s than the come-hither wink of a coquettish countertop mannequin? In Counter Culture, Steven Heller and Louise Fili take us on a colorful peep show of these sexy, sometimes erotic, but always fetishistic, plaster bodies and body parts. Theirs is a surreal look at how mannequins play on consumers' desires, acting as agents of seduction, beck ..."






Typology(1st Edition)
Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 1999 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-2308-1, ISBN: 0-8118-2308-3

"A must-have for designers, not to mention that quirky group in love with type for type’s sake (you know who you are), Typology is the most visually dynamic compendium of typefaces on the market. Steven Heller and Louise Fili, two of the most admired and respected designers working today, cover everything from the classic elegance of the late 19th century to the fractured hypermedia of today. Organized by historical era and country of or ..."






British Modern(1st Edition)
Graphic Design between the Wars (Art Deco Design)
by Editor Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1998 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1311-2, ISBN: 0-8118-1311-8

"If Britain surprises you as a source of graphic innovation, think of those posters from the 1920s and '30s promoting London's new subway system, The Underground--the bold red circle with the horizontal slash set in some futurist illustration of urbanity. It's true that England was slow to accept modernism as a vehicle for advertising British goods and industry. While France, Germany, and the U.S. were leaving decorative ornament behind ..."






Deco Espana(1st Edition)
Graphic Design of the Twenties and Thirties
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1997 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1217-7, ISBN: 0-8118-1217-0

"The latest volume in our popular Art Deco series, Deco Espana represents a rich and virtually unknown treasure of graphic design history, detailing the defining characteristics that distinguish the Mediterranean style Spanish Art Deco design from that of classic French Deco or streamlined American Deco design. From its appearance in the political posters of the Spanish Civil War to its use in advertising the post-war automobile and trav ..."






Dutch Moderne(1st Edition)
Graphic Design from De Stijl to Deco
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1994 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-0303-8, ISBN: 0-8118-0303-1

"Despite Holland's small size, its contribution to twentieth-century avant-garde design has been profound. The first English-language book to document the elegant typography and streamlined imagery representative of Dutch art moderne between the two world wars, many previously unpublished in the United States, this exquisite volume showcases over 200 graphic design motifs from the Netherlands representing cultural as well as commercial c ..."






Euro Deco(1st Edition)
Graphic Design Between the Wars
by Steven/ Fili Heller, Louise Fili Heller
Hardcover, 500 Pages, Published 2005 by Chronicle Books
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-4532-8, ISBN: 0-8118-4532-X






Shadow Type(1st Edition)
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29123-8, ISBN: 0-500-29123-3

"Bold, monumental, atmospheric, architectural letters with relief and shadow define great periods of confidence and optimism. Shadows add intrigue and spectacle to otherwise mundane words. And theyre back in style. Drawn from a particularly rich period in the history of shadow type, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten three-dimensional letters from Germany, France, Britain, ..."






Stencil Type(1st Edition)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-24146-2, ISBN: 0-500-24146-5

"An invaluable collection of underappreciated stencil typography from prehistory through the twentieth century Designers often look to the past to inform their work. In Stencil Type, design gurus Steven Heller and Louise Fili explore the variety and influence of the world’s most ubiquitous typographic style, which dates to prehistoric times and has been used on a range of surfaces from street signs, buildings, and bridges to packaging an ..."






Grafica della Strada(1st Edition)
The Signs of Italy
by Louise Fili, Sara Stemen
Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-269-2, ISBN: 1-61689-269-2

"After vino, pasta and cheese, signs are Italy's most iconic product. Italy is the birthplace of the Western alphabet and beautiful signs are everywhere. From stone inscriptions and reliefs to neon lighting and illuminated glass, Graphica della Strada is a photographic diary of hundreds of restaurant, shop, hotel, street and advertising signs from cites and towns throughout Italy. Spare, ornate, or wildy fanciful, they are painted on gla ..."






Shadow Type(1st Edition)
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering (Hardback)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Thames And Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51699-7, ISBN: 0-500-51699-5






Scripts(1st Edition)
Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29039-2, ISBN: 0-500-29039-3

"From wedding announcements to IOUs, there are hundreds perhaps thousands of scripts, some classic, others eccentric. Derived from handwriting, these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest, imply or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Drawn from the Golden Age of scripts, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten scripts from Britain, Italy, France, Germany and the USA ..."






Vintage Type and Graphics(1st Edition)
An Eclectic Collection of Typography, Ornament, Letterheads, and Trademarks from 1896 to 1936
by Steven Heller A., Louise Fili
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Allworth
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-892-2, ISBN: 1-58115-892-0

""Type lovers and history buffs alike will enjoy this gallery of vintage typefaces, ornaments, letterheads and trademarks."—ID Magazine Exquisite graphic design artifacts comprise this unusual collection culled from the pages of type and typography books dating from 1896 to 1936. Design professionals, students and teachers of graphic design, and anyone with an interest in vintage design will be delighted to find rare, never-before ..."






Design Literacy(1st Edition)
(continued): Understanding Graphic Design
by Steven Heller, Stephen Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 1999 by Allworth Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-035-3, ISBN: 1-58115-035-0

"A sequel to its popular forerunner, this edition casts the net even further in examining the reasons and history behind various objects of design that have had a significant impact on our culture. The objects discussed range from the vintage posters that promoted concerts and fairs during the 1930s to a Rolling Stones' CD cover from the 1990s. This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, including Norman Rockwell's affe ..."






Deco Type(1st Edition)
Stylish Alphabets from the '20s and '30s (Art Deco Design S.)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1997 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1135-4, ISBN: 0-8118-1135-2

"This is the book that graphic designers and type aficionados have been waiting for: the first book in Chronicle's Art Deco design series devoted exclusively to type. Garnered from vintage specimen sheets and catalogs as well as commercial design artifacts from Germany, France, Japan, Holland, Italy, Russia, Eastern Europe, and the United States, these alphabets illustrate how the stunning style of the twenties and thirties extended to e ..."






Art Deco(1st Edition)
Address Book
by Chronicle Books Staff, Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 1997 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1477-5, ISBN: 0-8118-1477-7

"This address book showcases modern Italian graphic design, known for its bold typography and streamlined imagery, in a format that is both practical and gorgeous."






French Modern(1st Edition)
Art Deco Graphic Design (Chronicle's Art Deco Design Series)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1996 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-0751-7, ISBN: 0-8118-0751-7

"The fifth volume in Chronicle's Art Deco design series, French Modern is a sophisticated celebration of this exceedingly popular design period. As the birthplace of Art Deco, France offers a unique perspective on this extraordinary artistic movement. From fashion and wine to culture and industry, all aspects of French life in the '20s and '30s are displayed and interpreted in this rich compendium of highly stylized designs, including ma ..."



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