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倫敦店鋪水彩畫圖鑑
感受倫敦鬧區各式各樣生活店鋪的精彩樣貌 以水彩畫詮釋倫敦鬧區的獨特氣質
當鬧區越顯普通及單調，我們更要珍惜這些傳統的獨立店鋪和家族商店，其獨特的店鋪設計和經典的經營模式，因此讓城市更加豐富。
這本水彩插圖圖鑑以倫敦鬧區的各式店鋪為主題，收錄超過100多種精美而獨特的店鋪插圖，包括麵包店、咖啡店、肉舖、魚舖、蔬菜水果店、藥局、自助洗衣店、五金行、書店、文具店，還有英國傳統美食鰻魚派與薯泥專賣店等。每張圖片都搭配商店的成長故事，歷史和他們的經營者介紹。一路延伸從切爾西西區到貝斯納爾綠地，克勒肯維爾到沃爾瑟姆斯托東區，這裡也有精美的新興店鋪，包括起司和薯片專賣店等。
倫敦出售各種生活用品的市集和店鋪，各種風味餐廳，足以表現倫敦人的日常生活，均在本書中一一呈現，詮釋倫敦鬧區的獨特氣質。作者在本書中運用水彩畫展示了倫敦的多種面貌，也使本書成為絕佳的藝術讀物，帶給讀者豐富的藝術享受。
A collection of Eleanor Crow’s beautiful watercolours of classic shopfronts. Published in partnership with Spitalfields Life Books, this timely volume celebrates the small neighbourhood shops of London. As our high streets decline into generic monotony, we cherish these independent shops and family businesses that enrich the city with their characterful frontages and distinctive typography. This collection includes more than 100 of Eleanor Crow’s fine illustrations of the capital’s bakers, cafes, butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, chemists, launderettes, hardware stores, eel & pie shops, bookshops and stationers. The pictures are accompanied by the stories of the shops, their history and their shopkeepers - stretching all the way from Chelsea in the west to Bethnal Green, Clerkenwell and Walthamstow in the east. As well as beloved old and lost shopfronts, there are some recent examples of new shops that have been beautifully designed too - from cheesemongers to chippies. At a time of momentous change in the high street, this witty and fascinating personal survey champions the enduring culture of Britain’s small shops.
