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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Design
Turn Your Creative Ideas into Professional-Looking Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
If you can dream it, you can design it.
Whether your goal is to design your own marketing materials, launch a visually compelling blog, or just have some fun creating your own CD covers, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Graphic Design is your one-stop reference. Presented in an intuitive, accessible...
Looking Closer 4
Critical Writings on Graphic Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
The most stimulating installment yet in the acclaimed Looking Closer series! This enthralling collection of essays assembles some of the most intriguing critical commentary published in professional and general interest design magazines from 1997 to 2000. Over thirty contributors, including Rick Poynor,...
by Debbie Millman
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world’s greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton...
by Steven Heller
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Revised and updated, this compelling collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi is the ideal tool to help teachers and students keep up in the rapidly changing field of graphic design. Top designers and educators talk theory, offer proposals, discuss a wide range of educational concerns-such...
Teaching Motion Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs. * Detailed syllabi and descriptions of class projects and assignments * Go-to guide for professors and teachers planning their courses * Course plans from School of Visual Arts, Ohio State, Rochester Institute of Technology, many other...
by Maria Poulos
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Illustrated guide with over 60 rough layout ideas for designing eye-catching eBook covers for digital publishing. Written by a professional graphic designer with easy to remember layout names and a brief description of each layout concept. Includes hints on type, color, sizing and position of graphics....
by Henry Dreyfuss
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Written in a robust, fresh style, this book offers an inviting mix of professional...
Graphic Idea Notebook
A Treasury of Solutions to Visual Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This updated edition of the much-heralded classic of page design offers surefire ideas and inspiration to anyone stuck with the task of designing cutting-edge printed material. This book is a collection of more than 2,000 visual "idea generators"-illustrations and line art-that visualize the various...
by Judith Gura, Sarah Falls
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2020
An Essential Resource for Interior Designers, Students, and Design Teachers
The Interior Design Reader is an essential source for the interior designer or design student, incorporating excerpts of key works on design theory from the ancient world to the twenty-first century. By documenting the ideas...
Becoming a Design Entrepreneur
How to Launch Your Design-Driven Ventures from Apps to Zines
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Any designer who runs a studio, office, or firm is entrepreneurial. In fact, anyone with a studio already has an infrastructure for entrepreneurial content development, and with the technological developments over the last few decades, there are more opportunities now than ever. The use of computers...
A Decade of French Fashion, 1929-1938
From the Depression to the Brink of War
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
"A well-illustrated survey of style. Chock full of detailed, quality illustrations accompanied by brief descriptions. A worthy offering. Nostalgic types who enjoy perusing vintage catalogs and clip art books will find much to savor here. This practical resource is sure to provide inspiration...
Teaching Design
A Guide to Curriculum and Pedagogy for College Design Faculty and Teachers Who Use Design in Their Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
An Expertly Written Guidebook to Teaching Design at All Levels
Teaching Design provides a practical foundation for teaching about and through design. The exploding interest in design and design thinking calls for qualified faculty members who are well prepared for a variety of institutional settings...
by Sally Bigwood, Melissa Spore
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Numbers can tell an exciting story. The trick is to know what story to tell and make it understandable. This compact, practical guide will show everyone who must design numeric data how to transform raw data into readable, relevant information.
The Designer’s Guide to Presenting Numbers,...
by Craig Ward
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Multi award-winning designer, typographer and TED speaker, Craig Ward, presents his first self-authored book - Popular Lies About Graphic Design. An attempt to debunk the various misconceptions, half truths and, in some cases, outright lies which permeate the industry of design. Lovingly designed...