The Non-Designer's Design and Type Books, Deluxe Edition

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Design and typographic insights from the author of The Non-Designer’s book series (over 700,000 copies in print!)

This book offers decades of experience from one of the greatest computer book authors. Here in one volume, Robin Williams has joined together a new edition of her classic The Non-Designer’s Design Book—in glorious full color for the first time—and her best-selling The Non-Designer’s Type Book. Robin uses her straightforward ... More >>

The Non-Designer's Design and Type Books, Deluxe Edition

Universal Principles of Design

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Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work until now. Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of desi... More >>

Universal Principles of Design

Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc

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Selected for its visual impact and ease of use, this outstanding collection of wood engravings presents over 1,000 species of animals in extremely lifelike poses. Includes many different versions of familiar mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and other invertebrates such as spiders, crabs, squid, earthworms, and more. Captions provide modern common-name identifications.... More >>

Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc

Engineering Drawing And Design

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Engineering Drawing and Design, combines engineering graphics and drafting in one accessible product. Technical drafting, like all technical areas, is constantly changing; the computer has revolutionized the way in which drawings and parts are made. This 4-color text covers the most current technical information available, including graphic communication, CAD, functional drafting, material positioning, numerical control, electronic drafting, and metricatio... More >>

Engineering Drawing And Design

Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

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Now in Paperback!Since color is such a important part of graphic design, designers need the most up to date as well as the most fundamental, information on the subject to have the tools needed to use color effectively. From the meanings behind colors to working with color in presentations, this book provides readers with the vital information needed to apply color creatively and effectively to their design work. Readers also receive guidance on talking with c... More >>

Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century

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Since 2001, Gigposters.com has been the Internet's first and best resource for rock-show poster art; their massive online database showcases more than 90,000 posters from 7,000 different designers, including all of today's top poster studios. Gig Posters Volume I highlights the 700+ best examples in their collection, including 101 perforated and ready-to-hang posters for bands such as Radiohead, Wilco, the Decemberists, the Shins, Arcade Fire, Sleater-Kinney, and mo... More >>

Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century

Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type

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Although grid systems are the foundation for almost all typographic design, they are often associated with rigid, formulaic solutions. However, the belief that all great design is nonetheless based on grid systems (even if only subverted ones) suggests that few designers truly understand the complexities and potential riches of grid composition.
In her best-selling Geometry of Design, Elam shows how proportion, symmetry, and other geometrical systems underlie man... More >>

Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type

Newspaper Designer's Handbook

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"The Newspaper Designer's Handbook" is a step by step guide to every aspect of newspaper design, from basic page layout to complex infographics. The new edition is now in 4-color and introduces a new chapter on web design. This textbook is for journalism students and professionals alike. It is loaded with examples, advice, design ideas, and exercises that teach students how to manipulate the basic elements of design (photos, headlines, and text); create charts, maps... More >>

Newspaper Designer's Handbook

Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green

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Based on his study of paint pigments, Wilcox found that grade school formulas for mixing colors don't work. Tossing out tradition, Wilcox effectively transforms color mixing from a process of chance to one of choice. Previous edition sold 30,000 copies. 480 color illustrations.... More >>

Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green

Pantone's Guide to Communicating with Color

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This authoritative guide presents hundreds of color combinations and color principles needed to create effective designs. Every lesson is demonstrated by example, enabling designers of all specialties and levels of experience to make the best color choices for every type of design.... More >>

Pantone's Guide to Communicating with Color

Logo, Font & Lettering Bible

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This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! There are many books on the market that simply display collections of logos and fonts, and that give the history of logos and fonts. But Log... More >>

Logo, Font & Lettering Bible

The Art of Drew Struzan

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He is the favorite artist of both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and the artist behind some of the most iconic images of our time… he is Drew Struzan.

Struzan has worked on the posters for the biggest films of the last 30 years. Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park and E.T: The Extraterrestrial to name but a few.

The first ever book to cover Struzan’s iconic poster artwork in depth, with the final artwork for each piece accompanied by... More >>

The Art of Drew Struzan

Designing Disney

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Designing Disney sets into history and puts into context the extraordinary contributions of John Hench, who, at the age of 94, still comes into his office at Imagineering each day. His principles of theme park design, character design, and use of color have made him a legendary figure, not only for Disney fans but also for students and aficionados of architecture, engineering, and design. Designing Disney reveals the magic behind John's great discoveries and documen... More >>

Designing Disney

How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit

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This is the #1 reference and source for anyone wanting to print T-shirts or decorate garments. How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit covers the details of screen printing, heat transfers, and the inkjet-to-garment process in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step manner. First published in 1978, and just updated with the latest information in 2008, this book has sold more than 140,000 copies. Long known as The T-Shirt Printer's Bible, this latest edition lays out the te... More >>

