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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...

In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. Born on these grimy streets, graffiti rapidly made its mark. Here, twelve legendary graffiti writers - the original subway artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of...

This is a collection of hundreds of full-colour illustrations and pencils spanning the entire career of the hugely successful and popular artist Jim Lee, with an all-new cover by Lee. It includes his work on "Batman' and "Superman", "Vertigo" titles, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989646147Author Fabian GeyrhalterFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint BrandtroPublisher BrandtroWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721210149Author Heike NehlFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 1500g

Ride back in time on the colorful New York City subway line of the 1970s to 1990s; the graffiti years, when subway cars became rolling metal canvases for some of the most notorious and influential graffiti "writers" of all time. Explore the amazing array...

Materials have the power to affect human experiences and emotions by helping us build intimate connections with inanimate objects through touch and feel. Whether they are used as a point of reference or the medium of creation itself, they are integral...

The latest publication by designer Kenya Hara following his acclaimed Designing Design. White is not a book about color. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of "white," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845357481Author DCT MediaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint D.C.Thomson & Co LtdPublisher D.C.Thomson & Co LtdWeight(grams) 1254gDimensions(mm) 330mm *...

A comprehensive guide to the nitty-gritty of prop styling from a top professional! Imagine spending your days telling visual stories, dreaming up ideas for photo shoot, scouring boutiques, flea markets, and antique shops for the perfect prop,...

The projects in this book began as a list Stefan Sagmeister found in his diary under the title "Things I have learned in my life so far." Given an incredible amount of freedom by some of his clients, he began transforming these aphorisms into typographic...

Materials have the power to affect human experiences and emotions by helping us build intimate connections with inanimate objects through touch and feel. Whether they are used as a point of reference or the medium of creation itself, they are integral to...

The starting image was of a circle on a rectangle; every subsequent image was visually connected to the previous one. It was understood from the beginning that they had to use images that could be scanned from physical items they already had at home (no...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887903482Author VictionaryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Viction Workshop LtdPublisher Viction Workshop LtdWeight(grams) 470g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887903451Format PaperbackPage Count 627Imprint Viction Workshop LtdPublisher Viction Workshop LtdWeight(grams) 480g

Muller-Brockmann's book aimed to solve the graphic designer's problem of finding the appropriate contemporary form. It became a standard work that still serves as a historic practical guide well beyond the boundaries of Switzerland. This edition is an...

Available again, a major monograph on the legendary US typographer and graphic designer Herb Lubalin. One of the original Mad Men, Herb Lubalin (1918-1981) was a giant of American design and typography whose passion for rebellion and innovation made him...

This book focuses on the three key types of drawing, explanatory sketches, notational sketches and visual narratives that help designers think through and communicate their ideas. Through these three fundamentals, Drawing Ideas provides a thorough course...

This revised and expanded second edition of Hey: Design & Illustration contains many new projects as well as the work and collaborations carried out as part of Hey's expansion into the world of retail. One of the most innovative and celebrated European...

Logos from Japan contains a selection of symbols and logos from this beguiling country. The logos have been carefully selected by Counter-Print to help convey the richness, variety and vitality of Japan's graphic landscape.Book InformationISBN...

Twenty years in print, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers contains around 750 entries offering detailed information on every important graphic designer, movement, agency, practice and publication from 1840 up to the present...

Colour Psychology Today reveals new colour psychology information that comes from the author's pioneering research and studies on colour. The book discloses unique knowledge on how colour psychology impacts on the business world and the individual, borne...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788894205619Author Roberto GemoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint TattootribesPublisher TattootribesWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 3mm

In Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data, one of the leading graphic designers of recent times shows how a judicious use of humor can make infographics more understandable. Written in non-academic, easy-to-understand language, and with...

A stunning tribute to the experimental letterpress prints of the revered scholar-printer and AIGA medalist Jack Stauffacher Created in his off-hours on the weekend and in part inspired by the modern artists of his day, Jack Stauffacher's exquisite...

How have radical print cultures fostered and preserved queer lived experience from the 1960s to the present? What alternative stories about queer life across Europe can visual material reveal? Queer Print in Europe is the first book devoted to the...

Extending traditional digital platforms to the new frontier of extended reality (XR) requires taking into account what best practices, new concepts, and conventions have been established and what learnings can be brought forward from case studies...

The creation of a logotype as one of the most important elements of corporate design is a challenging task for communication designers. The concept that a good logotype is by definition a persuasive logotype creates a direct link to the genre of...

Since it was first released, the original PALETTE series has been an instrumental source of colour-themed references for designers around the world. 8 editions later, in keeping with the demands of today's creative practitioners, PALETTE mini books were...

For more than two decades, players have lead the zerg, protoss, and terrans into battle for galactic dominance in StarCraft, StarCraft II, and multiple campaign expansions. The Cinematic Art of StarCraft offers a detailed view into the history and...

PALETTE--viction:ary's best-selling colour-themed series--has been one of the most sought-after references for designers around the world. In keeping up with the needs of digital-savvy creative practitioners today, the PALETTE mini series was launched at...

This is one of two books in 'Design in Context', a vital new series that focuses on the needs of contemporary students of graphic design. Meredith Davis draws on her many years' experience teaching graphic design students to explain complex theories with...

Life in the image world has made us all voracious, if not always deliberate, consumers of visual messages. Easy access to computer graphic tools has turned many of us into either amateur or professional image producers. But without a basic understanding...

The first edition of this book, published in 1994, reshaped the direction of landscape studies by considering landscape not simply as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of...

Are digital interfaces controlling more than we realise? Can designers take responsibility, and should they? From domestic appliances like Siri and Amazon Echo, to large scale Facebook manipulation and Google search prediction, digital interfaces are...

The long-awaited monograph of the UK’s leading graphic design and branding agency. The world is full of design companies, but none of them are like North. Formed in 1995 by Sean Perkins, the studio has always followed a highly individualistic path. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887972778Author VictionaryFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Viction Workshop LtdPublisher Viction Workshop LtdWeight(grams) 870g

Winners of the annual international Graphis Design AwardsImmerse yourself in the epitome of design excellence with Design 2024, an annual GRAPHIS celebration of award-winning talents and global creativity as juried by acclaimed international designers...

A stunning survey of modern illustration that uses older styles of artistic expression to evoke a sense of another time and place. These vintage-style illustrations play with the past, subvert it, on occasion, but always feel fresh. Organized into 12...