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BIS Publishers B.V. Pixel-Art Game: Café Terrace at Night
This three-staged memory game invites you to observe masterpieces closely. Historically, a masterpiece was a work of a very high standard, produced in order to obtain membership of a guild or academy. Since the author never went to art school, her untrained eye wondered: “How should I look at art in order to fully appreciate it?” Trying to answer this question, she decided to design a system of observation based on different steps: games and activities following a set scheme that triggers the player to look at a masterpiece on a different scale. Pixel-Art Game allows you to zoom into these Dutch Masterpieces. Match the original image with its pixelated copies by zooming into Van Gogh’s famous Café Terrace at Night. The painter’s colour and use of light are emphasised through the pixels of the digitalised image, taking art into our contemporary digital language. With light packaging, perfect to take along with you, the Pixel-Art Game offers several games in one set. Each of these 3 games is a step towards understanding the artwork better, and they can be played with multiple players.
£9.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Contrarian Branding: Stand Out by Camouflaging the Competition
The world is busier than ever. One of the major challenges for brands is how to stand out from the competition: brands competing for market share, new brands that are being introduced, and indeed politicians fighting for attention in a crowded arena. The answer is certainly not to create more and more messages. Instead, brand managers should be able to craft ‘polar’ brand associations. This book shows how brands catch the eye by creating polarity. This goes further than just being different. It’s a sophisticated technique to set brands apart from all other competitors in a radical way. This can be done by creating brand associations that radically split a competitive field into absolute opposites or are able to reconcile these in unexpected ways. Lightheartedly and with a wealth of examples, the book describes unique ways of guaranteeing that brands create a break through. Contrarian Branding is a must for brands eager to stand out from the crowd.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Once Upon a Time I Went To . . .: A Stimulating Notebook to Help you Travel to the Fullest
Travelling is one of the most exciting things you can do. Getting lost in a beautiful forest or visiting every museum in a city; whatever your idea of a perfect trip is, it will always enrich your life. This book helps you to enjoy your trip to the fullest and gives you the opportunity to write down your favorite new memories.It's perfect for people who love to travel, but want some help exploring. If you want to get more out of your trip, Once Upon a Time I Went is a book they should definitely take with them when they travel.It's a notebook with prompts to make the most of your trip and it's full of questions and assignments to help you explore a new city or country
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. CEX Sells: New Inspiration for Valuable Customer Experiences
Customer EXperience (CEX) is hot! Nowadays, it’s getting increasingly hard for companies to be distinctive through the products they offer. So it is key for them to stand out by means of the services they offer in addition to these product. A focus on the customer experience is needed. Many companies realize this, but only few manage to be successful. They understand the theory and the process to get there, but what they lack are concrete tools to bring the theory into practice. CEX SELLS is the inspiration book for companies that want to deliver distinctive customer experiences in order to achieve their business objectives. The authors discuss the various ingredients needed to deliver perfect customer experiences. Ingredients to define and design the optimal experience, but they also offer a description of what is needed in the organization for them to be able to deliver and manage that desired experience. They show how front runners worldwide have optimized their customer experience, and what other companies could learn from that. A book that will definitively inspire you to improve your own customer experience!
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Once Upon a Time I Wanted to Be…: An Inspirational Notebook to Help You Find Your Passions and Talent
From the makers of 'Once Upon a Time I Was...', the guided notebook to create your own autobiography (now in its third printing), we present this new notebook, which helps you to find your talent and passion and the job and life that matches best with who you are and what you want to be. Whatever age you are, knowing what you want to be and do in your professional life can give such fulfilment. It can make you wake up with a smile every day and give you a sense of belonging. Like you have found your place in the world. But how many people do you know who really do what they love? And what about yourself? Do you have any idea of what you want? What makes you tic? And what (if somebody would ask you to) would you do for free because you are so happy doing it? This book will give you the tools to find out what that thing is that you want to do with the rest of your professional life and it will give you tips and insights on how to achieve it.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. CO LAB: Collaborative Design Survey
The object of CO LAB: is to promote the ideals and methods of contemporary design collaboration by informing on cultural context, surveying some unexpected practitioners, and highlighting techniques and practices that apply to studio work and forward-thinking education initiatives. There will be three main sections with 10-20 short-burst chapters in each, befitting the collection/handbook format.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Always be Yourself Unless You Can Be a Unicorn Then Always Be a Unicorn A Snapshot of the Weird and Wonderful World of the Tumblr Generation
A guide to understanding some of what youngsters -referred to as Generation Y, Millennials, Digital Natives..- say, do and think.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Make Design Matter
Make Design Matter is an accessible book about a complex subject. It proposes strategic design guidelines based on holistic concepts. The guidelines facilitate convergence across different fields, inspiring designers and lay persons, companies and institutions, and teachers and students of design to envision and apply more meaningful solutions. This book will help you to design better… and to make design matter!
