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{{Short description|British publishing company}}
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'''Studio Vista''' was a British publishing company founded in 1961 that specialised in leisure and design topics. In the 1960s, the firm published works by a number of authors that went on to be noted designers.
'''Studio Vista''' was a British publishing company founded in 1961 that specialised in leisure and design topics.<ref>[https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/organisation/studio-vista Studio Vista], royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref> In the 1960s, the firm published works by a number of authors who went on to be noted designers.

The imprint was later integrated into [[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]].<ref>Cassell plc 1996 Annual Report and Accounts https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02004498/filing-history/NTQ1MjMxMTBhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0</ref>


==History==
==History==
The firm was founded by [[Cecil Harmsworth King]]. It was then purchased by the Rev. [[Timothy Beaumont]], later Baron Beaumont of Whitley, with funding from Beaumont's fortune. In 1961 David Herbert joined the firm, becoming its editorial director and then chief executive.<ref>"The Hon David Herbert", ''[[The Times]]'', 23 November 1996, p. 27.</ref><ref name="robert-cross">Robert Cross, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-david-herbert-1353601.html Obituary: David Herbert], ''[[The Independent]]'', 22 November 1996. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref> After Beaumont entered politics, he sold his publishing interests and Studio Vista was bought by the American firm [[Collier Macmillan]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/04/tim-beaumont-1928-2008.html |title=Tim Beaumont (1928-2008) |date=12 April 2008 |publisher=Bear Alley Books |accessdate=20 January 2019}}</ref> In 1969, the publisher [[Frances Lincoln]] joined the firm as an editorial assistant, staying for six years and rising to the position of managing editor.<ref>"Frances Lincoln", ''The Times'', 1 March 2001, p. 25.</ref> In 1975, Frances Lincoln led a strike at the firm after the new owners threatened to make 40 people redundant.<ref>Mark Girouard, "[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/02/guardianobituaries.books1 Frances Lincoln]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 2 March 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2016.</ref>
Studio Vista was founded by [[Cecil Harmsworth King]] and it was then purchased by the Rev. [[Timothy Beaumont]], later Baron Beaumont of Whitley,<ref>[[Andrew Roth]], [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/11/religion.liberaldemocrats "Lord Beaumont of Whitley "], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 11 April 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref> with funding from Beaumont's fortune. In 1961, David Mark Herbert joined the firm, becoming its editorial director and then chief executive.<ref>"The Hon David Herbert", ''[[The Times]]'', 23 November 1996, p. 27.</ref><ref name="robert-cross">Robert Cross, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-david-herbert-1353601.html "Obituary: David Herbert"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 22 November 1996. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref> After Beaumont entered politics, he sold his publishing interests and Studio Vista was bought by the American firm [[Collier Macmillan]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/04/tim-beaumont-1928-2008.html |title=Tim Beaumont (1928-2008) |date=12 April 2008 |publisher=Bear Alley Books |accessdate=20 January 2019}}</ref> In 1969, the publisher [[Frances Lincoln]] joined the firm as an editorial assistant, staying for six years and rising to the position of managing editor.<ref>"Frances Lincoln", ''The Times'', 1 March 2001, p. 25.</ref> In 1975, Frances Lincoln led a strike at the firm after the new owners threatened to make 40 people redundant.<ref>Mark Girouard, "[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/02/guardianobituaries.books1 Frances Lincoln]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 2 March 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2016.</ref>


In the late 1950s and early 1960s, some of Studio Vista's titles (including [[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]]'s 1959 photo essay on [[Rome]]) and series (such as the Vista Travel guides and The Pocket Poets) were published under the publisher names of "Vista Books" and "[[Edward George Warris Hulton|Edward Hulton]]".<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3A%22Vista+books%22&fq=&dblist=638&qt=sort&se=yr&sd=asc&qt=sort_yr_asc Vista Books], worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref><ref>John Betjeman, [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=betjeman+pocket+poets&qt=owc_search "The Pocket Poets"], worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref>
In its early years the firm also published under the names of "Vista Books" and "Studio Vista" Books.


==Books==
==Books==
Among the notable books published by the firm was a series edited by [[John Lewis (typographer)|John Lewis]] that included ''The Nature of Design'' by the furniture designer [[David Pye (furniture)|David Pye]] (1964), ''Graphics Handbook'' by the graphic designer [[Ken Garland]] (1966), [[Norman Potter]]'s ''What is a Designer: Education and Practice'' (1969), and Gillian Naylor's ''the Bauhaus'' (1968).
Among the notable books published by the firm were ''The Nature of Design'' by the furniture designer [[David Pye (furniture)|David Pye]] (1964) and ''Graphics Handbook'' by the graphic designer [[Ken Garland]] (1966) (both in the Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold Art Paperbacks series edited by [[John Lewis (typographer)|John Lewis]]), [[Norman Potter]]'s ''What is a Designer: Education and Practice'' (1969), and Gillian Naylor's ''The Bauhaus'' (1968).