How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit

The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques

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Perennially popular, printmaking is enjoying a contemporary resurgence but no comprehensive up-to-date manual on the subject exists. At over 400 pages and packed with 1,000 full-color photos and illustrations, The Printmaking Bible is the definitive resource to the ins-and-outs of every variety of serious printmaking technique practiced today. In-depth instructions are accompanied by profiles that show how working artists create their prints. Historical information,... More >>

The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques

Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography

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The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers can examine hundreds of design solutions and explore a world of typographic information. First... More >>

Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography

2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs

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Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, animals, mosaics, landscapes, much more. Invaluable to artists and craftspeople working with textiles, wallpaper and other decorative items.
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2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs

The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

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As seen in O: The Oprah Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Cool Hunting, and countless other media outlets, The Map as Art is available now in a paperback edition. This volume by Katharine Harmon, author of our best-selling book You Are Here, extends that book's celebration of mapmaking to the world of artists' maps.

It is little surprise that in an era of globalized politics, culture, and ecology contemporary artists are drawn to maps... More >>

The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

Creative Advertising: Ideas and Techniques from the World's Best Campaigns

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What makes an advertisement memorable? This new book unravels the creative processes behind some of the most original and effective campaigns of recent years. Author Mario Pricken showcases hundreds of examples of international advertising from a wide range of media including books and magazines, billboards, television, movies, and the Internet. Clearly presented and accessible, each chapter highlights different practical methods for creating original and unforgetta... More >>

Creative Advertising: Ideas and Techniques from the World's Best Campaigns

Printed Matter / Drukwerk

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Upon publication in 1996, printed matter was labeled an instant classic in the world of design publishing. This beautifully designed visual survey of the career of Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens is a tactile distillation of Martens's unique and personal approach to design. Projects—ranging from postage stamps to books to signs on buildings—are arranged in layouts that fully explore the print process. The first edition of printed matter rapidly sold out alo... More >>

Printed Matter / Drukwerk

Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative

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Two classic drawing textbooks from an American comics pioneer, revised and enhanced for a new generation.Based on Will Eisner’s legendary course at New York’s School of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations of artists, students, teachers, and fans. In Comics and Sequential Art, Eisner reveals the basic building blocks and principles of comi... More >>

Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative

LogoLounge 6: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

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The sixth volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to logos. Top designers and design firms are handpicked and invited to be “foundation members.” Foundation and website members each supply multiple logos to the site. Each LogoLo... More >>

LogoLounge 6: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung

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From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Muller-Brockman first presented hi interpretation of grid in 1961, this text is still useful today for anyone working in the latest computer-assisted design. With examples on how to work correctly at a conceptual level and exact instructions for using all of the systems (8 to 32 fields), this guidebook provides a crystal-clear framework for problem-solv... More >>

Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung

1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection

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New miniature version!   The ability to wield typography is one of those things that is a clear indication of a talented designer. Being able to craft type well and thoughtfully takes a deep understanding of the inherent complexities and a keen eye for the minute and subtle details. This book contains a collection of 1,000 instances of thoughtful type usage along with credits that note what fonts were used in the design. Like its predecessor, 1,000 Graphic E... More >>

1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-1999

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A comprehensive reference of modern world paper money, with values for more than 11,500 notes and over 7,000 photos and illustrations.... More >>

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-1999

History of Modern Design

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Surveying applied arts and industrial design from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial context in which this relationship developed. The effects of a vastly enlarged audience for the products of modern design and the complex dynamic of mass consumption are also discussed. Part of this dynamic reveals that products serve as signs for desires that... More >>

History of Modern Design

Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition

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Today's digital cameras provide image data files allowing large-format output at high resolution. At the same time, printing technology has moved forward at an equally fast pace bringing us new inkjet systems capable of printing in high precision at a very fine resolution, providing an amazing tonality range and longtime stability of inks. Moreover, these systems are now affordable to the serious photographer. In the hands of knowledgeable and experienced photograp... More >>

Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

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This classic typography book, first published in 1993, is now updated with brand-new typefaces, fonts, and illustrations. Internationally renowned graphic designer Erik Spiekermann explains in everyday terms what typography is and offers design guidance in choosing type for legibility, meaning, and aesthetic appeal. Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works, 2nd Edition guides the reader through all aspects of typography, from the history and mechanics of type... More >>

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

1,000 Package Designs

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Packaging is everywhere you look—it’s in your refrigerator, your medicine cabinet, your closets, on the streets, in the stores, etc. Putting together a compendium of 1,000 of the best packages will offer designers a true array of inspiration and illustrate why people make the buying choices they make. The package of a product often times makes or breaks a sale—consumers are drawn to certain colors, graphics, and shapes, and this book will have plenty to offer ... More >>

