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"Textiles Now" celebrates international contemporary textile design. Focusing on fabric and fiber designs from the past five years that have been created for use in decorative art, fashion and interior design. Lavishly illustrated with photographs showing the textiles and, where appropriate, their end ...
In recent years, postcards have become so much more than a tacky holiday greeting. Graphic designers, illustrators, and advertisers are seizing the postcard and re purposing it with quirky new designs that give a new twist to a classic format. "Postcard" is a showcase of the most exciting postcard designs ...
The only book to deal with all of the issues related to being an in-house designerThe In-House Design Handbook is a unique practical and inspirational compendium that places in-house design-where as many as 50 percent of designers work, across a variety of different industries and market sectors—at the ...
"Logo Mondo" is a replete, typography and logo collection, reflecting today''s urban aesthetic. The collection is a tour de force, brimming with individuality and selected from thousands of entries submitted from hundreds of designers worldwide. The content is divided into categories, including typographic, ...
It is an exciting time for branding. As everything becomes global, good branding becomes more crucial. "What is Branding?" Is an accessible guide that makes sense of this complex subject. It explores the process of branding, and shares insights that can be applied to practical challenges. Outlining the ...
Technologized textiles and sustainable fabrics are among the most innovative designed today, and together they are driving the rest of the industry dramatically forward. Many designers are now integrating hi-tech fabrics, such as protective and impact-resistant textiles, or cellulose fabrics with groundbreaking ...
Create Impact with Type, Image and Color breaks down the specifics of the different levels of communication into what grabs attention first, what is accessed next and what, on various levels, follows on. Through case studies and practical exercises, it looks at the basic principles of design, as well ...
Web Design Indexes are international bestsellers, with about a quarter million copies sold worldwide. Since its first edition in the year 2000, the annual Web Design Index has developed into one of the most important publications in its field. Year after year, it gives an accurate overview of the state ...
Recharge Your Design Batteries is a general resource for graphic designers and visual creatives, who have the desire to broaden their horizons and inject a new level of innovation into their work. This inspirational and practical book explores the creative process, and how to keep it fed and stimulated. ...
Creators of designer toys come from the world of graphic design, illustration or street art, and they use all kind of materials to create these collecting articles. Although the most common raw materials are vinyl and plastic, we can also find pieces made of metal, wood, resin, fabrics, and plush. In ...
This title offers a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted graphic design related media. Featuring more than 500 full-color designs, this stunningly…
Computer technology has completely revolutionized the work of graphic designers, printers, and print production professionals. To keep pace with these far-reaching changes, "Production for Graphic Designers" is set firmly in the digital age. This revised fourth edition embraces all the new and emerging ...
This book deconstructs the design and functional elements and innovations of 100 extremely successful and groundbreaking products. The author profiles them in a succinct bulleted manner, working off the successful format of Universal Principals of Design that it provides consistent types of information ...
The artists featured in Dirty Fingernails, make a concerted effort to do projects that require them to step away from the computer to create one-of-a-kind designs for clients and themselves. They demonstrate that good design doesn’t have to be clean--in fact, the messier the better. From silkscreen prints ...
Artists have long been inspired by the often - literally - priceless treasure of discarded packing materials, and the field of interior design is no exception. Here, the humble wooden pallet is recycled and transformed to create chic and original pieces of furniture, devised by some of Europe''s most ...
The follow-up to the cult Japanese draping book Drape Drape and the latest in the new series from Bunka Fashion College. Includes 14 stylish contemporary design…
Esquire. Ford Motors. The Obama Administration. Burton Snowboards. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in common: Aaron Draplin. The man behind developing the aesthetic and identity of these brands, Aaron Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic ...
"Ornamentation is a modus operandi for communication, for providing dimension, texture, pattern, depth, and spirit—it is a way to liven up space, to create complementary conditions, to move the eye and break up surfaces, to bring illusion or entropy, to embellish and give richness to surfaces and materials ...
Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design, but to digest information easily. Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, ...
Monocle''s latest book unpacks what makes a perfect shopping experience and offers tips on how to launch, design and run your own store. A must-have guide. The world of retail has never been so -challenged thanks to a mix of e-commerce, unimaginative brand owners and greedy landlords. Yet while many ...