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Never Photograph People Eating: And 50 Other Ridiculous Photography Rules
Anneloes van Gaalen never stops researching ridiculous rules in creative sectors and we are thankful for that, because it produces more of these wonderful and bestselling Ridiculous Design Rules books, which make perfect gifts for creative people and those who love creative work. Five books have been published and reprinted (!) so far, and we are now pleased to announce the next three new titles: Never Sleep with the Director and 50 other Ridiculous Film Rules, Never Photograph People Eating and 50 other Ridiculous Photography Rules and Never Paint by Numbers and 50 other Ridiculous Art Rules. These three fields of creativity will attract the interest of the general public, besides of course appealing to the professionals working in these sectors. For each of the 51 rules covered in each book, Van Gaalen refers to quotes by famous fellow creators, who either think there is something to the rule or have made a personal variation on it.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Know Your Onions: Graphic Design
This book is practical and immediate, without being condescending or overly technical. It is like having a graphic design mentor who will help you come up with ideas, develop your concepts, and implement them in a way that is engaging and humorous. It gives readers the experience and ability that normally comes from years of on-the-job training. All of the essential techniques of graphic design and its digital implementation are covered. Read this book and gain 25 years of experience in how to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a god. This book is designed like a notebook, with all the authors’ tips and knowledge already inside. However, it also includes blank pages that allow the user to personalize this reference book with specific notes that are relevant to his or her studio, suppliers or clients.
£15.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Everyday Innovator: 4 powerful habits to cultivate team creativity
This hands-on guide empowers individuals of all backgrounds to cultivate effective habits for enhancing creativity. Today, leaders and employees are expected to demonstrate increased creativity in their work. However, many lack the skills to be creative on command or challenge conventional thinking. This book provides a practical approach to developing creative skills, boosting confidence and foster a culture of creativity in your team. It guides readers through the four key creative skillsets, helping them turn each into a habit. The book equips readers with tools to challenge assumptions, generate novel ideas, stay open-minded and persuade others. It also highlights the benefits of creativity, such as driving innovation and better decision-making. Readers will learn to explore new areas, imagine ideas for better decisions, evaluate ideas with a learning mindset and present ideas persuasively. Everyday Innovator offers a hands-on guide for developing your creative skills, boosting your creative confidence and fostering a culture of creativity in your team. - Learn how to prepare for the creative journey and practice essential creative skills. - Discover how to integrate creativity into daily tasks and set expectations. - Kickstart your journey to make creativity a natural part of your daily work and your innovative projects.
£18.00
BIS Publishers B.V. This is a Good Guide - for a Sustainable Lifestyle: Revised Edition
This is the definitive and comprehensive guide for what you can do about climate change and to contribute to a better world. It contains lists of go-to shops, beautiful brands, inspiring insights, surprising facts and useful solutions. Through in-depth interviews with leading pioneers, such as Livia Firth, Green Kitchen Stories and Andrew Morgan, you will find exactly what you need to live a more sustainable life. After all, doing good and feeling good at the same time: does it not get any better than that?This revised edition is the newly updated version of the international bestseller This is a Good Guide - for a Sustainable Lifestyle (30.000 copies sold worldwide). All stores, brands, addresses and initiatives are up-to-date with new shops and labels. The book has new interviews, revised facts and figures, and an additional eight pages of tips and tricks.
