Graphic design Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Digital Media Foundations
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£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Digital Media Foundations
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£47.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Design Experience
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£123.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Run a Successful Design Business The New Professional Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Companion to Design Research
Book SynopsisThis new edition of The Routledge Companion to Design Research offers an updated, comprehensive examination of design research, celebrating a plurality of voices and range of conceptual, methodological, technological and theoretical approaches evident in contemporary design research. This volume comprises thirty-eight original and high-quality design research chapters from contributors around the world, with offerings from the vast array of disciplines in and around modern design praxis, including areas such as industrial and product design, visual communication, interaction design, fashion design, service design, engineering and architecture. The Companion is divided into four distinct sections with chapters that examine the nature and process of design research, the purpose of design research and how one might embark on design research. They also explore how leading design researchers conduct their design research through formulating and asking questions iTable of ContentsIntroduction to the second edition PART I - Exploring design research The nature and process of design research; the purpose of design research; onto-epistemic perspectives 1. The sometimes uncomfortable marriages of design and research 2. A cybernetic model of design research: towards a trans-domain of knowing 3. Inclusive design research and design’s moral foundation 4. "Redesigning design: On pluralizing design" 5. Decolonizing design research 6. Politics of publishing: Exploring decolonial and intercultural frameworks for marginalized publics 7. Phoneticians, Phoenicians and mapping design research around a Medidisciplinary Sea 8. Four analytic cultures in design research 9. Designing technology for More-Than-Human futures PART II - Designing design research Formulating research questions; conducting literature searches and reviews; developing research plans 10. What is a researchable question in design? 11. Foundational theory and methodological positioning at the outset of a design research project 12. Challenging assumptions in social design research undertaken in the Global South - India 13. Respectfully navigating the borderlands towards emergence: Co-designing with Indigenous communities 14. An emancipatory research primer for designers 15. From theory to practice: Equitable approaches to design research in the design thinking process 16. Re-articulating prevailing notions of design: About designing in the absence of sight and other alternative design realities 17. The soul of objects, an anthropological view of design 18. Exploring research space in fashion: A framework of meaning-making PART III - Conducting design research Asking questions; data collection methods; analysing information; ethical issues 19. Drawing out: How designers analyse written texts in visual ways 20. A photograph is still evidence of nothing but itself 21. Action research approach in design research 22. Woven decolonizing approaches to design research: Jolobil and Mahi-Toi 23. Participation Otherwise: More than southerning the world, designing in movement 24. The role of prototypes and frameworks for structuring explorations by Research Through Design 25. Imagining a feeling-thinking design practice and research from Latin America 26. Hacktivism as design research method 27. Software Ate Design: Creation and destruction of value through design research with data 28. Working with patient experience PART IV - Translating design research Embarking on transdisciplinary design research, conducting and communicating design research insights, findings, and results effectively; disseminating for impact. 29. Physical thinking: Textile making toward transdisciplinary design research 30. People-centred engagement for inclusive material innovation in healthcare 31. Seeing the invisible: Revisiting the value of critical tools in design research for social change 32. Practice-based evidence for social innovation: Working and learning in complexity 33. Collective dreaming through speculative fiction: Developing research worldviews with an interdisciplinary team 34. Drifting walls - learning from a hybrid design practice 35. Bridging gaps in understanding between researchers who possess design knowledge and those who do not 36. Probing and filming with strategic results: International design research to explore and refine new product-service concepts 37. Museum in our street: Social cohesion at street level 38. GeoMerce: Speculative relationships between nature, technology and capitalism Celebrating the plurality of design research
