Versace Catwalk: The Complete Collections
300.00 ₾Versace Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Tim Blanks (Thames & Hudson) — every Versace collection, documenting the development of one of fashion’s most immediately recognisable visions: the Medusa head, the safety pin, the leather and the gold, the supermodels, the baroque excess that defined the 1990s. From Gianni through Donatella — a complete visual record of fashion as spectacle and as power. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections
300.00 ₾Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury (Thames & Hudson) — every Westwood collection, from the punk origins of the 1970s through four decades of politically engaged, technically accomplished fashion that simultaneously revived historical tailoring traditions and subverted every fashion convention it encountered. The complete record of the most important British fashion career — runway photography and expert commentary throughout. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Chanel Catwalk: The Complete Collections
300.00 ₾Chanel Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Adélia Sabatini (Thames & Hudson) — every Chanel collection from the house’s reopening through the most recent season, documenting the continuous reinvention of the most influential fashion aesthetic in the world. Under Karl Lagerfeld for thirty-six years, Chanel became simultaneously a shrine to the original Coco aesthetic and a laboratory for its transformation. Runway photography, detail shots, and authoritative commentary throughout. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Tarantino: A Retrospective
160.00 ₾Tarantino: A Retrospective by Tom Shone (Thames & Hudson) — the complete Tarantino career from Reservoir Dogs through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with exceptional visual material from the archive and rigorous analysis by one of film criticism’s sharpest minds. A serious engagement with a filmmaker who has been one of the defining forces in American cinema for three decades — polarising, essential, and completely original. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Tarkovsky: Films, Stills, Polaroids and Writings
180.00 ₾Tarkovsky: Films, Stills, Polaroids and Writings (Thames & Hudson) — the films, the working stills, the personal Polaroids, and the writings of Andrei Tarkovsky, one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, gathered in the most comprehensive available account of a cinema of metaphysical ambition and extraordinary visual power. Andrei Rublev. Mirror. Stalker. Sacrifice. — an indispensable companion for anyone who has encountered his work. Published by Thames & Hudson.
John Galliano for Dior Catwalk
600.00 ₾John Galliano for Dior Catwalk by Alexander Fury (Thames & Hudson) — the complete photographic record of John Galliano’s fifteen years at Dior, during which he produced the most theatrically extravagant and technically brilliant collections in recent fashion history — each one a complete artistic statement combining haute couture mastery with the narrative ambition of a major theatrical production. An essential document of fashion at its most creative. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Yves Saint Laurent Catwalk: The Complete Collections
300.00 ₾Yves Saint Laurent Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Suzy Menkes (Thames & Hudson) — every YSL collection from 1962 to 2002, documented in runway photography, detail shots, and expert commentary by the most respected fashion journalist of her generation. A forty-year survey of the most influential career in twentieth-century fashion — from the trouser suit and the safari jacket to the final couture. The definitive YSL reference. Published by Thames & Hudson.
Japanese Comfort Food
80.00 ₾Japanese Comfort Food by DK — the domestic, everyday dimension of Japanese cooking in recipes that are authentic without being intimidating: the ramen, the katsu curry, the miso soup, the onigiri. Accessible to Western home cooks with standard kitchen equipment, faithful to the flavours that make Japanese food beloved worldwide. Each recipe includes guidance on key Japanese ingredients and where to find them. The ideal introduction to Japanese home cooking. Published by DK.
Mocktail Hour
90.00 ₾Mocktail Hour by DK — over a hundred mocktail recipes that take full advantage of the extraordinary range of non-alcoholic spirits, shrubs, syrups, and botanical preparations now available, with clear instructions, beautiful photography, and the flavour context that allows creative adaptation. Classic cocktail formats reimagined without alcohol, original creations, and mocktail menus for specific occasions. Essential for thoughtful hosts and mindful drinkers. Published by DK.
BBC Walking with Dinosaurs
90.00 ₾BBC Walking with Dinosaurs by DK — the official companion to the BBC series, profiling every major dinosaur species with production artwork, the science behind the reconstructions, and the full paleontological context that makes each animal comprehensible as a real creature. Behind-the-scenes material illuminates how scientists and filmmakers collaborate — and how dramatically our understanding of dinosaurs has changed in the last twenty years. Published by DK.
