Books published by Merrell Publishers Ltd

Transforming King's Cross presents the most significant infrastructure project in Britain in a quarter of a century. It features essays by such leading architectural and planning commentators as Sir Peter Hall and Edwin Heathcote and is profusely illustrated with archival images, plans, models, and dramatic construction shots.

The essential guide to making a home that suits your needs perfectly, combining inspirational photographs from a wealth of stylish homes with down-to-earth hints and tips. Happy Home provides specific advice for each room in the house, as well as a guide to the basic principles of making a happy home.

A superbly entertaining A - Z of London, with delightful illustrations by artist Christopher Brown. A London Alphabet includes reminiscences of a London childhood by the artist, and also insights into the creation of his charming linocuts. An irresistible gift book for all lovers of one of the greatest cities in the world.

More Dream Homes presents 100 exceptional interiors of all styles from around the globe. Comprehensively illustrated with 800 photographs by world-renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel, this is the ultimate reference for interior design professionals, architects and anyone wanting to create their own dream home.

An entertaining album of over 50 folk rituals performed across the country, throughout the year. With more than 100 colour photographs accompanied by captions tracing the history and significance of each ritual, this is a celebration of English eccentricity that will appeal to anyone interested in folklore, tradition and national heritage.

A major new study of the garden in art, including works by such artists as Botticelli, Hiroshige, Monet, Van Gogh and many others, with extended captions providing detailed interpretations of each work, as well as insights into the artists' sources of inspiration and principal themes. A delightful and beautifully illustrated book.

Fashion Futures is a wide ranging survey of the visionary clothing designs, new materials, cutting-edge technologies and emerging trends shaping the future of fashion. It features interviews with leading designers and trend forecasters and includes a directory of practioners and researchers at the forefront of fashion technology and design.

The artist Angie Lewin has a unique vision of the natural world. Her hugely popular prints depict in intricate detail the native flora of a variety of environments, from salt marsh and Highland loch to flower-strewn meadow and wild garden. Lewin finds beauty in each landscape, whatever the season, and is particularly inspired by plant forms: slender reeds, stately goatsbeard, spiky teasels and sculptural seed heads. Plants and Places presents over 70 of Lewin's beautifully crafted linocuts and wood engravings.The works are grouped according to habitat - such as coast, woodland and hedgerow, and garden - together with drawings, paintings and collages from Lewin's sketchbooks of grasses, seed pods, seaweed, shells and other objects that she has collected on her walks. In an engaging introduction, Leslie Geddes-Brown meets Lewin in her studio, discusses her artistic inspiration and her fascination with plants, and describes how she creates her prints.

With an extraordinary array of ravishing interiors from 100 contemporary homes of all styles around the world, Dream Rooms is a sumptuous sourcebook that will spark countless new ideas for transforming any and every room in the home. From stylish ways to give a living-room a new lease of life to the fusion of practicality and clever design that makes a kitchen the hub of a house, this book offers a wealth of possibilities. More than 800 brand-new inspirational images by renowned photographer Andreas von Einsiedel showcase an astonishing range of beautiful bedrooms, living-rooms, dining-rooms, working areas, kitchens, halls and stairways, bathrooms and outdoor spaces, while Johanna Thornycroft pinpoints the key characteristics of each look. Clearly organized by room, and focusing on such themes as colour, pattern, furniture and lighting, this glorious book is the ultimate reference for anyone seeking to turn their vision for their favourite room into a gorgeous and abiding reality. AUTHOR: Andreas von Einsiedel has specialized in interiors photography for the past 20 years, and is a regular contributor to the World of Interiors, House & Garden, Architectural Digest and other titles in the United States, Australia and Europe. He has photographed subjects for more than 20 books. Johanna Thornycroft is a freelance writer and journalist who regularly contributes design features to newspapers and interiors magazines worldwide, and the author of several books. SELLING POINTS: . The latest dazzling companion to Merrell's bestselling Dream Homes, More Dream Homes and Dream Homes Country . Presents a multitude of decoration ideas to suit every taste . An essential reference for anyone wanting to transform any space in their home 800 colour

A stylish sourcebook of 100 modern and contemporary gardens of all styles from around the world. Dream Gardens features the work of such renowned designers as Terence Conran, Penelope Hobhouse, Piet Oudolf and Dan Pearson and is profusely illustrated, and written in a lively and informative style.

Presents 100 inspirational interiors of various styles from around the globe, from New England to Mallorca and from Provence to South Africa. This work is illustrated with over 800 photographs by world-renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel.

A 'flip' format book analysing the basic tenets of typography and how to turn them on their heads. One side presents the ten main rules of type design, addressing such aspects of typographic doctrine as legibility, alignment and capitalization; the other shows how type can successfully subvert these rules, presenting visual alternatives.