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Graph Design for the Eye and Mind

by Stephen Michael Kosslyn

Graphs have become a fixture of everyday life, used in scientific and business publications, in magazines and newspapers, on television, on billboards, and even on cereal boxes. Nonetheless, surprisingly few graphs communicate effectively, and most graphs fail because they do not take into account the goals, needs, and abilities of the viewers. In raph Design for Eye and Mind, Stephen Kosslyn addresses these... (more)

A Guide to Graphic Print Production

by Kaj Johansson

An introductory textbook covering all aspects of print production and manufacturing. The printed page is still the most common product of graphic design work, making it essential that designers and illustrators understand the production and printing process. And as more and more print material is finding a dual-use in electronic formats (Web, ebooks, motion-graphics using Flash, etc.), it has become even more... (more)

American Homes: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture

American Homes: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture

by Les Walker

A landmark of architectural history, AMERICAN HOMES surveys over 100 American housing styles and illustrates them through nearly 1000 line drawings. Using his own unique combination of "exploded" diagrams and floor plans and easy-to-follow text, award-winning architect and author Lester Walker has created the definitive bible of home design, fully practical but wonderful, too, for armchair browsing and dreaming. ... (more)

Lingua Universalis: Global Wordless Understanding

Lingua Universalis: Global Wordless Understanding

by Johannes Plass, Mutabor

This book follows up to the success of dgv’s bestseller Lingua Grafica, which has established itself as a leading tool for guiding international designers in their everyday work. The expectations of fans of its predecessor will not be disappointed – Lingua Universalis also features a structured portfolio of the latest logos and icons done by the Mutabor design studio. Lingua Universalis explains the process... (more)

Color: Messages & Meanings: A Pantone Color Resource

Color: Messages & Meanings: A Pantone Color Resource

by Leatrice Eiseman

Color: Messages and Meanings, A PANTONE® Color Resource is the follow-up to the PANTONE® Guide to Communicating With Color. This book contains all new material to help you make effective, unique and credible color choices. Based on research and filled with hundreds of color combinations and illustrations, this book presents color expert, Leatrice Eiseman's insights on color and emotion, and addresses how... (more)

Fireworks MX Zero to Hero

by Joyce Evans, Charles Brown

Fireworks MX: From Zero To Hero is intended for the majority of readers who don't need to be told when to jump, or ask how high. If you're new to Fireworks MX, this book will provide you with a fast learning curve to get you swiftly up to speed, and progressing towards the creativity you want to achieve; and if you already have some familiarity with any version of Fireworks, it'll provide many, many exercises and... (more)

Magazine Covers

by David Crowley

Structured thematically, with each chapter covering a specific genre of magazine, this book looks at the "heydays" of world-famous magazines. It considers the methodology, motivations and aims of the art directos and designers behind the best magazine covers.

Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for print and new media designers (VOICES)

Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for print and new media designers (VOICES)

by Curt Cloninger

Design philosophies can be useful, but inspiration, creative strategies, and efficient work habits are what really get the job done. Designer, instructor, and author Curt Cloninger provides a multitude of strategies, tools, and practices that readers can use to inject a big dose of creativity into just about any design project. With illustrations drawn from 20th-century French philosophy, medieval ... (more)

Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People

Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People

by Carol Eikleberry

You don't have to stifle your creative impulses to pay the bills. For anyone who's ever been told, "Don't quit your day job," career counselor Carol Eikleberry is here to say, "Pursue your dreams!" Now in its third edition, her inspiring guide provides knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools to help artistic individuals figure out how to remain... (more)

Problem Solved: A Primer for Design and Communication

Problem Solved: A Primer for Design and Communication

by Michael Johnson

For decades designers and advertisers have had to interpret design briefs, produce new solutions to familiar problems and continually work to keep their clients’ brands fresh and in the public consciousness. This book explores the theme of ‘problem solving’ in design and communication, from reviving the identity of tired brands to dealing creatively and sensitively with propaganda. Each chapter deals with a... (more)

Building Business Web SitesAdam Blum

Building Business Web Sites

by Adam Blum

The Digital Teaching Portfolio Workbook: Understanding the Digital Teaching Portfolio Process

The Digital Teaching Portfolio Workbook: Understanding the Digital Teaching Portfolio Process

by Clare R. Kilbane

The Digital Teaching Portfolio Workbook: Understanding the Digital Teaching Portfolio Process is a practical book full of exercises and examples to help teachers at all levels develop a quality digital portfolio. This book provides activities that guide teachers through conceptualizing, organizing, and producing a teaching portfolio. It streamlines the development process and provides useful examples illustrating... (more)

By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons

By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons

by Ralph Caplan

An inspiring resource for design students, professionals, or anyone else who could benefit from a fuller appreciation of the design process, By Design vividly shows how design affects our most significant human activities. A network of engrossing stories illuminate the process as it applies to architecture, industrial design, interior design, fashion design, graphic design, and the design of business and social... (more)

Production Essentials (Professional Studio Techniques)

Production Essentials (Professional Studio Techniques)

by Diane Tapscott, Lisa Jeans, Rita Amladi

Production Essentials provides illustrated, step-by-step procedures for producing and printing graphic arts. It will help make an often confusing process more understandable, more achievable, and help designers speak intelligently with production departments, vendors, and printers to achieve the printed results which are desired.

While You're Reading

by Gerard Unger

This book is about everything that happens while you’re reading, in front of your eyes and inside your head; and about what type designers, typographers and graphic designers bring to a page to make reading happen.Two examples of tantalizing questions will be answered: How is it possible to read without seeing any letters? How much hidden typographic knowledge does the average reader possess? Other subjects... (more)

Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems

Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems

by Robert Fawcett-Tang, William Owen

Focusing on information design, this guide reveals the visual language of location, direction, spatial and structural relationships which are central to this sector of graphics, exploring "maps" as varied as subway systems and websites to chemical symbols, and the mapping of time.

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