£19.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Creative Thinker’s Exercise Book
By enhancing your ability to identify connections, you can enhance your creativity. This exercise book strengthens your ability to recognise connections. The exercises are based on the theory of the book The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker, as well as observations in neuroscience, and seventy years of creativity studies. This exercise book is based on a dynamic balance of theory, technique, and exercises, it's a practical hands-on workbook. It’s the perfect outlet to get your hands dirty and dive into exercises that strengthen one’s ability to see and make connections. This book is for those seeking to enhance their creativity. It can be used to: - Develop one’s creative capacity - Train underlying mechanisms in creative thinking - Enrich educational purposes - Increase idea production Creative Thinker’s Exercise Book is for everyone that’s eager to indulge in exercises to enhance their innate creativity by identifying connections.
£16.99
BIS Publishers B.V. How to Research Trends (Revised Edition): Move Beyond Trendwatching to Kickstart Innovation
Welcome to the all-new, revised and revamped edition! Embark on an exciting journey into the future, using trend research as your compass. Take a deep dive into the future with this book as your trusty companion. "How to Research Trends" shows you how to navigate and explore using the powerful tool of trend research. Learn how to scan the environment for signs of change, analyze trend spots, and apply insights to kickstart innovation. This revised edition is designed for professionals who want to incorporate trend research into their own work. It features new interviews with professionals and agencies, as well as new theories, including Shalom Schwartz's human values model and Sharpe's Three Horizons Framework. Learn how to use trend research to explore the future, and you'll be prepared for change and the uncertainties it brings. Interviews with professionals that provide insights on how to implement trends. Various activities and tools to be used individually or in a team. A dedicated chapter on how to set up your own trend practice within your organisation.
£27.00
BIS Publishers B.V. Powerful Women Puzzle: Herstory in Pieces: Celebrating Women in Art
Explore the amazing world of art with the 1000-piece Powerful Women Puzzle! It showcases women bringing their stories to life. This puzzle isn't just about putting the pieces together; it's a joyful celebration of women's significant contributions to art history. Inside the package, you'll find a leaflet with fascinating insights into women's remarkable role in shaping the art world. Based on the popular Powerful Women Affirmation Deck, this puzzle highlights the strength and resilience of incredible women. It's a fantastic combination of fun and learning, allowing you to dive into the inspiring journeys of female artists who have impacted the art scene. Whether you're an art lover, a puzzle enthusiast, or searching for a meaningful gift, this puzzle offers a unique and uplifting perspective on the immense impact women have had on the art realm. - Celebrates women in art and their contributions to history. - Includes a leaflet with valuable insights into the remarkable role of women in shaping the art world. - The perfect blend of entertainment and education.
£18.40
BIS Publishers B.V. Great Leaders Mix and Match: Get ready for the future with the ideaDJ strategy
This book serves as a manual and toolbox and outlines how leaders can become 'ideaDJs'. A perfect ideaDJ mix consists of beauty, value and impact. By creating beauty, the solutions have more elegance in their implementation. It adds more value to all stakeholders, not just shareholders. And finally, the solutions create more sustainable and scalable impact.Great Leaders Mix and Match is a manifesto for more beautiful combinations in (business) life. The world faces complex challenges and these challenges can only be resolved by mixing and matching ideas. The beauty here lies in the elegance of the solutions which actually make the (business) world a better place and how we are able to solve multiple challenges in one go. Think of a waste incarnation plant which doubles as ski hill. Or think of new solutions for care: an elderly home, combined with children day care and an animal farm, where all parties benefit from the combination. These are real cases where the total (combination) is clearly more than the sum of its parts. This book serves as a manual and toolbox and outlines how leaders can become 'ideaDJs'. A perfect ideaDJ mix consists of beauty, value and impact. By creating beauty, the solutions have more elegance in their implementation. It adds more value to all stakeholders, not just shareholders. And finally, the solutions create more sustainable and scalable impact. Besides many exciting examples, this book contains a clear methodology and tool kits. The main focus is to help (business) leaders to change the mindset and attitude of the people around them.
