 | The Art of Superman Returns
ISBN: 0 8118 5344 6 size: 24.5cm x 28cm weight: 1.2kilos h/b approx 200 pages published by: Chronicle Books
Publishers price: £27.50
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 | The Complete Guide to Digital Type
ISBN: 0-06-072792 5 size: 21cm x 23cm weight: 700gms p/b 192 pages in colour & b&w published by: Collins Design (2006)
Publishers price: £18.99
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 | The Digital Designer's Bible
ISBN: 0 06 058832 2 size: 25.5cm x 19cm weight: 900gms p/b 245 pages in colour published by: Harper Design International (2004)
Publishers price: $35
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 | Travel Sickness Ded Assoc
ISBN: 3 931126 38 2 size: 28cm x 24cm weight: 900gms p/b approx 100 pages in colour published by: die gestalen verlag (2000)
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 | Scorched Art
ISBN: 0 922915 83 0 size: 20cm x 19cm weight: 485gms h/b 95 pages in colour published by: Feral House (2002)
Publishers price: £13.99
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 | Collectable Technology
ISBN: 1 84442 993 8 size: 21.5cm x 21.5cm weight: 825gms h/b 160 pages in colour published by: Carlton (2005)
Publishers price: £16.99
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 | Victionary One: Flavour
ISBN: 962 86504 1 6 size: 21.5cm x 27cm weight: 1.3kilos h/b
Publishers price: £29
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 | Geek Chic
ISBN: 90 6369 094 0 size: 19cm x 25.5cm weight: 700kgs p/b 160 pages in colour published by: BIS Publishers (2005)
Publishers price: £12.99
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 | Chairs
ISBN: 84 95692 95 3 size: 17cm x 24cm weight: 900kgs p/b approx 200 pages in colour published by: Atrium
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 | Form Follows Idea - An introduction to Design Poetics
Form in relation to design can expressed in many diverse ways and involves a vast array of materials, textures and colours: as well as issues of shape, scale, proportion and weight and not least cultural associates in relation to function, need, desire, meaning, value and context
ISBN: 1 904772218 size: 21cm x 23cm weight: 600gms p/b in full colour published by: Black Dog Publishing (2005)
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 | Trademarks 60s & 70s
This great book documents this exciting era in graphic design history with a compliation of trademarks that lends insight into Americaln popular culture, illustrating the growing present and sophistication of corporations in the postwar era and painting a portrait of a country newly grounded in an urban world of consumer goods and services. Of interest to anyone nostalgic for the recent past, these classic designs are also a useful resource for commercial artists and graphic designers seeking creative inspiration.
ISBN: 0 8118 1698 2 size: 22.5cm x 20.5cm weight: 475gms p/b 132 pages in b&w published by: Chronicle Books (1998)
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 | Trademarks designed by Chermayeff & Geismar
A fantastic collection of over 200 trademarks by one of the world's most respected design firms.
ISBN: 3 90707 831 4 size: 22cm x 22.5cm weight: 1.4kilos h/b 208 pages in full colour published by: Lars Muller Publishers (2000)
Publishers price: £46.50
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 | An Essay on Typography
This book deals with the technical difficulties, the history and evolution of letters, the craft of typography , type design and manufacturing, page makeup, colour and ink preparation, paper making, book binding, publishing and even orthography and it is written with clarity, humility and a touch of humour.
ISBN: 0 87923 950 6 size: 12cm x 17cm weight: 200gms p/b 135 pages in b&w print only published by: David R. Godine
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 | How to draw and sell Digital Cartoons
Snce the dawn of the last century the comic strip has entered millions in newspapers, comic books, magazines and graphic novels. Now on the Internet it has found a new home. What's more, computers are revutionizing every aspect of comic production, from orgranizing an artist's first ideas, through drawing, colouring and lettering to final production and distribution. Through eleven chapters packed with useful advice brillian examples and practical techniques this exciting book will show you how.
