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An accessible and richly illustrated exploration of how art and design have driven major social and political change in the 21st century. Visual Impact highlights the extraordinary power of art and graphic design to effect social and political change...

Every collage tells a story through the papers, images and objects that make up its layers. Over 20 artists and the author will share the stories-personal or fictional-behind their own collage works, in addition to offering the reader tips for telling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909829220Author Annebella PollenFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Four Corners BooksPublisher Four Corners Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919627717Author Rick PoynorFormat PaperbackImprint Occasional PapersPublisher Occasional Papers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995099807Author Emily McEwanFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Bradan PressPublisher Bradan PressWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

We live in a hyper-connected world and are bombarded with news and other information, via our phones, computers, TVs, and radios. People don't have the time or energy to sift through all the data. That's where infographics come in. While the idea of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957511477Author Adrian ShaughnessyFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Unit EditionsPublisher Unit EditionsWeight(grams) 2860g

Perfect for beginners but with exciting new ideas for long-time mixed-media artists, this book allows you to explore a variety of materials and techniques to find what speaks to you, all while creating colorful and exciting abstract art. In this bright...

Level design connects the player to the game through challenges, experiences, and emotions. This book is an invaluable introduction to the evolving practices of Level Designers across the games industry. The increasingly complex role of the Level...

Designing Brand Identity Design/Business Whether you're the project manager for your company's rebrand, or you need to educate your staff or your students about brand fundamentals, Designing Brand Identity is the quintessential resource. From research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780671642Author Cath CaldwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 680g

Tat* is a bit of a graphic designer's curse. Walk into any design studio and you will see tat pinned to the walls or placed with loving care on top of a computer screen. Even the purist will have a secret cache hidden away somewhere. Andy Altmann...

The period 1851 to 1929 witnessed the rise of the major European avant-garde groups: the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists. It was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing...

More than a truly brilliant graphic designer, Otl Aicher was a transformative thinker, photographer, typographer, ecologist, philosopher, co-founder and mentor of the renowned Hochschule fuer Gestaltung at Ulm and teacher. On the centenary of his birth,...

A brief, beautiful introduction to Design Thinking that inspires business creativity and innovative solutions The Design Thinking Quick Start Guide: A 6-Step Process for Generating and Implementing Creative Solutionsshows you how you and your team can...

Terrorist groups are no different from other organizations in their use of branding to promote their ideas and to distinguish themselves from groups that share similar aims. The branding they employ may contain complex systems of meaning and emotion; it...

A 528-page monograph -- conceived as a reschuffled alphabetical dictionary that starts with the letter 'M' on page 311 -- that presents for the first time twenty years of works by M/M (Paris), one of the most emblematic and influential design practices...

From art school student to designer for Nike, Topshop, and Google, Kate Moross has lived the life that young graphic artists dream of. But it hasn't always been a smooth ride, and in this informative memoir and guide Moross offers true insider's tips on...

From art school student to designer for Nike, Topshop, and Google, Kate Moross has lived the life that young graphic artists dream of. But it hasn't always been a smooth ride, and in this informative memoir and guide Moross offers true insider's tips on...

The ultimate typographic experiment - 7,762,392 typefaces from one of the world's foremost typography studios. System Process Form is a detailed survey of MuirMcNeil's Two type system, an extensive collection of geometric alphabets in which every...

Manga is a visual form of narrative storytelling. Its roots are international, but the form as we know it today developed in Japan between the late 19th and early 20th centuries and has recently achieved global reach. Originally confined to comics,...

The Graphic Design Reader brings together key readings in this ever-changing field to provide an essential resource for students, researchers and practitioners. Taking as its starting point an exploration of the way in which theory and practice and...

For the last couple of years, Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemann have traced the latest developments in illustration around the globe-and for all those who thought digital heralded the end of an era, they're here to set the record straight.There were...

Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?Feel like turning your photographs into works by Turner, Matisse and Magritte?Want to create illustrations in the styles of The Simpsons, steampunk and Victorian...

Type Tells Tales focuses on typography that is integral to the message or story it is expressing. This is type that speaks - that is literally the voice of the narrator. And the narrator is the typographer. This can be quite literal, for example when...

Until restaurants became commonplace in the late 1800s, printed menus for meals were rare commodities reserved for special occasions. As restaurants proliferated, the menu became more than just a culinary listing. The design of the menu became an...

What is inclusive design? It is simple. It means that your product has been created with the intention of being accessible to as many different users as possible. For a long time, the concept of accessibility has been limited in terms of only defining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581021Author MendelsundFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects, and they combine this with powerful technical insights which reveal the mindset behind coding creatively. Exploring 12...

From early cave drawings to modern corporate logos, graphic symbols have been used to convey meanings both tangible and abstract. In this unique dictionary, Carl G. Liungman puts approximately 2,500 Western graphic symbols at your fingertips. Each entry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612436838Author Grace SongFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 330g

A primer in design and communication that offers solutions to the recurring problems faced by by students and professionals. It explores the ways creatives interpret their clients' brief, propose new ideas and reinvent existing products and brands,...

Noma Bar is one of the world's most inventive and provocative illustrators. He has developed his own silent language using a limited palette, familiar symbols and pictograms that take on new meanings. He is a master of inscribing double and triple...

Can creativity be 'taught'? Or is it simply innate? This book will help you find your creativity through your own unique identity and experience, challenging you to fight those negative voices, get out of your habitual comfort zones and - most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857248592Author Louisa MacmillanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2000g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956962317Author Richard HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Occasional PapersPublisher Occasional PapersDimensions(mm) 250mm * 176mm * 30mm

Marks of Excellence (first published in 1997) offers a rigorous exploration of the trademark: its history, development, style, classification and relevance in today's world. The book includes extensive discussion of its origins in heraldry, monograms,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869931272Author Future PressFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Future Press Verlag und Marketing GmbHPublisher Future Press Verlag und Marketing GmbH

The Art of Mafia III showcases the innovative designs and stunning art behind the latest installment in the Mafia series. In Mafia III, game developer 2K has players join Lincoln Clay as he builds his own criminal organization in 1968 New Bordeaux...

Unique, believable characters that think, feel, and captivate your audience are ones that involve emotion, personality, and story. Successful animators balance all of these elements within a single character and narrative. With Acting and Performance for...