The firm also published a number of books by the Romanian architect [[Serban Cantacuzino (architect)|Serban Cantacuzino]].
The firm also published a number of books by the Romanian architect [[Serban Cantacuzino (architect)|Serban Cantacuzino]].
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==Book series==
==Book series==
* Aquarium Paperbacks<ref name="cassells-1970">''Cassell's Directory of Publishing in Great Britain, the Commonwealth, Ireland and South Africa'', London: Cassell, 1970, 6th edition, p. 119.</ref>
* Aquarium Paperbacks<ref name="cassells-1970">''Cassell's Directory of Publishing in Great Britain, the Commonwealth, Ireland and South Africa'', London: Cassell, 1970, 6th edition, p. 119.</ref>
* Blues Paperbacks (edited by [[Paul Oliver]])<ref>Christian O'Connell, ''[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZHVfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=%22blues+paperbacks%22+%2B+paul+simon&source=bl&ots=_Ae0iHELQQ&sig=ACfU3U1_GCMd4qWKDQfBkR3JXdpIPU7_XA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwtba1oaPnAhUc4zgGHakiBBsQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22blues%20paperbacks%22%20%2B%20paul%20simon&f=false Blues, How Do You Do?: Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues]'', Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016, p. 216. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref>
* Blues Paperbacks (edited by [[Paul Oliver]])<ref>Christian O'Connell, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHVfCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22blues+paperbacks%22+%2B+paul+simon&pg=PA216 Blues, How Do You Do?: Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues]'', Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016, p. 216. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref>
* Christie's South Kensington Collectors Series (in association with [[Christie's]] Contemporary Art)
* Christie's South Kensington Collectors Series (in association with [[Christie's]] Contemporary Art)
* City Buildings
* City Buildings
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* Knowing and Doing
* Knowing and Doing
* Leaders of Modern Thought
* Leaders of Modern Thought
* Movie Paperbacks (jointly published in the U.S. by [[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishing]])<ref>Malte Hagener and Michael Töteberg, ''[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4r28DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=Movie+Paperbacks+Studio+vista+Praeger+Publishing)&source=bl&ots=cb3G7b-fI8&sig=ACfU3U0sa5IFmvchpEsG5OcgEu0uierhlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY9p3gpaPnAhWu6nMBHR4nAy8Q6AEwA3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Movie%20Paperbacks%20Studio%20vista%20Praeger%20Publishing)&f=false Film: An International Bibliography]'', Stuttgart and Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002, p. 201. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref>
* Movie Paperbacks (jointly published in the U.S. as Praeger Film Library by [[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishing]] and by [[University of California Press]])<ref>Malte Hagener and Michael Töteberg, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4r28DQAAQBAJ&dq=Movie+Paperbacks+Studio+vista+Praeger+Publishing%29&pg=PA201 Film: An International Bibliography]'', Stuttgart and Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002, p. 201. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Movie+paperbacks.%22 se:Movie Paperbacks], worldcat.org. Retrieved 10 December 2021.</ref>
* New Directions in Architecture
* New Directions in Architecture
* Picturebacks (also referred to as: Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks) (published in the U.S. by [[E. P. Dutton]])<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/studio-vista-dutton-picturebacks.html Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref>
* Picturebacks (also referred to as: Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks) (published in the U.S. by [[E. P. Dutton]])<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/studio-vista-dutton-picturebacks.html Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.</ref>
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* Plan Your Home<ref name="cassells-1970" />
* Plan Your Home<ref name="cassells-1970" />
* Pocket How-To-Do-Its (also known as: Pocket How To Do It) (jointly published in the U.S. by [[Watson-Guptill]])
* Pocket How-To-Do-Its (also known as: Pocket How To Do It) (jointly published in the U.S. by [[Watson-Guptill]])
* Pocket Poets
* The Pocket Poets
* Rockbooks
* Rockbooks
* Small Garden Library<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3ASmall+Garden+Library&offset=1 se:Small Garden Library], worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.</ref>
* Small Garden Library
* Studio Drawing Books
* Studio Drawing Books
* Studio Handbooks
* Studio Handbooks
* Studio Paperbacks<ref name="robert-cross" />
* Studio Paperbacks<ref name="robert-cross" />
* Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold Art Paperbacks<ref>[https://archive.org/details/theartistasrepot0000unse/page/4/mode/2up The Artist as Reporter], archive.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.</ref>
* Vision + Value Series
* Vision + Value Series
* Vista Travel Books<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/vista-travel-studio-vista.html Vista Travel (Studio Vista) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.</ref>
* Vista Travel<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/vista-travel-studio-vista.html Vista Travel (Studio Vista) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.</ref>
* Visual History of Modern Britain
* Visual History of Modern Britain

