Fashion Designer’s Resource Book is a new publication by Bloomsbury Publishing aimed at fashion students and people who want to start working in the fashion industry or want to set up their own fashion label. It gives a good overview of the fashion industry. It’s full of images, and reads like a magazine or [...] Read more »
Book review: ‘Contemporary Tableware’ by Linda Bloomfield
I have to confess that I just adore contemporary tableware, and that I am a bit of a collector. My mother used to run a small gallery shop in The Netherlands, and she loved all things clay, so I grew up with that. And I used to work for a couple of years for ceramic [...] Read more »
Book review: ‘The Essential Guide to Business for Artists & Designers’ by Alison Branagan
The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers (Essential Guides) is one of the most thorough business books for artists, designer makers and craftspeople around. It is aimed especially at artists and makers creating art or products, and should be on the book shelf of both recent graduates and more established creative [...] Read more »
Book review: Setting up a jewellery business by Angie Boothroyd
This really is an essential book for people wanting to start a jewellery business. It’s a very practical book that you can read from cover-to-cover (in a couple of hours), or indeed dip in and out for many years to come. If you purchase Setting Up a Successful Jewellery Business (Setting Up Guides) as a [...] Read more »
Book review: Photograph your own Art & Craft by Sussie Ahlburgh + 14 top tips for professional photography using models
Photograph your own Art & Craft is written for (applied) artists and designer makers who want to photograph their own work. It is aimed at the beginner and slightly advanced DIY photographer, with some technical discussions about lenses, some technical language and detailed practical info on how to set up your own photo studio. Photograph [...] Read more »
Book review: Batch by Andrew Tanner: get the story behind some of the most successful designers’ businesses
Batch is a great book for lovers of design and craft – from designers and makers, to collectors and retailers. Batch; Craft, Design and Product: The Work of the Designer Maker is introduced as a ‘glamorous coffee table book’. It is indeed a beautifully produced book with its hard cover, and great large and colourful [...] Read more »
Book review: A Pocket Business Guide for Artists & Designers: 100 things you need to know – Alison Branagan
This book is aimed at people just starting out in their career or work as a designer or artist who have basic business questions and want a quick answer. There are 100 questions in the book, each getting answered briefly. What I like about this book is that it really looks at starting a creative [...] Read more »