Ultimate Japan
130.00 ₾Ultimate Japan by DK — the comprehensive guide to Japan’s history, culture, cities, landscapes, and practical realities, combining exceptional visual coverage of both iconic and lesser-known beauties with cultural context, practical guidance, and genuine local knowledge. Goes well beyond the standard tourist itinerary to give visitors and armchair travellers alike the depth of understanding that Japan requires. Published by DK.
The Rise of the Railways
150.00 ₾The Rise of the Railways by DK — the extraordinary story of how the steam locomotive transformed the world in fifty years, reshaping economies, altering landscapes, creating cities, and changing the social fabric of every country it reached. From George Stephenson and the Rocket through the great Victorian railway builders to the golden age of steam and the transition to modern traction — comprehensive visual detail throughout. Published by DK.
The Book of Witchcraft
90.00 ₾The Book of Witchcraft by DK — the full global and historical scope of witchcraft, from the witches of ancient Mesopotamia and wise women of early modern Europe through the Wicca movement and contemporary practitioners making witchcraft one of the fastest-growing spiritual traditions. Exceptional photography of the material culture of witchcraft alongside historical narrative placing each tradition in its cultural context. Published by DK.
Treasures of the Earth
60.00 ₾Treasures of the Earth by DK — minerals, crystals, gemstones, and fossils profiled in exceptional full-colour photography alongside clear information about chemistry, crystalline structure, geological occurrence, cultural history, and uses across human history. Both a beautiful display object and a comprehensive mineralogical reference — the ideal gift for rockhounds, fossil hunters, and anyone captivated by the beauty the earth has made. Published by DK.
Knowledge Encyclopedia
100.00 ₾Knowledge Encyclopedia by DK — over a thousand questions answered across the complete range of human knowledge: science, technology, history, geography, art, and culture. Thousands of full-colour photographs, diagrams, maps, and infographics present each topic with visual immediacy, while clear authoritative text provides the depth that transforms raw information into genuine understanding. The ideal family reference for curious minds of all ages. Published by DK.
Astrocartography: How to Use the Stars to Navigate Your Life
90.00 ₾Astrocartography: How to Use the Stars to Navigate Your Life by DK — the first comprehensive guide to astrocartography, the practice of using your birth chart to identify which locations on earth are most aligned with your planetary energies. Covers the theory and history, how to generate and read your personal map, the meaning of each planet’s lines, and practical examples of how readers have used it to make decisions. Published by DK.
Biodynamic Gardening
90.00 ₾Biodynamic Gardening by DK — the most philosophically coherent approach to organic gardening brought to the home scale: treating the garden as a living organism, planting by the lunar calendar, using biodynamic preparations to maintain soil vitality, and achieving an ecological integration that conventional organic gardening does not attempt. Practical throughout, grounded in real gardening experience. Essential for ecologically committed gardeners. Published by DK.
How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way
80.00 ₾How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by DK — the practical guide to applying Montessori principles at home, covering how to prepare the child’s environment, support independence and self-directed learning, and encourage the cognitive and social skills Montessori education develops. Based on a century of evidence about how children actually learn — practical, respectful, and applicable from birth through early childhood. Published by DK.
Ghostlore: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Spirits and Specters
90.00 ₾Ghostlore: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Spirits and Specters by DK — the ghost stories and spirit beliefs of cultures from every inhabited continent, from ancient Roman lemures and Japanese yurei through European poltergeists, Caribbean duppies, and contemporary urban folklore. Every major ghost tradition illustrated with the cultural context that makes the stories meaningful. Fascinating for anyone interested in folklore, anthropology, or the universal human encounter with the dead. Published by DK.