£17.99
BIS Publishers B.V. A Spectator is an Artist Too: How we Look at Art, How we Behave Around Art
Is there anything more entertaining, inspiring and instructive than observing art? Yes, it is watching the people interacting with this art. This book may forever change your approach to art as it urges you to always consider both the work and the response. Because ultimately artists create, but we – the audience – complete the picture.A Spectator is an Artist Too is a visual essay about human behaviour around art: what happens when we are confronted with something immensely beautiful, challenging, or puzzling? Art historians only study objects, but how these objects are received is also worthy of our attention.The book also captures how art museums are changing, as they draw increasingly diverse audiences. The way the museum visitors responds to art is becoming more casual and creative – but also more swift or even banal. This shift is increased by a whole new breed of Instagram-friendly 'museums' worldwide, attracting experience-hungry visitors with immersive exhibitions defined by their Instagrammability.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat.
Revised edition: 20 additional methods, three new case studies and a new chapter to introduce life-centred design. This book introduces the reader to the changing role of design as a way of thinking and a framework for solving complex problems and achieving systemic change.This book introduces the reader to the changing role of design as a way of thinking and a framework for solving complex problems and achieving systemic change. It documents 80 methods that cover all stages of a design process, providing actionable guidance for applying the methods across a range of projects. The methods are complemented by seven case studies to demonstrate their application in different domains, from designing interfaces for autonomous vehicles to addressing health and wellbeing. Free templates and resources, available at designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com, make this a great resource for design educators as well as practitioners leading workshops in their organisation or looking for inspiration to transform their practice.In this revised edition, the authors look beyond the human-centred design paradigm and provide an introduction to life-centred design. This extended focus is reinforced through design methods for considering the broader ecosystem in which products and services are used, including the use of natural resources, ethical concerns and the long-term impact of design decisions.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Lay Your Cards on The Table: Spark the conversation between different generations
Chatting with colleagues at the coffee machine is easy enough. Talking to a new colleague is a little less easy. Having an in-depth conversation with someone you do not know, is anything but easy. And, if that someone is either half your age or twice as old, it becomes difficult. This game turns that task into a joyful experience. Lay Your Cards on The Table consists of 60 cards with conversation starters. Choose questions from 3 different categories and you will be having great conversations in no time. You can play this game with 2 people or more. You can start the conversation by randomly asking or answering some of the questions or, if you need some more guidance, you can use the game rules. Although in the end, there really is just one rule: Whatever is discussed on the table, stays there!
£13.49
BIS Publishers B.V. Know Your Onions - Corporate Identity: Get your Head Around Corporate Identity Design and Deliver One Like the Big Boys and Girls
Not all of us get to work on multimillion corporate identity projects for airlines and huge conglomerates. If you are new to the sector or honing their skills, this book if for people who have tackled identity projects in the real world, then this is for you. This is a broad introduction on identity design - not branding - don't worry, you'll learn the difference.If you want a book that tells you how to do it, this is for you - if you want a book about how other people have done it - then this isn't the book for you.This book is for graphic designers and people who commission corporate identity projects who want to understand the process and how to deliver one, be it new to the sector or honing their skills.
£15.29
BIS Publishers B.V. Visual Doing Workbook
As a follow-up to the bestseller Visual Thinking and the second book Visual Doing, the author is releasing two workbooks. These books are great tools to help you kick-start your visual journey and gain the confidence to produce amazing, compelling drawings. The books are crammed with tons of visual exercises, ranging from tracing illustrations to drawing hacks. It will inspire you to design and share your own icons! The Visual Doing Workbook: Create clear and compelling layouts; focusses on flipcharts and larger, more complex drawings and how to tie together their different elements. It will show you how to grab people’s attention and make your ideas stand out by framing your canvas or making sure it has an eye-catching title.
£11.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Designing With and Within Public Organizations: Building Bridges Between Public Sector Innovators and Designers: Building Bridges between Public Sector Innovators and Designers
Many contemporary societal issues have grown to be too complex to solve with traditional approaches. It is no wonder that design practices increasingly appeal to public organisations as a new and promising approach. But, before we can make the collaboration between designers and public organisations a success, we have to acknowledge that there are vast differences between their approaches. Because if we don’t, we will experience major upsets and often a disappointing impact. In this book, the author introduces the art of context building – creating and maintaining the right context within public organisations for an honest, thorough and yet manageable design process. In the first part of the book, the author introduces in clear chapters change management, stakeholder management, coalition building and power from a design perspective. In the second part of the book, the author explains how to apply the new insights in order to establish and maintain the right context for designing within public organisations.