£204.25
Taylor & Francis African Industrial Design Practice
Book SynopsisThe underlying principle of this book is the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which acts as a guide for developing empathic products and services. The book makes the case that empathy is the key to any successful product and service design project because it enables designers to make wise design choices that align with users'' demands.Fifteen chapters provide the latest industrial design developments, techniques, and processes explicitly targeting emerging economies. At the outset, it covers the design context and the philosophy of the Ubuntu approach, which places people and communities at the centre of the development agenda. The book covers new product development, design research, design cognition, digital and traditional prototyping, bringing products to the market, establishing a company''s brand name, intellectual property rights, traditional knowledge, and the business case for design in Afrika. It concludes with a discussion about the future of design and the skills aspTable of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: New Product Development 1. Design Context in Afrika 2. Advancing Afrikan Sustainable Design 3. New Product Development Process: A Contextual Approach 4. Human Factors and Ubuntu in Product Design PART 2: Design Research 5. Design-Driven Research Methods 6. Ethics in Design PART 3: Design Cognition 7. Design Elements and Principles 8. Design Sketching: What Works Best from an Afrikan Perspective? PART 4: Prototyping Approaches 9. Physical Model Making for Designers 10. Traditional Manufacturing 11. Additive Manufacturing in Afrika PART 5: Taking the Product to the Market 12. Building Corporate Brand Reputation in Emerging Economies 13. Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and the Philosophy of Ubuntu 14. The Business Case for Design in Afrika 15. Designing Futures for Afrika and Beyond
£36.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Big Book of Color in Design
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£31.50
HarperCollins Publishers Inc We Are Paper Toys PrintCutFoldGlueFun
Book SynopsisRanging from paper toy sketches and templates to final design layouts and finished products, this title features step-by-step instructions on how to create and personalize the paper toy designs. It reveals why paper toys are so fun to create, and includes the suggestions for new toy makers.
£21.26
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fictitious Dishes An Album of Literatures Most
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£15.26
Pearson Education (US) Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book
Book SynopsisTable of Contents Getting Started 1 Introducing the Workspace 2 Getting to Know InDesign 3 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages 4 Working with Objects 5 Flowing Text 6 Editing Text 7 Working with Typography 8 Working with Color 9 Working with Styles 10 Importing and Modifying Graphics 11 Creating Tables 12 Working with Transparency 13 Printing and Exporting 14 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields 15 Creating a Fixed-Layout Epub
£42.74
Oxford University Press Effective Graphic Design
Table of ContentsWhy Who We Are Acknowledgments Design Projects Résumé Résumé Résumé Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Résumé Design Thoughts (Darren's) Wordmark Wordmark Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Wordmark Design Thoughts (Darren's) Logo Logo Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Logo Design Thoughts (Darren's) Business Card Business Card Design Thoughts (Darren's) Business Card Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Letterhead Letterhead Design Thoughts (Darren's) Letterhead Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Editorial Magazine Cover Magazine Cover Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Magazine Cover Design Thoughts (Darren's) Magazine Spreads Magazine Spreads Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Magazine Spreads Design Thoughts (Darren's) Newspaper Newspaper Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Newspaper Design Thoughts (Darren's) Newsletter Newsletter Design Thoughts (Darren's) Newsletter Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Program