ISBN: 0 7641 2662 8 size: 19cm x 26cm weight: 600gms p/b 159 pages in full colour published by: Barrons (2004)
Publishers price: $21.95
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 | Curiosity
CURIOSITY - a Tokyo based outfit specialising in interior and product design, is the creation of Frenchman GWENAEL NICOLAS and his Japanese partner who set up the firm five years ago. An exquisite attention to detail distinguishes CURIOSITY's visually surporising retail environments for Issey Miyake, Levi's Dockers. Brands like Van Cleef and Arpels, Issey Miyake and Jean Paul Gaultier have called on the firm to create packaging for various scent collections. The thirty projects featured here are fully illustrated and accompanied by technical information.
ISBN: 3 7643 6743 1 size: 22cm x 28cm weight: 875gms p/b 160 pages in b&w and colour published by: Birkhauser (2002)
Publishers price: £26.40
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 | Blobjects & Beyond
BLOBJECTS & BEYOND is the first survey of the explosion of amorphic, organic and curvaceous design. A formless form with roots in Surrealism and the kidney-shaped motifs of the 1950s, the ever more biological blobject has come into its own, embodying and reflecting the new international ethos of fluidity.
ISBN: 0 8118 4765 9 size: 20cm x 25cm weight: 1kilo h/b 248 pages in colour published by: Chronicle Books (2005)
Publishers price: $35
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 | Marc Newson
ISBN: 0 7893 0647 6 size: 16.5cm x 21cm weight: 700gms p/b 224 pages incolour published by: Universe Publishing (2002)
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 | Infiltrate: The Front Lines of the New York Design Scene
INFILTRATE is the most comprehensive collection of today's cutting-edge New York design. Well known, less lnown and as yet completely unknown companies and individuals are featured in the book. The criteria are their level of innovation, quality and sense of time. This book is full of creative energy, endless experiments, visual and intellectual stimulation, challenging ideas and unexpected solutions. It shows work by over thirty New York hotshops of design and visual communication, accompanied by interviews with the creators.
ISBN: 90-6369-044-4 size: 22cm x 27.5cm weight: 1.5kilos p/b 290 pages in colour and b&w published by: bis Publishers (2004)
Publishers price: £32
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 | display copy only
ISBN: 1 85669 274 4 size: 20cm x 25cm weight: 900gms p/b five degrees below zero press (2002)
Publishers price: £19.99
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 | Designing with Light
This book explains the lighting techniques available to the designer, the conservation issues involved and the value of the results that can be obtained. Specially created icons help the reader understand the lighting used in these case studies, together with comments from the designers themselves.
ISBN: 2 88046 333 5 size: 23.5cm x 24cm weight: 1kilo h/b 159 pages in colour published by: RotoVision (1998)
Publishers price: $30
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 | grids - for the internet and other digital media
We are confronted daily by unstructured, poorly signposted websites which leave us lost in a jungle of information. Many designers still need to adapt their traditional skills to meet the demands of new technology. GRIDS FOR THE INTERNET AND OTHER DIGITAL MEDIA is the first book to show them how.
ISBN: 2 88479 003 9 size: 23cm x 30cm weight: 1kilo p/b 160 pages in b& w and colour published by: AVA Publishing SA (2002)
Publishers price: £24.50
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 | World without Words
WORLD WITHOUT WORDS provides evidence that images and graphic information are doing the work that words used to do. Symbols, signs and icons are all around us. Brands are going wordless. Visual instructions accompany every new purchase. This book is a voyage through the 'visual shorthand' of modern life: the material that we rarely dwell on but which forms the graphic imprint of our age.
ISBN: 1 85669 319 8 size: 23.5cm x 30cm weight: 1.2kilo p/b 165 pages colour and b&w published by: Laurence King (2003)
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 | Better Type
To achieve excellence in typography, designers must be able to perceive subtle differences in the relationships between faces, letters and spaces. This book systematically trains designers to make these fine discriminations, with the aim of specifying text type that is not only readable, but also beautiful and expressive.