1,000 Package Designs

One Million Tattoos: Designs to Create and Color. Jian Yi with Andrew James

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Once exclusive to sailors and tribal warriors, tattoos are now all the rage with everyone from the rock-n-roll crowd to groovy grannies. Discover the wild world of tattoo art in One Million Tattoos: Designs to Create and Color. This unique title features a full-color book, showcasing the biggest collection of tattoo art ever compiled, bundled with computer software that gives you the chance to create well over 90 million tattoo designs. Unlike getting a tattoo, crea... More >>

One Million Tattoos: Designs to Create and Color. Jian Yi with Andrew James

Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain

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Perfect for any designer or creative type who wants to quickly limber up their imagination on a daily basis, "Caffeine for the Creative Mind" helps readers get into the creative zone, from which all their best work springs. It features an edgy sketchbook design (by the authors) for visual allure. Packed with 15-minute simple and conceptual exercises, this guide will have readers reaching for markers, pencils, digital cameras and more in order to develop a working an... More >>

Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain

Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

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"Patterson's superb color shots, as well as his explanation of his unique approach to picture-taking, are sure to inspire you to explore fresh avenues in your own photography." -- The Globe and Mail... More >>

Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa

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An unprecedented series of images showing the Omo people's imaginative body decoration and embellishments.

The scene of tribal conflicts and guerrilla incursions, Ethiopia's Omo Valley is also home to fascinating rites and traditions that have survived for thousands of years. The nomadic peoples who inhabit this valley share a gift for body painting and elaborate adornments borrowed from nature, and Hans Silvester has captured the results in a series o... More >>

Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa

Mechanika: Creating the Art of Science Fiction with Doug Chiang

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In this stunning collection of step-by-step lessons, award-winning entertainment artist Doug Chiang gives artists the inside scoop on his processes, techniques, and theories for creating eye-popping science fiction artwork. Readers will learn to draw the creatures, robots, vehicles and drama of distant worlds--perennial favorites in film, television, toys and games. With Chiang's expert advice, 25 step-by-step demonstrations using both traditional and digital techni... More >>

Mechanika: Creating the Art of Science Fiction with Doug Chiang

You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination

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Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's Island to Gilligan's Island. There are speculative maps of the world before it was known, and maps to secret places known only to the ... More >>

You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination

I Wonder

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Quirky, poignant, astute, funny this beautiful book presents a colourful collection of observations on visual culture and design, written and illuminated by world-renowned typographic illustrator Marian Bantjes. Whether intricately hand-drawn or using precise computer illustration software, her highly ornamental, craftsman-like word-pictures have earned her professional acclaim and a cult following around the world.... More >>

I Wonder

The Guerilla Art Kit

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We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites moved Time magazine to name "You" their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds, we have not lost the urge to make our physical world more meaningful. By leaving art and ideas in public places, you can affect someone's day change their mood or their mind and maybe even change the world in the pro... More >>

The Guerilla Art Kit

Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies

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New in paperback, this workbook is a methodical yet comprehensive approach to conveying the fundamentals of avant-garde, innovative, information design by examining history, theory, criticism, technology and media, process, method, and practice.   Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, readers get an intimate understanding of the complexities of crafting information design to effectively improve communication both... More >>

Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies

Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design

• ISBN13: 9781592534470
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Graphic Design, Referenced is a visual and informational guide to the most commonly referenced terms, historical moments, landmark projects, and influential practitioners in the field of graphic design. With more than 2,000 design projects illustrating more than 400 entries, it provides an intense overview of the varied elements that make up the graphic design profession through a unique set of chapters: “principles" defines the very basic foundation of what cons... More >>

Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design

The Art of Megamind

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DreamWorks Animation presents Megamind, starring Will Ferrell as Evil Genius Megamind, Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchi, the Lois Lane–esque love interest, and Brad Pitt as Metro Man in an animated film that casts the super hero genre in an entirely new light. Like all other Evil Geniuses, Megamind has been trying to conquer the planet for decades, battling the seemingly immortal, and incomparably charming, superhero Metro Man in a cyclical struggle. That is, until the ... More >>

The Art of Megamind

Complete Color Index

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With over 2600 color combinations, this set is all you?ll need for solutions to your color problems! It contains the original best-selling Color Index and Color Index 2, and together they comprise the most comprehensive color-selection tool out there. Providing multiple palette possibilities for every project, this complete collection is an indispensable tool for designers, illustrators, photographers, crafters, fine artists and others.Each color palette includes a ... More >>

Complete Color Index

Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication

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The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his author's flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative powers and the technical artistic skills to produce high quality illustrations that will please authors and children's book editors. Separate chapters focus on: Media, mat... More >>

Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication