Victor Margolin’s World History of Design
24 Jun
We let two fantastic videos do the talking in this introduction to the majestic World History of Design by Victor Margolin
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Visual Arts New Catalogues
14 Apr
Presenting our 2015 catalogues for Interior Design & Architecture and Design & Graphic Arts (now including Photography!) Have a look at some of the new and upcoming titles from Bloomsbury Publishing and Fairchild Books:
February Flash Sale – last few hours!
20 Feb
Our 24hr flash sale is into its last five hours – grab yourself a bargain with up to 40% off site-wide!
AVA Fashion Competition!
4 Oct
This is an exciting time for AVA as we were recently purchased by Bloomsbury Publishing (Harry Potter’s publisher…)! We are joining other recent visual arts acquisitions by Bloomsbury’s Academic division, such as Berg and Fairchild.
To celebrate this, AVA are holding a sale and a competition for three people to win a copy of our bestselling title, Simon Seivewright’s Basics Fashion Design 01: Research and Design (second edition).
New! The Fundamentals of Architecture (second edition)
6 Jun
The Fundamentals of Architecture (second edition) has arrived and we have taken some pictures to give a taste of the contents. If you have a general interest in architectural styles and want to know more, or are considering a career in architecture, or just like books about buildings, read on…
Song Dong: Waste Not
5 Apr
Barbican Art Gallery, The Curve, is the setting for an overwhelming installation by Chinese artist Song Dong in which the entire contacts of his mother’s house are displayed throughout the space for a work entitled ‘Waste Not’.
It’s all about the ‘S’ word
9 Feb
I’ll be swapping my usual Friday in the AVA office for a day of sustainability and activism themed events at the D&AD Education Day at the London College of Communication. 
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AVA talks to …,staat creative agency
5 Jan
…,staat is an international creative agency working on design, branding, architecture, advertising, and everything else in between. The agency’s award-winning project The House of Bols Cocktail & Genever Experience features in Basics Interior Design: Exhibition Design as an example of a fully-integrated ‘branding approach’ to exhibition design. […]
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Dr Bonnie Kemske talks about researching The Teabowl: East & West
Dr Bonnie Kemske talks about researching The Teabowl: East & West, which will be released on 24 August
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Jung Ha-Brookshire, author of Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, wins 2017 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
Jung Ha-Brookshire, Associate Professor of Textile and Apparel Management at the University of Missouri was recently awarded the 2017 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, a highly esteemed award for instructors. Ha-Brookshire’s book, Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, dives into the global nature of the textile industry. Today, over 95% of textile and […]
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Valerie Steele discusses Fashion Photography Archive and the early years of contemporary fashion
Dr. Valerie Steele is Chief Curator and Editor-in-Chief of the Fashion Photography Archive. She is an internationally renowned scholar and Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Watch her introduce the Fashion Photography Archive and discuss the significance of the era covering the 1970s through 2000 […]
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Newly published: editions to some of our favorite texts in fashion and interior design
Apparel Production Terms and Processes + STUDIO defines materials and terms relating to the mass production of raw materials, design and product development, garment details and component parts, fit, patternmaking, pre-production operations, assembly, production and manufacturing, labeling regulations, testing and quality control, inspection, finishing and packaging. In this revised edition, parts have been introduced to clarify […]
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Peter Fine blogs about the creative process of writing Sustainable Graphic Design
I began writing Sustainable Graphic Design: Principles and Practice as a way to develop how to teach sustainable design. It is really a case study of that process, but far less messy. I think you’ll find it is written to both you, the instructor, and your students. I wanted to write something that would speak […]
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