ISBN: 0 8230 0484 8 size: 28cm x 22cm weight: 1kilo h/b 190 pages in b&w published by: Watson Guptill (1989)
Publishers price: £29.95
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 | Making Digital Type Look Good
New technology has enhanced our ability to create beautiful type with ease. Higher screen resolutions, antialiaising and hinting techniques are constantly being refined in order to maintain the highest standard of typography. The art of typography innovation and excellence continues to flourish.
ISBN: 0 500 28313 3 size: 24cm x 26cm weight: 1kilo p/b 190 pages in colour with 516 illustrations published by: Thames & Hudson (2001)
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 | Living with Modern Classics - The Chair
THE CHAIR showcases over 40 chairs that have become twentieth-century classics and offers an introduction to their designers and the designers' other work. The chairs are shown in stylish contemporary interiors: they are made to be used and enjoyed, not just to be displayed in museums.
ISBN: 0 8230 3109 8 size: 24cm x 24cm weight: 600gms h/b 80 pages in full colour published by: Watson Guptill (2000)
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 | Type Design: Radical Innovations and Experimentations
TYPE DESIGN takes as its starting point a definition of experimentation as a valid means of investigation taking risks viewed as a crucial element in the development of the overall design process. From inception to commercial application, and with lavishly illustrated examples, this book explores the idea of type design by experimentation and how this produces innovations in typography.
ISBN: 0 06 056759 7 size: 23cm x 26cm weight: 1.2kilos h/b 220 pages in colour published by: Thames & Hudson (2003)
Publishers price: $40
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 | Ectacity/Ecy
Developed over a decade through various media, ECSTACITY is a combination of the built and the unbuilt. It makes the case for a sensorial and responsive architecure, It demonstrates how pluralism and not uniformity corresponds to the multiplication of lifestyles and global communication. With scenes, streetscapes and buildings appropriated from Tokyo, Cairo, London, New York, Rome, Mumbai and Rio. ECSTACITY constructs an urban kaleidoscope marked by cultural diversity.
ISBN: 1 85669 383 X size: 20.5cm x 25cm weight: 1.8kilos h/b 464 pages in colour published by: Laurence King (2003)
Publishers price: £35
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 | The Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques
A fully illustrated step-by-step guide to drawn, model and computer generated anmation. Offers professional guidance on all aspects of animation - from conceptualization and script treatments to cutout animation and puppet-making. Includes a gallery of more than 100 finished works from the world's leading contemporary animators.
ISBN: 0 7858 1805 7 size: 22cm x 22cm weight: 600gms p/b 176 pages in colour published by: Chartwell Books (2003)
Publishers price: £12.99
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 | The complete Guide to Digital Color - creative use of color in the digital arts
This book is highly authoritative an beautifully designed book covering all aspects of using color for digital design. Clearly written by a skilled and experienced professional working today at the forefront of his field, this book offers a comprehensive course in cutting-edge digital color design.
ISBN: 0 06 072793 4 size: 21cm x 35.5cm weight: 632gms p/b 191 pages in colour published by: Axis (2004)
Publisher price: £19.99
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 | Alessi: Art and Poetry
This book reveals the philosophy behind the company which produces these objects of desire, profiling the Alessi 'maestros' and examining collaborative projects such as the architecturally inspired Tea and Coffee Piazza. Alberto Alessi's own reflections on design and designers provide a fascinating insight into the creative ethos of one of the giants of the 20th century.
ISBN: 0 500 01857 x size: 22cm x 22cm weight: 457gms h/b 61 pages in colour published by: Thames & Hudson (1998)
Publishers price: £9.95
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 | Shelf Life
This book brings together over 100 real products that have graced the shelves of shops worldwide. More characterful than any global mega-brand the local goods gathered here do not kowtow to foreign marketing concerns.