£31.25
BIS Publishers B.V. This Human: How to Be the Person Designing for Other People
This Human is about the person who is doing the designing. There are many great design books in existence that teach us about design process, tools and methods. With the increasing popularity of design thinking and human-centered design we've also seen more material discussing various aspects of the practice. One missing aspect, almost in an ironic twist, is what it takes to be the actual person who is doing the designing. The name This Human is referring to that person. The person who needs to observe to gain insight, to makes sense of their observations in a way that isn't biased by their own world views. The person who needs to communicate in many different ways with many different intentions to communicate information which is often hard to access, difficult to grasp and just not that tangible. The person who is so passionate about having a positive impact they become exhausted one third of the way into their project. This book helps these people to learn more about themselves and how to think and be in their practice of design - to help them grasp all that is going on inside that then influences their creations.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Pitching Ideas: Make People Fall in Love with your Ideas
We are good at designing beautiful products and we offer good services. We always know exactly what the user wants and we know dozens of methodologies. However, if we have to convince our customers and colleagues, we find it rather difficult. For one reason or another, pitching ideas is one of the most undervalued practices in the creative field. From convincing a colleague to opt for a certain methodology to persuading a customer to go for a certain concept, you can have the best ideas in the world, but if you are not able to bring them across, they will never become reality. In this book the author will take you inside the heads of the people you have to convince. Pitching Ideas will help you to find the essence of the idea you want to get across and will explain how you can really convince the right people in the end.
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Creative Chef Postcards
A postcard book with twenty postcards: visuals about food inspired by the Creative Chef's work as an artist, food designer, and chef. Think 'MacGyver Food Solutions' and 'Make Food not War'. The Creative Chef's humor and unique way of looking at the world are presented in these cards.
£6.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Trashures: The Beauty of Useless Stuff
Have you seen the Waste Land documentary? It's about the largest landfill in the world in Brazil where people make a living out of garbage in the dump. Until artist Vik Muniz comes and Art is born out of rubbish materials and ends up in Phillips, an auction house in London, one of the most important in contemporary art. Inspired? Through Trashures useless garbage will become indispensable to your project. You can also get to know how other artists reacted to the transition from useless, scrap, ordinary things to unique pieces of art, ingenious assemblages of beautiful and smart designed new products. For whoever has an eye for it, there is beauty in everything, from rubbish to stuff that is plain useless. This book features fifteen international artists who work with rubbish, showcases some of their projects, and includes a DIY spread for a project by every artist.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. This is my New York: Do-It-Yourself City Journal
This is the fourth of a DIY city guide series on the market, now with the most popular city in the USA: New York City. These guides are colouring and creative activity books, travel notebooks, and city guides all in one. Each book contains beautiful illustrations of the city for you to colour in or finish, inspirational to-do lists, and fun facts about the city. But it also leaves plenty of space for your own stories, drawings, pictures, tickets, notes, and tips. With this journal you create your own city guide full of memories and tips about your trip to the city to cherish as a keepsake of your trip and to inspire friends to go there, too.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Write Nothing in Here
You want to come up with new ideas. With things that others haven’t thought about. There are a million ways to do so, but the majority of theories focus on connecting or improving existing things. Like how to connect a with x or how to think outside the box. But what if you don’t think in boxes? And what if you don’t want to improve things around you, but really want to focus on new stuff? Your nose is at the right place, because this book is about exactly that. The author argues that while the whole world is focusing on things, you should focus on nothing. She challenges you to focus on the gaps, the spaces in between and all the things that ordinary thinkers wouldn’t care to notice. This notebook and sketchbook is full of prompts, assignments, fun facts and quotes from the world of science, arts and philosophy about exploring the virtues of nothingness. You’ll find out once you get the hang of it, that focusing on nothing really helps to create new ideas. That’s why this book is a doodle and sketch book – with plenty of space to capture your notes and to create out of nothing.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Simplicity: A Matter of Design
