A2Z and More Signs

A2Z and More Signs

Editors: Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding. 29.7cm x 21cm, 320pp. Paperback.
This astonishing book of alphabets, emblems and logos brings together the editors' own selection of alphabets and symbols from their two famous previous volumes, Alphabets and Other Signs and ABZ: More Alphabets and other Signs, and adds much MORE new material.



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Basic Design: Colour

Basic Design: Colour

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 16cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
Examining in detail two distinct areas of colour usage in design. Firstly the book explores in depth what colours mean, their inherent associations and their cultural connotations. Building on this information the book then tackles how to control colour in a design in order to achieve a desired effect or fulfil a specific brief. Starting with the basic principles of colour - how light works, colour wheels, colour combinations and harmonies - the book builds on these principles and explains how the designer, or design student, can accurately and intentionally control colour.



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Basic Design: Format

Basic Design: Format

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 16cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
Format concerns the physical dimensions of a product and the space one has to best present the graphic elements of a design. Product shape and size is a neglected but key aspect of a design's eventual impact, and within all print and digital media a creative approach to format selection can produce dramatic results. Armed with knowledge of different folding options the designer is open to additional creative possibilities that can have a pronounced effect on the finished product, whether it's an annual report, a book, a package or a magazine insert.



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Basic Design: Image

Basic Design: Image

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 16cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
Basics Design: Image aims to equip the contemporary designer with a series of tools and ideas. Inspirational examples from design agencies help support the 'basic' sections discussed and allow the reader to see the relevance of fundamental principles in practice.



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Basic Design: Layout

Basic Design: Layout

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 16cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
Layout is the arrangement of the elements of design in relation to the space that it occupies according to an overall design scheme. It could also be called the management of form and space. The objective of layout is to present the visual and textural elements that are to be communicated in a manner that enables the reader to receive it with the minimum of effort. With good layout, a reader can be navigated through quite complex information in both print and electronic media. This book will prove indispensable for anyone wanting to acquire a thorough knowledge of the building blocks of creative design.



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Basic Design: Print and Finish

Basic Design: Print and Finish

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 16cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
Basics Design: Print & Finish provides an introduction to a variety of printing techniques, such as letterpress, litho, computer-to-plate and thermography, as well as a range of finishing techniques, including varnishing, embossing, debossing and fore-edge printing.



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Business Cards 2

Business Cards 2

Author: Michael Dorrian and Liz Farrelly. 16.5cm x 25cm, 272pp. Paperback.
In an age dominated by digital media, the first book in this series, Business Cards: The Art of Saying Hello, revealed the unique potential of the humble business card as an opportunity for creative greetings, firmly stamped with the user's personality. With thousands of examples being exchanged around the world, Business Cards 2 casts a wide net, featuring designs for creative individuals and organizations sourced from all continents. Highlighting materials, formats and production methods that push the boundaries of this genre, the result is a book full of inspiring surprises.



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Design Management

Design Management

Author: Kathryn Best. 30cm x 22cm, 216pp. Paperback with flaps.
Design Management - the management of design strategies, processes and projects - is an intricate subject. As the role of design in the world continues to broaden, organisations are increasingly viewing design as being integral to their decision-making processes. This book leads the student through the key knowledge, practice and skill areas of design management, focusing on the strategy, process and implementation involved in the management of design.



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Designer's Toolkit: 500 Grids and Style Sheets

Designer's Toolkit: 500 Grids and Style Sheets

Author: Graham Davis. 23.5cm x 21cm, 160pp. Plastic Laminated Cover with CD in Clamshell.
The Designer's Toolkit: 500 Grids & Style Sheets will help both experienced and novice designers create effective, original and sophisticated designs.



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Drawing For Designers

Drawing For Designers

Author: Alan Pipes. 28cm x 21.6cm, 224pp. Paperback.
Drawing for Designers fills this gap, offering a comprehensive guide to drawing for product/industrial designers and students. As well as industrial product design, the book encompasses automotive design and the design of other 3D artefacts such as jewellery and furniture.



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Fundamentals of Creative Design

Fundamentals of Creative Design

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 23cm x 20cm, 176pp. Paperback with flaps.
"The Fundamentals of Creative Design" offers an introduction to key elements of the creative process. Each subject matter, or 'fundamental', uses detailed diagrammatic explanation, associated theories, and historical references to explain the underlying principles of design practice. Examples from contemporary designers and practitioners will be examined in terms of Brief, Process and Result and accompanied by personal explanations from the creative's involved.