Program Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Program Design Thoughts (Darren's) Marketing/Advertising Poster Poster Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Poster Design Thoughts (Darren's) Brochure Brochure Design Thoughts (Darren's) Brochure Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Ad Ad Design Thoughts (Darren's) Ad Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Package Package Design Thoughts (Stefanie's) Package Design Thoughts (Darren's) Digital Interactive Interactive Design Thoughts (Stefanie and Darren's) The Big Picture Start with Quality Content Glossary and Explanations Theories Gestalt Theory of Visual Perception Hierarchy Weight Balance Contrast Elements Grid/Structure Imagery Typography Color Line, Shape, Form Texture Scale Negative Space (or White Space) Chunk Function Proportion Directing Eye off Page Tombstone Brand Identity Violation Widow Orphan Misspelling Crossword Effect Effects Visual Tension References Topic List (Alphabetical)
£85.99
Vintage Publishing The Redstone Book of the Eye A Compendium of
Book SynopsisAs we look at the world the eye seeks meaning, searches for the familiar. It will excite the eye: make you look again, see things anew, tease the mind and make you smile.Julian Rothenstein is the brilliant editor and designer of Redstone Press.Trade ReviewJulian Rothenstein's books are extraordinary - their range of reference seems to be universal and yet they have a flavour distinctively of their own. This Book of the Eye is no exception - vintage Redstone -- Quentin BlakeHis whole mission has been to make beautiful things and the results have almost never been equalled -- Will SelfVisual confusion and asymmetrical beauty are celebrated in this stimulating series of images and photos * The Times *Rothenstein uses an array of striking images to deconstruct everything about eyes, from the eye itself to optical illusions. Not simply a book for the art crowd * Big Issue *An eccentric compendium of images celebrating the world of the visual in delightfully oblique ways...the most moving section is perhaps The Unseeing Eye, where most of the pictures reproduced were taken by blind photographers and beguilingly demonstrate their sharpened sensual engagement with the world they are capturing * Metro *
£31.77
MIT Press Ltd Walter Benjamin Reimagined
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£20.70
MIT Press Ltd Designed for Dancing How Midcentury Records
Book SynopsisWhen Americans mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, polkaed in the pavilion, and tangoed at the club; with glorious, full-color record cover art.In midcentury America, eager dancers mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, Watusied at the nightclub, and polkaed in the pavilion, instructed (and inspired) by dance records. Glorious, full-color record covers encouraged them: Let’s Cha Cha Cha, Dance and Stay Young, Dancing in the Street!, Limbo Party, High Society Twist. In Designed for Dancing, vinyl record aficionados and collectors Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder examine dance records of the 1950s and 1960s as expressions of midcentury culture, identity, fantasy, and desire. Borgerson and Schroeder begin with the record covers—memorable and striking, but largely designed and created by now-forgotten photographers, scenographers, and illustrators—which were central to
£32.40
Thames & Hudson Ltd Stencil Type
Book SynopsisSteven Heller and Louise Fili present a compilation of sixty years of stencil type and reveal why the primitive style still reigns.Trade Review'The first book dedicated to the history of the enduringly popular stencil typeform' - New DesignTable of Contents1. American • 2. French • 3. Italian • 4. Spanish • 5. German • 6. Dutch • 7. British 8. Eastern European
£24.88
Phaidon Press Drawing Life
Book SynopsisThe first monograph on the enigmatic illustrator Javier Marisal
£62.96
Phaidon Press Ltd Merz to Emigrà and Beyond
Book SynopsisA survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and journals.Trade Review"A social history lesson in alternative culture."—Arena "Will become the bible for all magazine lovers."—Dazed & Confused "Magazine design connoisseurs will go wild for Steven Heller's Merz to Emigré and Beyond... Laden with beautifully ground breaking print designs... Beautifully realized, Heller's not-so-secret history is one to be read on many differing levels."—i-D "It will provide everyone from design students, art historians, academics and coffee-table/armchair connoisseurs with a visually breathtaking reference book, as well as a thorough and engaging read."—Fernando Guitiérrez, partner at the Pentagram design agency, London, Creative Review "A well-illustrated, impeccably researched and chronological study, this book looks set to be the definitive volume on its subject."