As the world becomes increasingly complex and complicated, simplicity becomes increasingly in demand. We all seek simplicity in small or large measure. We strive to create simplicity at work and at home. While the lives of our early ancestors may appear simple to us, it would not be simple for us to live those lives. This takes us to the root of simplicity: Simplicity is not an absolute quality. It depends on our experience, knowledge, understanding, and skills. Simplicity: A Matter of Design offers a set of terms that will allow us to discuss simplicity in design with precision. It looks into the basics of simplicity and researches more in depth three aspects of design: functionality (simplicity for comfort), aesthetics (simplicity for pleasure) and ethics (simplicity for conscience). There is an extra chapter on simplicity in communication. If there is one quality all designers are seeking it is simplicity. Nevertheless, very little is written on the subject. Simplicity: A matter of design is a very clearly written and illustrated must read for students and practitioners who are intrigued by the concept of simplicity.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Old Masters Memory Game
Old Masters Memory Game collects the most famous and beloved portrait painters from the 16th and 17th centuries in one game that is fun to play, educational, and a feast for the eyes. The task, as always, is to collect two cards that make one set: in this case, two portrait paintings by the same painter. The sets are clearly recognizable by the posture of the figure, facial expression, the style of painting, and attributes like clothes and hairstyle. To help, there is always the brochure with all the paintings in pairs and a little explanation on the painters. This is a wonderful gift item for gift shops and all museums that collect the old masters. The game consists of 50 cards of 25 sets featuring world-famous portraits by the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticello, Titian, Frans Hals, Albrecht Durer, Goya, and many others.
£13.49
BIS Publishers B.V. ViP Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators
The authors, design practitioners and educators, bringing together in this book 15 years of knowledge, practice and research, have produced the first book about how, as a designer, to formulate a vision for new and appropriate products. They call this new approach Vision in Product Design (ViP). It strikes a good balance between structuring the process of design while allowing the designers to take a personal position and fully express themselves in producing a product. ViP is both a method and a design philosophy. Besides explaining what ViP is all about, the book offers a rich array of narratives like conversations, cases, literature and creative materials (both academic and popular) and illustrations like models and pictures. Through these different pathways the reader will better understand ViP and will be able to interact with the book, both in practice as in educational context in more various ways.
£26.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Conditional Design: An introduction to elemental architecture
Conditional design is the sequel to Operative Design. This book will further explore the operative in a more detailed, intentional, and perhaps functional manner. Spatially, the conditional is the result of the operative. It is not a blind result however. Both terms work together to satisfy a formal manipulation through a set of opportunities for elements such as connections and apertures.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Eccentric Structures in Architecture
Structures which are conceived rationally have an order and logic which do not always fit into real world conditions of the irrational and the unpredictable in architecture. But what if structural ideas were explored as a condition in architecture which challenged the predictable? What if structure were not bound by its rational ethos but instead conceived in alternative approaches relevant to real-world irrationalities? And if the approaches lead to what is possible, then is structural eccentricity a norm or an anomaly in architecture? This book documents a series of design investigations that engage with conditions of shape, change and mutation, giving rise to design propositions dealing with eccentricity in structure. With illustrations and accompanying descriptions of the design process, this book is a useful reference for structural strategies in architecture.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces: And 50 Other Ridiculous Typography Rules
Rules in typography--a joy for graphic designers and everyone who has anything to do with designing texts.