==See also==
* [[Diana Bloomfield]]
* [[Chris Marker]]


==References==
==References==
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*[https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Studio_Vista Studio Vista at openlibrary.org]
*[https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Studio_Vista Studio Vista at openlibrary.org]
*[http://www.romanianculturalcentre.org.uk/post.php?id=76&v=1 Serban Cantacuzino]
*[http://www.romanianculturalcentre.org.uk/post.php?id=76&v=1 Serban Cantacuzino]

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Latest revision as of 11:18, 4 July 2024

Studio Vista
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1961 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderCecil Harmsworth King
SuccessorCassell & Co.
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
ProductsBooks

Studio Vista was a British publishing company founded in 1961 that specialised in leisure and design topics.[1] In the 1960s, the firm published works by a number of authors who went on to be noted designers.

The imprint was later integrated into Cassell.[2]

History

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Studio Vista was founded by Cecil Harmsworth King and it was then purchased by the Rev. Timothy Beaumont, later Baron Beaumont of Whitley,[3] with funding from Beaumont's fortune. In 1961, David Mark Herbert joined the firm, becoming its editorial director and then chief executive.[4][5] After Beaumont entered politics, he sold his publishing interests and Studio Vista was bought by the American firm Collier Macmillan in 1968.[6] In 1969, the publisher Frances Lincoln joined the firm as an editorial assistant, staying for six years and rising to the position of managing editor.[7] In 1975, Frances Lincoln led a strike at the firm after the new owners threatened to make 40 people redundant.[8]

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, some of Studio Vista's titles (including William Klein's 1959 photo essay on Rome) and series (such as the Vista Travel guides and The Pocket Poets) were published under the publisher names of "Vista Books" and "Edward Hulton".[9][10]

Books

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Among the notable books published by the firm were The Nature of Design by the furniture designer David Pye (1964) and Graphics Handbook by the graphic designer Ken Garland (1966) (both in the Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold Art Paperbacks series edited by John Lewis), Norman Potter's What is a Designer: Education and Practice (1969), and Gillian Naylor's The Bauhaus (1968).

The firm also published a number of books by the Romanian architect Serban Cantacuzino.

Book series

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  • Aquarium Paperbacks[11]
  • Blues Paperbacks (edited by Paul Oliver)[12]
  • Christie's South Kensington Collectors Series (in association with Christie's Contemporary Art)
  • City Buildings
  • Collectors' Blue Books[11]
  • Creative Sewing Series (in association with the Singer Company)
  • Elements of Painting Series
  • Facts of Print[11]
  • Field Sports Handbooks
  • Gold Series
  • Great Ages of World Architecture
  • Great Drawings of the World
  • Hadfield Anthologies[11]
  • Knowing and Doing
  • Leaders of Modern Thought
  • Movie Paperbacks (jointly published in the U.S. as Praeger Film Library by Praeger Publishing and by University of California Press)[13][14]
  • New Directions in Architecture
  • Picturebacks (also referred to as: Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks) (published in the U.S. by E. P. Dutton)[15]
  • Planning and Cities
  • Plan Your Home[11]
  • Pocket How-To-Do-Its (also known as: Pocket How To Do It) (jointly published in the U.S. by Watson-Guptill)
  • The Pocket Poets
  • Rockbooks
  • Small Garden Library[16]
  • Studio Drawing Books
  • Studio Handbooks
  • Studio Paperbacks[5]
  • Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold Art Paperbacks[17]
  • Vision + Value Series
  • Vista Travel[18]
  • Visual History of Modern Britain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Studio Vista, royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ Cassell plc 1996 Annual Report and Accounts https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02004498/filing-history/NTQ1MjMxMTBhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0
  3. ^ Andrew Roth, "Lord Beaumont of Whitley ", The Guardian, 11 April 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ "The Hon David Herbert", The Times, 23 November 1996, p. 27.
  5. ^ a b Robert Cross, "Obituary: David Herbert", The Independent, 22 November 1996. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Tim Beaumont (1928-2008)". Bear Alley Books. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Frances Lincoln", The Times, 1 March 2001, p. 25.
  8. ^ Mark Girouard, "Frances Lincoln", The Guardian, 2 March 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ^ Vista Books, worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. ^ John Betjeman, "The Pocket Poets", worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e Cassell's Directory of Publishing in Great Britain, the Commonwealth, Ireland and South Africa, London: Cassell, 1970, 6th edition, p. 119.
  12. ^ Christian O'Connell, Blues, How Do You Do?: Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016, p. 216. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. ^ Malte Hagener and Michael Töteberg, Film: An International Bibliography, Stuttgart and Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002, p. 201. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  14. ^ se:Movie Paperbacks, worldcat.org. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  15. ^ Studio Vista | Dutton Picturebacks - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  16. ^ se:Small Garden Library, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  17. ^ The Artist as Reporter, archive.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  18. ^ Vista Travel (Studio Vista) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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