—Grafik "An overview of the past century of print design and graphic experimentation. It is so well written and illustrated, it makes print seem exciting again... The book focuses on the avant garde in its widest sense... Visually, the results are mind-blowing... With short entries alongside illustrations and linear text, the book manages to be both a great reference tool that you can dip into, and a thorough, clear read. What Merz to Emigré does, lifting it above the usual crop of magazine design anthologies, is to examine the sweep of cultural change by looking at the details... Paper has never looked so radical... The magazines in this book could still kick up a sandstorm."—Francesca Gavin, Blueprint "This is a book that was waiting to be written. If you have any interest whatever in the succession of Modernist avant-garde movements that so enlivened culture through the last century, from Futurism, Dada, and Constructivism to underground, punk and internet subversion, you will know that the magazine was until the last decade the crucial medium of the dissemination of revolutionary ideas... Among much else, this book is a brilliant compendium of graphic shock tactics... Encyclopedic in scope, Merz to Emigré is also an exhaustive pictorial record of the one of great artistic phenomena of the modern era... It is too soon to write off the power of the alternative press... So richly documented in this fine and necessary book."—Mel Gooding, World of Interiors "A focused piece of scholarly research by a leading design historian... [Merz to Emigré] will last at least a century... Avant-garde publications usually had short, intense lives and were printed in small runs, so the reproduction of these images is a valuable resource, and Merz to Émigré includes a wealth of material rarely found in the standard design histories. For once the coffee-table format is justified in allowing these artifacts to be reproduced at a scale which gives a fair idea of their presence as physical objects, and it also allows a couple of the more significant issues to be shown in their entirety... In Merz to Émigré, Heller always traces the reasons why the magazines end up looking how they do. A good example is his comparison of Futurist, Dadaist and Surrealist publications from the 1910s onwards with the American underground press of the 1960s."—First published in Fluid, reproduced on www.typotheque.com US
£37.69
DK Signs and Symbols
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£24.70
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Childrens Paper Premiums in American Advertising
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Great Childrens Illustrators 18801930 18801930
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£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Chinese Label Art
Book SynopsisCombining wonderful graphics with fascinating history, this book is a showcase of outstanding Chinese label, packaging, and advertising art created between 1900 and 1976. These stunning images came from cities in China such as Canton and Shanghai, as well as places beyond the border such as Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, where large Chinese populations thrived and commercial ties to the West were strong. Export and domestic products include tea, medicine, food, cosmetics, cigarettes, dyes, matches, phonograph records, firecrackers, religious items, and more. Their labeling presents a mixture of traditional imagery and ornamentation blended with Western culture and merchandising. Over 400 visually captivating images make this an important resource for artists, designers, historians, and merchants alike.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Wedding Invitation Handbook
Book SynopsisMany engaged couples want their invitations to reflect top-quality artisan style rather than a mass-produced design. This thorough guide covers all you need to know to ensure your invitations are creatively perfect. It will also prove invaluable for specialty artisan printers who produce work for nuptials. All the elements of wedding stationery are covered here, including the invitation, envelopes, reception cards, ceremony cards, reply cards, and more. Guidance on wording, envelope addresses, design, and printing allows you to confidently make correct choices. Examples include wording for every type of observance, whether it be a traditional, blended, or same-sex marriage, or a nonreligious or commitment ceremony. This is a key reference for anyone planning their union, as well as small letterpress printers, calligraphers, and others who offer similar handmade invitations.