£12.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Shaping Text: Type, Typography and the Reader
Everyone is a typographer. This is the inevitable conclusion when looking at the way in which today’s computer users are forced to make decisions about fonts and layout for their day-to-day communication. Writing, typesetting and printing have become part of almost everyone’s experience. However, many users are clueless about how fonts work, what constitutes a functional layout and how to communicate best with readers. There has even been a decline in basic typographic knowledge among young design professionals. And yet, a thoughtful and purpose-driven shaping of text lies at the basic of effective, powerful graphic communication. Shaping Text takes a practical and broad approach to typography. It is aimed at design students and graphic designers, and also at those who are concerned with content: writers, editors and publishers. Showing a wide range of examples from first-rate designers across the world, the book examines why and how typographic designs work well in a given context. Particular attention is given to the team play between the text itself - written language - and the design - the shaping of the text - to form a new, multi-level visual message with a complex content. Many textbooks on typography look at the details of type and lettering first, often taking a historical approach, then zoom out to gradually reveal a larger whole. Shaping Text works the other way around. It starts by looking at graphic products - in print, on the screen and in the environment - and then examines the constituting elements, including type, image, ornament, layout, and colour. Historical examples are used as references for most genres of text-shaping; a chronological overview of type design and printing techniques forms a lengthy appendix rather than the core of the book. Finally Shaping Text is firmly rooted in contemporary design praxis. It discusses the state of the art in type design and technology, and tackles problems and questions that font users may be struggling with. Besides being a typographic writer and consultant for leading companies such as FontShop and MyFonts, the author has worked as a graphic designer and teacher; Shaping Text reflects this broad experience with typographic form and content.
£29.99
BIS Publishers B.V. This is a Good Guide - for a Sustainable Lifestyle
This is a good guide for a sustainable lifestyle. It’s as simple as that. Would you like to live more sustainably, but without putting a lot of time, effort or money into it? Then this is your book. It’s filled with practical and positive tips on fashion, beauty, food, home, work, travel and leisure, and shows that stylish and sustainable go very well together. In particular, it demonstrates that it is about being good, not perfect: about smart choices, doing what you can and what suits you. With this modern handbook, sustainable fashion and lifestyle expert Marieke Eyskoot makes green living fun and doable. The right addresses, beautiful labels, great places, surprising facts and handy solutions – exactly what you need. Because doing good and feeling good at the same time: this is what everyone is looking for.
£26.30
BIS Publishers B.V. The 7 Principles of Complete Co-Creation
The 7 Principles of Complete Co-Creation presents a comprehensive view on co-creation. Illustrated by various international case studies, it explains co-creation not as a method, tool or project, but as a new paradigm in which end-users play an ongoing, active role with and for organizations that are relevant to them. It reads like a practical handbook on how to utilise complete co-creation in order to create sustainable value with end-users and other relevant parties. Since co-creation is a relatively new discipline, not much has been written on the topic. The authors have bundled together their years of practical experience to fill this gap. Unlike any existing publication, this book provides the reader with a clear co-creation framework, giving practical answers to questions such as: ‘what is co-creation and how does it work?’, ‘whom to involve in a co-creation process?’, ‘how to convince others of the benefits of co-creation and overcome barriers?’.
£30.46
Atlas Press bis Sam Dunn Is Dead: A Futurist Novel
£13.52
BIS Publishers B.V. Think Like An Athlete
£14.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Mindset to Startup
This guide navigates the entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the importance of a resilient mindset. It offers practical tools to overcome challenges and create meaningful value in business and the world.
£22.50
BIS Publishers B.V. Playful Type Memory
This unique and well designed memory game on fonts guarantees both fun and education. It is three games in one. Match letters or font styles and use the fonts as letterboxed to form your favourite words.
£12.59
BIS Publishers B.V. Lie Like an Artist
Discover the key to effective communication with 'Lie Like an Artist.' This essential guide uses the knowledge of artists to master the art of clear expression, ensuring your ideas resonate and captivate.
£15.99
BIS Publishers B.V. Interface Design
Interface Design explores the impact of everyday device interfaces on user behavior, while delving into recent trends and innovations to shape the interfaces of the future.
£22.49
BIS Publishers B.V. The Art of Co-Design: Solving problems through creative collaboration
The quintessential handbook on 'how to' co-design. In recent years, co-design has become something of a buzzword. While the term has gained in popularity, its true meaning and practical implementations are not widely understood. Existing resources, such as co-design toolkits, are freely available online but tend to be highly specialised and template-driven, limiting their usefulness for diverse contexts. The team behind "The Art of Co-Design" conducted a thorough review of existing co-design toolkits and created a comprehensive resource that provides a holistic understanding of co-design, its methods, and applications. This book examines the core steps in developing and delivering projects, from creatively designing the co-design itself to understanding how it can work best for different stakeholder groups to analysing results correctly and producing effective prototypes. Consider this book the ultimate guide on 'how to' co-design. - Gain the confidence to effectively engage in co-design. - Learn how to customize and apply co-design to any context. - Allow for more authentic and tailored approaches.
