books
Hitomi’s six book titles can now be ordered online through the design358 website, details of each title are listed below - and the online book order form is located at the bottom of the page
BOOK TITLES
NEOTROPICA - Hawaii Tropical Flower + Plant Guide
** July 2009 Release **
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD, Lois Hiranaga AIFD, & Colin Gilliam
Introducing NEOTROPICA, the most comprehensive guide to Hawaii’s incredible selection of tropical flowers and plants. With 128 pages covering over 700 varieties of Hawaiian tropical flowers and plants, Neortopica is a must have book for floral designers, interiorscapers, plant enthusiasts, wholesalers and retailers. It is a great resource and id guide, and a real inspiration.
128 pages (8″ x 5″) Softcover, with over 800 images, fully illustrated
English text
$15.00
Creative Edge - a floral retrospective
** December 2007 Release **
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD & Philippe Martin-Morice
From 5 years of monthly feature - ‘Creative Edge’, in Flowers& Magazine comes a collection of favorite floral images reproduced, re-worked or reconstructed to inspire styles, concepts and perspectives. CREATIVE EDGE - A Floral Retrospective is a coffee table book that covers a wide spectrum of floral design styles. It will draw you into the world of flowers, its painterly palette of color and texture. It will invite you in to travel through the cultural tendencies of the oriental and occidental perspectives in design. And it will inspire you to understand the subtle but ever present laws of nature which governs our sense of beauty.
100 pages (227mm x 305mm) Hardcover, with over 80 images, fully illustrated
English text
$59.00
ARTFLOR: Advanced Design + Process
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD
ARTFLOR is a unique mix of sumptuous coffee table book, indispensable reference work and powerful teaching tool. Whether you aspire to become a professional floral artist, a competition-winning arranger or simply to be able to express yourself to the full via this vibrant art form, you cannot afford to be without this book which take students and readers to the ultimate, advanced level. Through this volume, step by step, the creative process is revealed.
168 pages (245mm x 320mm) Hardcover, over 80 images, fully illustrated
English textPublisher: Institut d + Artflor: Hong Kong
$88.00
Fundamental Theories of Design
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD & John Haines AIFD
First of two companion textbooks de-mystifying the essential study of Elements & Principles of Design. Visual examples (numerous photographs & drawings) illustrate the components of design and laws of nature, which governs how good composition is created. A timeless reference book.
152 pages (225mm x 280mm) Hardcover, over 70 images, fully illustrated.
Bilingual text: English/Chinese
$65.00
Design Compendium: Styles & Methods
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD & John Haines AIFD
Second of two companion textbooks, a definitive compendium of design styles categorized into their distinctive traditional and interpretive versions. The second half of the book is a complete compilation of design techniques illustrated and clearly defined. A valuable reference book.
152 pages (225mm x 280mm) Hardcover, with over 70 images, fully illustrated.
Bilingual text: English/Chinese
$65.00
Earth.Man.Spirit
By Hitomi Gilliam AIFD, John Haines AIFD, and Sanford Mauldin Jr.
A thougthful, inspiring and timeless photo essay of Floral Art inspired bythe American Southwest. Spectacular photography by Sanford vividly captures the beauty, spirit and the magic of American floral art as presented by Hitomi and John.
152 pages (265mm x 370mm) Hardcover, over 80 images
English textSodo Publisher: Tokyo, Japan
$99.95