£19.54
Chronicle Books Designer's Guide to Color: v. 4
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£13.61
Chronicle Books Designer's Guide to Color: v. 5
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£13.51
Rizzoli International Publications Dont Sleep
Book SynopsisWhip-smart, and with a ripped-from-the-headlines attitude, this book is a call to arms, demonstrating the unique ability of graphic design to speak truth to power. Part personal history, part design philosophy, and part advocacy, this volume showcases the arresting work of Oliver Munday. Employing humor and menace in equal measure, Munday wields graphic design as a tool of empowerment, activism, and resistance. Drawing from the history and utility of twentieth- century agitprop, from Russian Constructivism to the Black Panthers, Munday updates a timeless medium for the social media age with his stark and often unsettling imagery. Drawing onTrade Review"The title of the insistent new monograph...is as fervently conscientious as the artist's loud, literal, and acutely compelling illustrations."—Bookforum"This encapsulates Munday's design work: arresting juxtapositions, an engagement with the political, and above all, a deliberate, understated presence. As heavy as the visuals are, Munday's hand is light. The images speak for themselves. Deep Sleep is a powerful survey of thirty-three-year-old Munday's career thus far . . . It's rare that a monograph can be accurately described as important or necessary. Don't Sleep, however, fits the bill. Isolated from their origianl context and arranged by theme, Munday's images accumulate power—the power not just to move readers but to move them to action. Don't Sleep is the kind of book that burns through the coffee table it's left on."—The Paris Review
£23.75
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Icart
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£25.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945
Book SynopsisA critical overview of contemporary design and its place within the broader context of art history A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945 introduces readers to a collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the complex areas of design that emerged through the latter half of the twentieth century, design history, design methods, design studies and more recently, design thinking. The book delivers a thoughtful overview of all design disciplines and also strives to stimulate inter-disciplinary debate and examine unconsidered convergences among design applications in different fields. By offering a new perspective on design, the articles assembled here present a challenging account of the boundaries between design history and its cognate disciplines, especially art history. The volume comprises five sectionsTime, Place, Space, Objects and Audiencesthat discuss environments for design and how we interact with designed objects and spaces. Notable features include: 24 new eTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii About the Editor xii Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xviii Series Editor’s Preface xix Introduction 1 Anne Massey Part I Time 7 1 Contemporary Design History 9 Sarah Teasley 2 Nostalgia 32 Elizabeth Guffey 3 Design Futures 51 Damon Taylor Part II Place 73 4 Transnationalism for Design History: Knowledge Production and Decolonization Through East Asian Design History 75 Yuko Kikuchi 5 African Fashion Design and the Mobilization of Tradition 91 Victoria L. Rovine 6 Urban Sights: From Outdoor Streets to Interior Urbanism 111 Gregory Marinic Part III Space 137 7 Virtual Space 139 Rina Arya 8 Interior Atmosphere 157 Lois Weinthal 9 Home Truths: Identity and Materiality in the Postwar Interior 173 Ben Highmore 10 Design of Contemporary Mega-Events 189 Graeme Evans Part IV Object 215 11 The Vibrant Object 217 Alexa Griffith Winton 12 The Consumed Object 240 Jonathan Bean 13 The Object of Design History: Lessons for the Environment 260 Kjetil Fallan 14 The Fashionable Object 284 Christopher Breward 15 The Written Object: Design Journalism, Consumption, and Literature Since 1945 299 Grace Lees‐Maffei 16 Destabilizing the Scenario of Design: Queer/Trans/ Gender‐Neutral 326 John Potvin Part V Audiences 351 17 Luxury and Design: Another Time, Another Place 353 Jonathan Faiers 18 Amateur Design 373 Paul Atkinson 19 The Professionalization of Interior Design 393Mark Taylor and Natalie Haskell 20 Design Education in Higher Education 412 Vicky Gunn 21 Design Against Consumerism 436 Paul Micklethwaite 22 Guilty Pleasures: Taste, Design, and Democracy 457 Malcolm Quinn Index 479
£156.70
Gingko Press David King Stencils
Book SynopsisThis long-overdue monograph features David King's iconic stencil-only designs, starting with the original Crass logo drawing and continuing to the present day.
£31.49
Gingko Press, Inc Shape Up!: The Infinite Possibilities of Shapes
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£42.46
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Design Elements, Color Fundamentals: A Graphic
Book SynopsisColor is an integral part of any design solution. Design Elements, Color Fundamentals is an essential resource for designers who want to create memorable design and successfully communicate with their audience. It is the second book in Rockport's Design Elements series, which focuses on the core elements of design.With this book, designers will:-Learn how to effectively communicate with color and integrate color with type and image to affect meaning and create order-See how known pairings and selection methods can be used in real-world projects-Explore hundreds of visual examples, illustrating how effective color combinations can be applied to any project, across media, and in diverse, cultural, and geographic situations-Realize the basic tenets of color theory as it is broken down into clear and actionable directives-Uncover tips and techniques for using color in client-based design workDiscover the basic rules for working with color as well as when it's OK to break the rules with Design Elements, Color Fundamentals!