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Graphic Design School - The Principles and Practices of Graphic Design

Graphic Design School - The Principles and Practices of Graphic Design

Author: David Dabner. 22cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperback.
Graphic Design School is packed with practical guidance for students and practising graphic designers working in both print and digital media - from newspapers, magazines and books, to packaging, advertising, corporate work and web design.



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Green Design

Green Design

Editor: Buzz Poole. 192pp. Casebound with dust jacket.
Green Design colourfully documents the rising trend to create and market new and innovative products that help consumers downsize and upgrade their lives. Through a carefully chosen selection of green toys, objects, fabrics, paper and alternative energy sources, the photographs and articles in Green Design illustrate what happens when green-minded lifestyles meet well-designed, high quality products. Many of the examples in this book show how successful business plans can flourish when ecological and social responsibility are core considerations.



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How to be a Graphic Designer - Without Losing Your Soul

How to be a Graphic Designer - Without Losing Your Soul

Author: Adrian Shaughnessy. 23cm x 19cm, 160pp. Paperback.
Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Now, design consultant and writer Adrian Shaughnessy draws on the wealth of his experience to provide just such a handbook. Aimed at the independent-minded, it addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work but want to avoid becoming a hired drone working on soulless projects. It offers straight-talking advice on how to establish your design career and practical suggestions - that you wont have been taught at college - for running a successful business.



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Logo

Logo

Author: Micheal Evamy. 24.5cm x 19cm, 352pp. Paperback.
The logo bible, this book provides graphic designers with an indispensable reference source for contemporary logo design. More than 1300 logos are grouped according to their focal form, symbol and graphic associations into 75 categories such as crosses, stars, crowns, animals, people, handwritten, illustrative type, etc. To emphasize the visual form of the logos, they are shown predominantly in black and white. Highlight logos are shown in colour.



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Patterns

Patterns

Author: Drusilla Cole. 24cm x 17cm, 240pp. Paperback.
This exciting new book showcases some of the most innovative pattern designs around, including graphics, textiles, fashion, furnishings, ceramics, tiles, wallpaper and stationery. While many of the designers featured work commercially, others are independent designer-makers whose work is cutting-edge even though, or perhaps because, they don't follow conventional techniques or disciplined structures.



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Platform for Art

Platform for Art

Author: Alex Coles. 24cm x 18cm, 160pp. Paperback.
London Underground has long been a pioneer in the field of art and design, from the early twentieth century when it commissioned posters by artists such as Man Ray, Edward McKnight Kauffer and Graham Sutherland and the commission of Eduardo Paolozzi at Tottenham Court Road station in the 1980s, to the current art programme, Platform for Art. Platform for Art is a book that traces the project’s growing success — from its fairly modest beginnings in the late 1990s, to what is now a highly ambitious and creative programme, showcasing some of the most exciting and innovative work from the contemporary international art scene.



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Portfolio: Book Design

Portfolio: Book Design

Author: Andrew Haslam. 25.6cm x 21.5cm, 256pp. Paperback.
comprehensive and practical guide for students and experienced designers alike, this carefully structured text is illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. It takes the reader through every aspect of the subject, from the components that make up a book, to understanding how books are commissioned and created, to the intricacies of grid construction and choosing a typeface. The role of the designer is discussed, with advice on how to interpret a design brief, and guidance on type use, images and information graphics. The production process is also explained, with detailed information on reproduction, printing and binding.



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Portfolio: Editorial Design

Portfolio: Editorial Design

Author: Yolanda Zappaterra. 25.6cm x 21.5cm, 208pp. Paperback.
This book offers an accessible and comprehensive guide to visual journalism today the design of magazines and newspapers for a wide variety of markets. Generously illustrated and including case studies, practical tips, examples of best practice and profiles of individual designers, the book explains the fundamentals of editorial design and layout. It provides an overview of current methods and shows how and why editorial design is its own discipline, differing from other areas of graphic design.



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Retrographics Cookbook

Retrographics Cookbook

Authors: Jonathan Raimes and Lakshmi Bhaskaran. 23.5cm x 21cm, 176pp. Paperback.
Richly illustrated and carefully researched, Retro Graphics Cookbook is a visual encyclopaedia of all the ingredients, recipes and methods that lie behind a feast of distinctive graphic design styles.