Tequila: A Tasting Course
90.00 ₾Tequila: A Tasting Course by DK — the complete story of tequila and mezcal, from the biology of the blue agave and the traditional and modern methods of production through the major brands, key expressions, and the art of tasting. Professional tasting notes for each expression covering appearance, aroma, palate, and finish alongside distillery context and production information. The essential guide for tequila enthusiasts. Published by DK.
Buildings That Changed the World
110.00 ₾Buildings That Changed the World by DK — eighty structures that were not merely excellent architecture but genuine turning points in the history of how human beings shaped their physical environment, from the Parthenon and the Pantheon through medieval cathedrals, the first skyscrapers, Fallingwater, the Sydney Opera House, and the most ambitious contemporary projects. Detailed analysis, photographs, architectural drawings, and the stories behind each building. Published by DK.
How Science Works
90.00 ₾How Science Works by DK — the method and the ideas of science presented together: the complete range of the natural sciences from physics and chemistry through biology, earth science, and cosmology, with the visual clarity that makes DK’s science reference series the most trusted available. Historical context — the experiments, the discoveries, the paradigm shifts — grounds every scientific principle in the human story of its discovery. Published by DK.
How to Photograph Absolutely Everything
100.00 ₾How to Photograph Absolutely Everything by DK — portraits, landscapes, street photography, architecture, food, sport, wildlife, and night photography, all covered with the technical detail and practical wisdom that distinguish genuinely useful instruction. Real examples — good photographs and bad, with clear explanations of what makes the difference — ground every lesson in concrete reality. The book that will genuinely change how you see and how you shoot. Published by DK.
Grand Prix: The Official History of Formula 1
120.00 ₾Grand Prix: The Official History of Formula 1 by Will Buxton (DK) — the definitive F1 history, tracing the complete story from the sport’s foundation in 1950 through the great championship battles, technical revolutions, tragedies and triumphs, and the current era of hybrid power. Written by the sport’s most respected broadcaster with exceptional access, and illustrated with photography from the complete F1 archive. Essential for any fan. Published by DK.
Legendary Heroes: Myths and Legends from Around the World
90.00 ₾Legendary Heroes: Myths and Legends from Around the World by DK — the great hero narratives of world mythology in a single beautifully illustrated volume: Hercules and Achilles, Gilgamesh and Arjuna, Beowulf and Roland, Sun Wukong and Maui. Greek, Norse, Celtic, Hindu, Aztec, African, Chinese, and Pacific traditions all receive generous treatment with the cultural context that makes the heroes’ actions meaningful. Published by DK.
Beginner’s Step-by-Step Coding Course
90.00 ₾Beginner’s Step-by-Step Coding Course by DK — a complete introduction to programming in Python, organised as a genuine course that takes the complete beginner from their first lines of code to building real programmes. Variables, functions, loops, data structures, and object-oriented programming covered in a sequence that builds confidence and competence simultaneously, with clear visual diagrams and satisfying practical exercises throughout. Published by DK.
Maps: Their Untold Stories
180.00 ₾Maps: Their Untold Stories by DK — fifty of the most extraordinary maps ever made, read as cultural documents that reveal as much about their creators and their worlds as about the geography they depict. The Mappa Mundi. The first map to name America. London’s wartime damage from the air. Each map in full colour with expert annotation drawing out the political assumptions, knowledge gaps, and stories encoded in its making. Published by DK.
A History of Astrology
110.00 ₾A History of Astrology by DK — astrology’s full cultural and historical richness, from the celestial omens of ancient Mesopotamia through the mathematical astrology of the Hellenistic world, the medieval integration with natural philosophy, the challenge of the Copernican revolution, and contemporary astrological practice. Exceptional reproductions of original manuscripts, celestial charts, and astrological instruments throughout. An essential reference. Published by DK.
Exploration: Map by Map
130.00 ₾Exploration: Map by Map by DK — the complete history of the age of exploration told through the maps that explorers made as they went: original maps from the world’s great cartographic collections, some beautiful, some wildly inaccurate, all historically fascinating. Expert commentary draws out what each map shows, what the mapmaker understood, and how geographical knowledge developed through the cumulative work of centuries. Published by DK.