£24.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Graphic Design Reference & Specification
Book SynopsisThe Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book should always be next to a designer's computer. Completely practical with only the most needed information, this valuable book provides designers with all the little details that can make or break a design, such as how much space to leave in the gutter when designing barrel folds, how to layout a template for a box, and the ratios of each part, as well as metric conversion charts, standard envelope sizes in the USA, Europe, Canada and Asia, and much more. This hardworking handbook is compact and accessible and is a must-have for any graphic designer.
£28.42
Princeton Architectural Press This is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual
Book SynopsisThis Is What Democracy Looked Like, the first illustrated history of printed ballot design, illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the heart of our democracy. An exploration and celebration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this visual history reveals unregulated, outlandish, and, at times, absurd designs that reflect the explosive growth and changing face of the voting public. The ballots offer insight into a pivotal time in American history—a period of tectonic shifts in the electoral system—fraught with electoral fraud, disenfranchisement, scams, and skullduggery, as parties printed their own tickets and voters risked their lives going to the polls.
£22.50
Princeton Architectural Press Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators:
Book SynopsisIn Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators, Kelly Walters collects twelve deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators of color who teach at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. BIPOC design educators often find themselves in design spaces where they struggle as the only person of color at their school or workplace. Their impactful stories offer invaluable perspectives for students and emerging designers of color, creating an entry point to address the complexities of race in design and bring to light the challenges of teaching graphic design at different types of public and private institutions. The book centers the educators' unique narratives, from their childhood experiences to their navigation of undergraduate and graduate studies and their career paths in academia and practice. The interviewees represent a cross-section of ethnic and multiracial backgrounds—African American, Jamaican, Indian, Pakistani, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, and Brazilian. Interwoven throughout the book are a collection of images that maintain cultural significance, from family heirlooms and photos to design works that highlight aspects of their cultural identities. Readers will gain insight into the multitude of experiences from BIPOC design educators who teach and work in the field today.
£18.04
Princeton Architectural Press The Business of Design: Balancing Creativity and
Book SynopsisThe Business of Design debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive, showing design professionals that they can pursue their passion and turn a profit. For nearly thirty years, consultant Keith Granet has helped designers create successful businesses, from branding to billing and everything in-between. Unlike other business books, The Business of Design is written and illustrated to speak to a visually thinking audience. The book covers all aspects of running a successful design business, including human resources, client management, product development, marketing, and licensing. This timely update on the 10th anniversary of the first edition includes new content on social media, working from home, and understanding and working with different generations, essential tools in today's ultracompetitive marketplace.
£28.50
Rockport Publishers Writing and Research for Graphic Designers
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£27.55
Georgetown University Press Keep Your Ear to the Ground
£28.80
Princeton Architectural Press Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in
Book SynopsisThe lives and work of diverse unsung heroes of design gathered in smart new book. Familiar histories of graphic design have placed women in the margins, their work unworthy of discussion and preservation. The good news is that with a little digging, we are confirming that women of many backgrounds and ethnicities have long been active in the profession: running presses in the British colonies, illustrating books in the studios of artistically cutting-edge Harlem, and drawing type in the drafting rooms of major type foundries. This collection of 15 fascinating illustratedessays reveals their stories, countering the history we've been fed and expanding the small canon of (overwhelmingly white) women in graphic design. Baseline Shift tells the stories of auteurs, champions of social justice, and the uncelebrated women who used design to make change, do business, and to make a living. It is essential reading for students and practitioners of graphic design as well as those with an interest in women's history.
