Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard???s everyday life???for example, newspapers with moving photos, vicious textbooks and Howlers.

Harry Potter: the Artifact Vault chronicles the work of the graphics department in creating vibrant and imaginative labels for potions bottles, brooms and candy; the creation of Quidditch Quaffles, Bludgers and Golden Snitches, lovingly crafted by the prop making team; and the stunning inventiveness used by the entire crew to create a rich, bewitched filmic universe. Accompanying the captivating text are never-before-seen art and design concepts, unit photography and other filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. This striking full-color compendium includes two exclusive bonus inserts???Gilderoy Lockhart???s classroom questionnaire and a Weasleys??? Wizard Wheezes catalog???as well as many more surprises.