Ancient Greece
130.00 ₾Ancient Greece by DK — the complete story of the civilisation that created the foundations of the Western world, from the Bronze Age Minoans and Mycenaeans through the classical golden age of Periclean Athens to the Hellenistic world of Alexander the Great. Exceptional photography of sculpture, pottery, and architecture alongside maps, timelines, and profiles of the great figures. Published by DK.
For the Love of Plants
90.00 ₾For the Love of Plants by DK — a beautifully produced guide to growing, caring for, and living with plants of every kind, from the easiest houseplants for beginners through the more demanding species that reward expertise with extraordinary displays. Each plant profiled with its growing requirements and care needs. Exceptional photography shows plants at their finest and in beautiful domestic settings. The ideal gift for any plant lover. Published by DK.
The Pregnancy Encyclopedia
100.00 ₾The Pregnancy Encyclopedia by DK — the comprehensive guide for expectant parents, covering what is happening in the mother’s body and baby’s development at every stage, what symptoms are normal, how to prepare for labour and birth, and how nutrition and lifestyle affect the pregnancy. Written by medical professionals and reviewed by obstetricians, combining clinical authority with practical warmth. Week-by-week development charts throughout. Published by DK.
A History of Christianity
100.00 ₾A History of Christianity by DK — the complete story of Christianity from the life and teachings of Jesus through the early church, the great councils, the medieval synthesis, the Reformation, and the global diversification of the faith into the modern era. The visual approach illuminates Christian art, architecture, and manuscript tradition with exceptional photography. An essential reference for students of religious history. Published by DK.
The Sports Book
100.00 ₾The Sports Book by DK — over two hundred and fifty sports covered with comprehensive visual treatment, presenting the history, rules, equipment, and greatest practitioners of every major sport from football and cricket through athletics, swimming, and extreme and combat disciplines. Visual layouts convey playing fields and key positions instantly; profile sections on legendary athletes provide the human dimension. The essential sporting reference. Published by DK.
The Politics Book
90.00 ₾The Politics Book by DK — over a hundred key political ideas, from Plato’s philosopher-kings and Machiavelli’s prince through Hobbes’s Leviathan, Locke’s social contract, and the contemporary debates about democracy, populism, and political identity. Western, postcolonial, feminist, and non-Western political traditions all receive attention. Part of the DK Big Ideas Simply Explained series — the ideal starting point for thinking clearly about the political world. Published by DK.
The Economics Book
90.00 ₾The Economics Book by DK — over a hundred and fifty key economic ideas, from Adam Smith’s division of labour through Keynes’s analysis of recessions, Hayek’s critique of central planning, and the behavioural economics that has transformed how we understand human decision-making. Part of the DK Big Ideas Simply Explained series — balanced, accessible, and genuinely illuminating for readers at every level of existing economic knowledge. Published by DK.
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You made all the required mock ups for commissioned layout, got all the approvals, built a tested code base or had them built, you decided on a content management system, got a license for it or adapted:
- The toppings you may chose for that TV dinner pizza slice when you forgot to shop for foods, the paint you may slap on your face to impress the new boss is your business.
- But what about your daily bread? Design comps, layouts, wireframes—will your clients accept that you go about things the facile way?
- Authorities in our business will tell in no uncertain terms that Lorem Ipsum is that huge, huge no no to forswear forever.
- Not so fast, I'd say, there are some redeeming factors in favor of greeking text, as its use is merely the symptom of a worse problem to take into consideration.
- Websites in professional use templating systems.
- Commercial publishing platforms and content management systems ensure that you can show different text, different data using the same template.
- When it's about controlling hundreds of articles, product pages for web shops, or user profiles in social networks, all of them potentially with different sizes, formats, rules for differing elements things can break, designs agreed upon can have unintended consequences and look much different than expected.
This is quite a problem to solve, but just doing without greeking text won't fix it. Using test items of real content and data in designs will help, but there's no guarantee that every oddity will be found and corrected. Do you want to be sure? Then a prototype or beta site with real content published from the real CMS is needed—but you’re not going that far until you go through an initial design cycle.