£18.99
Batsford Ltd The Big Letter Hunt: London: An architectural A
Book SynopsisThe Big Letter Hunt: London is an alphabet picture book that takes its readers – young and old – on a tour of England's capital to find giant letters hidden amongst the buildings and city streets. The architectural treasure hunt winds its way past London's landmark buildings such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Museum, as well as architectural gems such as the Barbican and the modernist Brunswick Centre. The letters also appear in the skyscrapers of the City of London, on tube stations and in the detailing of windows and facades. Printed in a colourful and bold graphic style and accompanied by quirky facts about the buildings and their design, this book is perfect for all architecture and design fans. There is a map to follow the hunt around the city, and the jacket folds out into a A–Z poster to hang on the wall. Some letters are easy to spot; others need a closer look. The Big Letter Hunt: London is a book for both children and adults who like architecture, typography and London.
£12.66
Little Bookroom,U.S. T.BOR A Book (To Keep) +30 Postcards (To Send)
Book SynopsisThe highly innovative works of Tibor Kalman incorporated elements never before associated with successful design, but his advertisements, objects, videos, and editorial projects have become visual icons: a racially altered Queen Elizabeth, revolutionary watchfaces, Times Square installations, and more.
£19.43
Prestel Design: The Whole Story
Book SynopsisFrom the 18th century to the present, every aspect of design is covered in one single, spectacularly designed volume that will appeal to experts and general audiences alike. This chronologically organized compendium guides readers through the evolution of modern design, from its emergence in the 18th century to the present. Generously illustrated chapters trace the development of design: the classical revival, the "Art for All" movement, the Japanese influence and Art Nouveau. From there it explores topics such as how the industrial revolution changed the way we create and consume products; identity and conformity in the postwar world; brand loyalty and the counterculture; "Industrial Chic" and "Style Bibles"; the Digital Age and design with a conscience. Along the way readers will discover the close ties between design and social and cultural development. Iconic works that mark significant steps forward—such as Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair, the creation of the IBM logo, and Matthew Carter’s introduction of a typeface designed to be read on computer screens—are analyzed in terms of their development, impact, and historic importance. An illustrated timeline highlights key influences and events from three centuries. Compiled with the help of an international team of noted design historians and critics, this fascinating and comprehensive book reveals how nearly every aspect of our lives is touched by design.Trade Review"Design: The Whole Story, [is] an astounding compendium of the roots of modern design, its influences and uses that covers over three centuries of noteworthy achievements. The book is lavishly illustrated and enticingly informative as to the specific topics it covers. From Legos and Tupperware to the Eames Chair, Design: The Whole Story is engaging, a fascinating read, and a valuable resource for the curious minded." —New York Journal of Books"The book does a wonderful job of illustrating the scope of design, providing detailed analysis of its role and expression of culture and commerce…The visuals – both color and black and white – are excellent." -Choice
£31.46
Gingko Press Win Out Sports Graphic Design and Branding
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£39.89
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Handmade Packaging Graphics
Book SynopsisPacked with superb full-colour photography, Handmade Packaging Graphics brings together some of the finest examples of hand-made/illustrated/lettered packaging designs for a wide variety of products and from around the world.
£25.47
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Handmade Graphics
Book SynopsisIn an age where technology is a basic work tool for almost everyone, it sometimes seems incredible that there are still artists and designers creating works of art purely by hand that can stop us in our tracks. Handmade Graphics presents readers with a glorious full-colour celebration of the work of some of the finest artists, illustrators, and designers from around the world who create handmade works of art. From drawing and paintings to 3D graphics with unusual materials, fantastic paper or collage creations, readers will find a wide range of handmade projects that show the only limitations to art is imagination.
£25.48
Hoaki Optical Illusions in Graphic Design
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£999.99
ActarD Inc BASTARD CHOOSE MY IDENTITY
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£18.40
ActarD Inc Neuland: The Future of German Graphic Design
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£21.60
Sendpoints Shanghai Flair
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£15.58
Gingko Press Magical Geometry
Book SynopsisGeometry has become a key element of the visual language of contemporary art and design this book sources a wide range of projects from outstanding design teams from around the world.
£27.39