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Software Essentials For Graphic Designers

Software Essentials For Graphic Designers

Author: Mark Gatter. 25cm x 17.5cm, 240pp. Paperback.
Today's software packages and, more specifically, their user manuals have become huge and complex, making them daunting prospects for beginners or those in need of a refresher course. Now Mark Gatter presents a groundbreaking book, aimed primarily at new graphic designers and students, which imparts the essential basics that professionals will need on a day-to-day basis to run seven major graphics and web-design programs used the world over. Avoiding the need to purchase numerous books on each individual program, this is the Swiss army knife of software reference books.



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Swiss Graphic Design - The Origin and Growth of an International Style

Swiss Graphic Design - The Origin and Growth of an International Style

Author: Richard Hollis. 27cm x 21cm, 272pp. Paperback.
Swiss Graphic Design gives a rich and fascinating account of this key period in graphic design history, setting the stylistic developments into the social and cultural context of the times.



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The Layout Book

The Layout Book

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 30cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperback with flaps.
The Layout Book will provide an advanced overview of layout design, illustrating the many aspects of this discipline, and demonstrating how they affect not only graphic design, but realms, such as the arts/crafts/engineering, product, and architectural design.



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Typography and Graphic Design - From Antiquity to the Present

Typography and Graphic Design - From Antiquity to the Present

Authors: Roxane Jubert, Serge Lemoine and Ellen Lupton. 28.6cm x 24.6cm, 432pp. Hardback.
Combining the histories of typography and graphic design, from proto-inscriptions in ancient Europe, through the advent of the printing press, and up to the reinvention of the arts during the digital revolution.



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Visible Signs

Visible Signs

Author: David Crow. 30cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperback with flaps.
"Visible Signs," introduces design students to the fundamentals of semiotics. Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies programme, but many students find it difficult to understand how these ideas might impact on their own practice. "Visible Signs" tackles this problem by explaining basic communication terms and theoretical contexts through visual examples of graphic work. Concepts such as signs and signifiers, language and speech are all explored through examples of contemporary graphic design and fine arts.



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Visual Communication - From Theory to Practice

Visual Communication - From Theory to Practice

Authors: Jonathan Baldwin and Lucienne Roberts. 30cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperbacks with flaps.
"Visual Communication" places graphic design in a wider cultural context, highlighting the key debates and issues the practice implies. Theoretical essays discussed by today's leading designers apply the cultural theory to the real world practice of graphic design, helping students to develop sound critical judgement and informed strategies for the generation of new ideas that accurately reflect the current zeitgeist.



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Visualizing Ideas - From Scribbles to Storyboards

Visualizing Ideas - From Scribbles to Storyboards

Authors: Gregor Krisztian and Nesrin Schlempp-Ülker. 29cm x 23cm, 204pp. Paperback.
In this book, Gregor Krisztian and Nesrin Schlempp-Ülker explore and explain basic layout techniques, giving expert tips and demonstrating useful tricks employed by professionals. They show you how to present your ideas quickly and effectively, illustrating all stages of work with clear examples from teaching and practice.



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The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design

The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design

Authors: Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. 16cm x 12cm, 288pp. Paperback with flaps.
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design" is a straight talking guide to the many and varied terms used frequently within the realms of graphic design. From abstract to Zeitgeist, Bauhaus to Pluralism, via channels and rococo, this book will prove an invaluable resource to anyone studying or simply just interested in graphic design.



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Visual Research - An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design

Visual Research - An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design

Authors: Ian Noble and Russell Bestly. 30cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperback with flaps.
"Visual Research" explores both quantitative and qualitative research methods in visual communication. This book addresses the need for an extensive discussion of problem solving processes in the graphic design field. Fully illustrated with reference to real-life case studies it eschews standard analyses of 'end product' artefacts to discuss the relatively unexplored process of design analysis. Examining areas such as audience, communication theory, semiotics and semantics this book is aimed at all creative professionals wishing to explore research methods within visual media design.



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Warp - Labels Unlimited

Warp - Labels Unlimited

Author: Rob Young. 27cm x 22cm, 192pp. Paperback.
Warp is the first in a series of illustrated volumes under the title Labels Unlimited, surveying record labels whose innovative practices have stamped their identity on musical styles and shaken up the recording industry. Since its foundation in 1989, Warp Records has become a synonym for futuristic adventures in sound and vision, from 'intelligent' techno to progressive hip-hop and adventurous rock. Warp tells the story of how a small Sheffield dance label grew to foster an internationally renowned range of artists.



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