The Journal of Decorative Art
Published 1885
258 pages
Free design books
Design books cover the look and feel of the made world. Graphic design, typography, product design, interiors and illustration are all here, with histories, showcases of great work and practical guides. For working designers, students and anyone who cares how things look and function. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.
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An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design
David Allan Low
Published 1898
202 pages
Album of Decorative Figures
John Moyr Smith
Published 1882
120 pages
The Workshop
Published 1874
356 pages
Specimens of Printing Types, Ornaments, Borders, Etc., from the Type Foundry and Printers' Warehouse of Farmer, Little & Co., Established 1810
A. D. Farmer &. Son Type Founding Co
Published 1874
472 pages
Poems
George G. W. Morgan
Published 1877
148 pages
Toys and toymaking
James Lukin
Published 1882
292 pages
A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture
John Henry Parker
Published 1879
360 pages
The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853; a Detailed Catalogue of Its Contents, with Critical Dissertations, Statistical Information, and Accounts of Manufacturing Processes in the Different Departments ... Edited by J. Sproule
Exhibition of Art and Art-Industry
Published 1854
552 pages
Specimens of Type
Published 1896
192 pages
Saw-mills, their arrangement and management, a companion volume to 'Woodworking machinery'.
Manfred Powis Bale
Published 1896
430 pages
Practical Designing
Gleeson White
Published 1899
352 pages
Decoration in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & Art Manufactures
Published 1883
136 pages
Machine Design ...
Forrest Robert Jones
Published 1897
206 pages
Aedes Althorpianae; Or An Account Of The Mansion, Books, And Pictures, At Althorp; The Residence Of George John Earl Spencer, K. G. ; To Which Is Added A Supplement To The Bibliotheca Spenceriana
Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Published 1822
344 pages
Reports on the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867 ... Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty
Great Britain. Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition (1867)
Published 1868
714 pages
Spons' Encyclopædia of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Commercial Products ...
Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon
Published 1882
400 pages
Lettering for Draftsmen, Engineers, and Students
Charles William Reinhardt
Published 1895
52 pages
The World of Science, Art, and Industry Illustrated
Benjamin Silliman
Published 1854
532 pages
Packaging and Pack Engineering
United States. Army Materiel Command
Published 1972
408 pages
An Introductory Sketch to the Martin Marprelate Controversy, 1588-1590
Edward Arber
Published 1880
216 pages
Department of the Navy
United States. Navy Department
Published 1984
308 pages
Costume of Colonial Times
Alice Morse Earle
Published 1894
296 pages
A Short History of Tapestry
Eugène Müntz
Published 1885
430 pages