ISBN: 0 7475 7516 9 size: 19cm x 22cm weight: 475grms h/b 140 pages in colour published by: Bloomsbury Publishing (2004)
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 | GB: Graphic Britain
The UK is recognized internationally for its cutting-edge graphic design: names such as Neville Brody, Jonathon Barnbrook, Tomato amongst many others. But hot on the heels of these stars, a new generation of graphic innovators is emerging, whose work is winning international acclaim and attracting clients worldwide. GB: GRAPHIC BRITAIN is the first to gather together these rising stars, providing a definitive guide to the coolest work on the British graphics scene.
ISBN: 1 856693 11 2 size: 24.5cm x 28cm weight: 1.3kilos p/b 208 pages in colour published by: Laurence King (2002)
Publishers price: £25
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 | Manga Quest
Combining an original comic with simple instructions for illustrating it, this one-of-a-kind book teahes you everything you need to know to create your own MANGA adventure, from using the right tools to the step-by-step process that brings the characters, story and the entire MANGA world to life.
ISBN: 0 933 53159 9 size: 21.5cm x 27.5cm weight: 200gms p/b 107 pages in one colour published by: Berkley Group (2005)
Publishers price: $15.95
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 | Type 1
TYPE 1 collects together digital typefaces from around the world, providing a unique visual resource in design and research for typographers and graphic designers.
Contributing typeface designers and foundries include Neville Brody, eBoy, Tobias Frere-Jones amongst others. Accompanying the book is a CD-Rom containing eight copyright-free fonts specially commissioned from selected typeface designers with 178 fonts.
ISBN: 1 85669 270 1 size: 21cm x 27cm weight: 940gms p/b 188 pages in mainly b&w published by: Laurence King (2002)
Publishers price: £25
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 | Noise Four
An exercise to devlop and expand our creatice process.
NOISE 4 offers us the opportunity to develop, test and explore new modes, sensibilities and experiences outside the commercial environment. A chance to show how we think. How we create.
NOISE 4 increases our diversity, creating new avenues for us to explore. Without the limitations or practical parameters of the commercial world we are free to harness ideas and concepts that might falter in the traditional design process. NOISE 4 is the most personal and honest representation of our creative talents. Where we open ourselves up to questions. Where we are not afraid to try and fail because the results always stretch us. The same avenues of exploration we reveal during a NOISE 4 project are distilled and, in time, fused into our existing process.
ISBN: 1 85669 276 0 size: 23cm x 33cm weight: 2kilos h/b 650 pages in colour published by: HBI (2001)
Publishers price: £55
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 | Digital Information Graphics
This book confronts the issues that directly affect our interaction with the screen, whether for the world wide web, multimedia programs or small-screen devices like mobile phones or pda's. Considering the most effective way to present deep arrays of data, the book is based on principles and strategies that are illustrated through examples and case studies in four sections; mapping, informing, interacting and exploring.
With examples drawn from top information designers around the world, this book sets out to make a vital part of design available and useful to everyone living and working in the digital age.
ISBN: 0 8230 1353 7 size: 22.5cm x 26cm weight: 1.1kilo p/b 176 pages all colour illustrations published by: Watson Guptill (2002)
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 | Making Digital Type Look Good
Part one of this book describes how digital typography works. It discusses the features that go into type design, the anatomy of type, type rendering , font technology and font fine-tuning. Part two provides a host of specimen fonts in an abundant range of settings offered by contemporary design software. Part three looks at display type, both on the printed page and as digital display for the Web and multimedia.
ISBN: 0 8230 2999 9 size: 23.5cm x 26cm weight: 920gms p/b 191 pages black & white and colour type published by: Thames & Hudson (2001)
Publishers Price: £16.95
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 | Multimedia Graphics
With hundreds of full colour screen images, MULTIMEDIA GRAPHICS is the first collection of the wrold's best in digital design. An international panel of designers, journalists an scholars selected the 3 ground breaking projects showcased in this volume based on the creative and often brilliant ways in which their designs address the brand new challenges of interactive media.
ISBN: 0 8118 1404 1 size: 24.5cm x 33.5cm weight: 1.5kgs h/b 186 pages all colour published by: Chronicle (1996)
Publishers Price: $65
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