£25.20
BIS Publishers B.V. Dilemmarama: Junior Edition
Would you rather... wear the same underwear for a year OR walk on all fours for the rest of your life? Following the success of previous Dilemmarama games, there's a Junior edition for children and their families to enjoy. There is only one rule: you HAVE to choose! This hilarious card game features 60 absurd dilemma cards that will make you laugh and make for the silliest conversations. And because life is full of dilemmas, there are two play options. For option one, you have to present the most challenging dilemmas to the other players to become the 'dilemma champion.' Option two allows you to play in teams, and you have to guess what your teammates would choose. Guaranteed you'll get to know your friends and family better this way! - Learn to choose between challenging options. - Enjoy silly conversations and hilarious dilemmas. - Get to know your friends and family even better.
£13.49
BIS Publishers B.V. Relation of Elements: Using Prepositions to Shape Design
Discover a new way to explore three-dimensional design and architecture using prepositions. "Relation of Elements" explores the role of prepositions in architecture and design, a part of speech often overlooked when describing and designing architecture. The book demonstrates how language can shape our understanding of objects and spaces and allows you to discover new ways to shape and define space. The book aims to inspire architects and designers to think creatively by manipulating prepositions and exploring the connections between different composition and structure elements. By making subtle changes to the prepositions used in describing design problems, one can introduce novelty and improvements in the outcome of a project. - A thoughtful approach to reimagining the relationship between elements in a design. - Explore three-dimensional design through the use of the preposition
£19.80
BIS Publishers B.V. Creative Reboot: Catalysing Creative Intelligence
Catalyse creative intelligence with a game changing kit to ignite insights and innovations. A practical guide for change-makers wanting to tap imagination and amp-up creativity. Whether you are a rigid analytical thinker or an accomplished creative mind, over the course of these pages, you'll learn to use creativity to create, diverge from, and converge into new inventive pathways, finding innovative approaches to complex problems. By providing a sequential pathway of interdisciplinary creative exercises, Creative Reboot is the all-in-one toolkit that helps facilitate the building of your creative confidence. Creative Reboot comes as a kit, easily carried around in your pocket to give you access to your primary source of creativity whenever your day calls for it. Each of the six chapters is grounded in applied scholarly understanding and complemented by case studies that reveal real-world applications of creativity. These pages are further supported by a range of guided creative cards. Their potential for spontaneous combination allows you to develop creative flexibility, create a network of connections, and realise innovative solutions with your own creative intelligence. By using this book, you'll enter a new age of creative thought leadership, its potential for serendipitous association of the cards allowing you to combine, cross-pollinate, and reorientate the creative cards to push the bounds of creative problem solving even further. While embodying creative theory, Creative Reboot goes further and situates creativity as a catalyst of change within complex challenges, alchemically reframing once impossible tasks into physical paths to action. A practical guide for change-makers, this must-read book is the next step in thought leadership, helping to tap into the powers of imagination and amp-up creativity.
£25.19
BIS Publishers B.V. Online Innovation: Tools, Techniques, Methods and Rules to Innovate Online
After describing 10 common pitfalls, the authors share great tools and techniques that work in practice. They discuss the Achilles' heel of innovating online and present 10 methodologies you can use for hands-on online innovation. The Lightning Decision Jam, the Design Sprint and the FORTH innovation method are highlighted in the book. The authors combine these methodologies into a new hybrid version. At the end of the book, you will find systematic descriptions of 25 tools and 10 methods. These will give a clear overview that will help you to pick the right ones for your online innovation journey. Innovating online is here to stay. There is a huge increase in hybrid innovation projects, combining in-person and online workshops, using all the online advantages while being personally engaged offline. Online Innovation supports all professionals who want to innovate online: consultants, coaches, facilitators, managers, and students in design (thinking) and innovation.
£22.50
