Böcker av Ruth Artmonsky

The full story of The Studio Ltd., Britain's biggest publisher of magazines and books on art and design during the first half of the 20th century.

A beautifully illustrated tribute to the advertising agency The London Press Exchange, which grew to become the most profitable advertising agency in Britain.

Printing People celebrates the role of the traditional printing press and the individuals involved in the revival of British printing in the twentieth century.

Recounts almost 40 years of the history of the magazine 'Commerical Art', and its mirroring of British design over that period.

This fully illustrated title tells the remarkable story of printing pioneer Lund Humphries of Bradford.

Covering mid-20th century textile advertising Trading Textiles not only illustrates what was happening in graphic design generally but the changing character of the textile industry itself.

A comprehensive look at the history of beauty-product advertising, charting the skills of advertiser promising to make beauty-dreams come true.

Crusaders of Art and Design 1920-1970 brings to the fore the personalities who contributed to design and the arts over a 50-year period.

A survey of posters produced by Heal's from 1917 to 1983 and a shorthand history of what was happening in the design and retailing of furniture and furnishings in Britain in the 20th century

A look at the design and history of British packaging between 1920 and 1970.

A richly illustrated account of the advertising used once 'holidaying' was no longer for the elite, and reached the mass market.

An account of early advertising agencies, their entrepreneurial directors and original graphic designers and the development of a profession that ascribed to itself not only a crucial role in the economy of the UK but a moral role in advising government and educating the people.

A monograph on the work of one of the most highly-respected poster artists in the United Kingdom, Austin Cooper.

A succinct text accompanies a selection of the most innovative advertisements of the day. This book is small, snappy and as stylish as the adverts it showcases.

An examination of the way furniture has been manufactured, advertised and sold in the fifty years between the 1920s and 1960s.

A study of 50 years of health and safety advice in advertising format.

A unique collection of retail design and creative merchandising from many well-known London stores; illustrating a fifty year history of innovative and original use, not only of the buildings and window displays but in the development of a range of unique promotional catalogues, posters and press advertising.

Documents the career of the Polish design duo Jan Le Witt and George Him.