Summary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMBernard, Walter
Summary: "For more than fifty years, Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser have revolutionized the look of magazine journalism. In Mag Men, Bernard and Glaser recount their storied careers, offering insiders' perspective on some of the most iconic design work of the twentieth century. The authors look back on and analyze some of their most important and compelling projects, from the creation of New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BERMcCullough, Nick
Summary: "McCullough is on a mission to debunk thinking that American gardens are simply picket-lined lawns or copy-cats of esteemed European and Japanese cousins. After road tripping from sea to shining sea, he has carefully curated a list that undoubtedly proves the point. American garden designers are creating distinctive gardens with an All-American flair. They embrace the industrial grit of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Eva Zeisel was one of the twentieth century's most influential ceramicists and designers of modern housewares. Her distinctive take on modern industrial design was inspired by organic form and brought beauty and playfulness to housewares, earning her designs a beloved place in midcentury homes. This richly illustrated volume--the first-ever complete biographical account of Zeisel's life and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 738.092 EVAJordan, Wendy Adler
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.087 JORParton, Dolly
Summary: Showcasing the music legend's most unforgettable looks from the 1960s until now, this stunningly photographed book displays Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style along with entertaining personal anecdotes that, for the first time, reveal the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Chapman, Karen
Summary: Deer can turn a vibrant garden into a sea of chomped stems and damaged trees. "Deer-Resistant Design" offers a welcome alternative to pungent chemicals and unattractive fencing: strategic designs that reroute deer, direct the eye from trouble spots, and layer deer-resistant plants beautifully. Throughout, real-world examples offer practical inspiration, including dramatic, deer-neutral focal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Foster, Kari.
Contents: Inspiration for change. 1. Why be sustainable? -- 2. Inspiring stories -- 3. Inspiring projects -- Application and process. 4. Greening projects -- 5. Greening specifications -- Understanding materials: 6. Concrete -- 7. Masonry -- 8. Metals -- 9. Wood and composites -- 10. Openings : doors and windows -- 11. Finishes -- 12. Specialties -- 13. Equipment : appliances and office equipment -- 14....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.047 FOSSummary: Recommends plants that grow well in different sunny or shady locations, as well as those best suited for different styles of gardens and for each season and those noted for color, scent, shape, texture, or special conditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.6 ENCToledo, Isabel
Summary: The renowned fashion designer discusses her life, work process, inspirations, and experiences, and offers guidance for women to enhance their sense of style.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celebra 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOLEDO, ISABEL TOLWilson, Richard Guy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brooklyn Museum in association with Abrams 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.2 WILAguar, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 AguarTiel, Vicky.
Summary: An influential fashion designer shares highlights and lessons from her extensive career, from flunking out of fashion design school to owning a boutique in Paris, befriending Elizabeth Taylor, and becoming a fashion design icon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIEL, VICKY TielTuite, Rebecca.
Summary: Presents a history of fashion at the seven female Ivy League schools from the 1920s up to the present, describing how the preppy style became an iconic American look and innfluenced popular culture around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 TUIThompson, Milton O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.134 THOSummary: "[This film] follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on November 28, 1973 ... when five French designers--Givenchy, Cardin, YSL, Ungaro and Dior took on five American designers (Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Stephen Burrows) in a fashion showdown to save the palace"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VERSchoeser, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.0942 SCHDarke, Rick.
Summary: Describes how gardeners can support sustainability and biodiversity by including in their garden plants that provide food for birds and bugs and serve as a pollination source for bees, suggesting plants for every climate and region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.2 DARHeath, Neill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Design 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.6 HEABarash, Cathy Wilkinson.
Summary: Presents over 501 ways to combine plants by color and size to make garden arrangements using flowers, plants, cacti, evergreens, and shrubs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 BARSummary: "Contributions from activists, scholars, and journalists describing the effects of the quiet jail boom in the US and sharing strategies from recent fights against jail construction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 365 NORFrederick, William H. (William Heisler)
Summary: Guide to creating a successful, harmonious garden that includes thirteen detailed garden plans and thirty-eight appendices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 FrederickWilliams, Dee
Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILBaime, A. J. (Albert J.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009