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The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that's there.

Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World

About our art and design history books

Art and design is all around us, even in the most unsuspecting of everyday things. Learn how to look at art and objects in a different way with John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, and get new perspectives on things you thought were familiar with The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel and Andy Saunders’ Apollo Remastered. Delve into the theory and history of everything from fashion to interior design with The World According to Colour by James Fox, The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin and Soho House’s Eat, Drink, Nap. After reading, you’ll have a new appreciation for the art and design you come across everyday.