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Basics Design: Format (Basics)
Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
AVA Publishing, 2004
Introducing the brand-new, extremely visual BASICS series, which will eventually incorporate 5 titles, each representing a fundamental aspect of graphic design. Format, the first entry, concerns the physical dimensions of a product and the space one has to present the graphic elements of a design: the size of a book, the scale of a poster, the folds in a brochure. This instructive handbook ...
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Josef Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design 1 review
Paul Rand
Lars Müller Publishers, 2001
this is excellent!
A good introduction to Muller-Brockmanns work, the book takes us from his very early works to later exhibitions and poster design. It even mentions 'Grid Systems', which I am a firm disciple of. Graphic Design is a subject of which to have strong oppionions and Lars Muller has just that. I enjoyed ...
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Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface 7 reviews
Lars Muller
Lars Muller, 2002
It's no Akzidenz
+ neat little book. handle with care.
First the mystery: just why was every alternate page in the book joined together? The reader has to carefully cut the perforations to be able to look at every page. I can't find any reference in the small amount of text about this. My conclusion is that the public use of the type is on the open ...
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The Art of Looking Sideways 47 reviews
Alan Fletcher
Phaidon Press, 2001
Perfect condition!
+ One Page a day
+ Motivational & inspirational
+ Stylish in the extreme
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Absolut Book.: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story40 reviews
Richard W. Lewis
Journey Editions, 1996
WOW!!
+ Best coffee table book!
+ As advertised - a great buy
+ shaken not stirred
+ Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story
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Minimal Graphics: The Powerful New Look of Graphic Design4 reviews
Catharine Fishel
Rockport Publishers, 2002
first step into the world of design
+ Minimalism is a good thing!
This is the first design book that I've concentrated most. Why? I can learn how to make things beautiful and stylish with the minimal colors, shapes and lines.This book is so good that covers many kinds and styles of graphic design. And among the works, they all seem to direct a message: what ...
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Notes on Book Design5 reviews
Derek Birdsall
Yale University Press, 2004
Simplicity + Clarity = Elegance
+ Excellent!
+ Excellent book !
Just lift the cover to this lovely book and the endpaper has a quote from George Orwell's 1946 book 'Politics and the English Language'
What am I trying to say?
What words will express it?
What image or idiom will make it clearer?
Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
Could I have put ...
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No-Copy Advertising2 reviews
Lazar Dzamic
Rockport Publishers, 2003
Brilliant- a must for art directors and COPYWRITERS
+ An Art Director's Visual Bible
As a professional copywriter giving a positive review to this book might seem like professional suicide, but to be a copywriter is to develop strong CONCEPTS. Part of that is accepting the responsibility of using words effectively on behalf of your client - and sometimes that means using no words ...
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Less Is More: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design 3 reviews
Steven Heller, Anne Fink
North Light Books, 1999
Less Boring No More?
The maxim "less is more" has long been associated with Modernism, while a more appropriate slogan for Postmodernism (said Robert Venturi) is "less is a bore" or "more is more." This is hardly a new dichotomy because, as this book explains, the primary squabbles in art and design have been about ...
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Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers (Midi)2 reviews
Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Taschen, 2002
Absolutely fabulous
+ A reference from 21st Century
It's a must-have for any novice or expert graphic designer. Wonderful pieces from tons of designers around the world. Worth every penny.
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Basics Design: Format (Basics)
Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
AVA Publishing, 2004
Introducing the brand-new, extremely visual BASICS series, which will eventually incorporate 5 titles, each representing a fundamental aspect of graphic design. Format, the first entry, concerns the physical dimensions of a product and the space one has to present the graphic elements of a design: the size of a book, the scale of a poster, the folds in a brochure. This instructive handbook ...
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Notes on Book Design5 reviews
Derek Birdsall
Yale University Press, 2004
Simplicity + Clarity = Elegance
+ Excellent!
+ Excellent book !
Just lift the cover to this lovely book and the endpaper has a quote from George Orwell's 1946 book 'Politics and the English Language'
What am I trying to say?
What words will express it?
What image or idiom will make it clearer?
Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
Could I have put ...
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The Art of Looking Sideways47 reviews
Alan Fletcher
Phaidon Press, 2001
Perfect condition!
+ One Page a day
+ Motivational & inspirational
+ Stylish in the extreme
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Minimal Graphics: The Powerful New Look of Graphic Design4 reviews
Catharine Fishel
Rockport Publishers, 2002
first step into the world of design
+ Minimalism is a good thing!
This is the first design book that I've concentrated most. Why? I can learn how to make things beautiful and stylish with the minimal colors, shapes and lines.This book is so good that covers many kinds and styles of graphic design. And among the works, they all seem to direct a message: what ...
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Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers (Midi)2 reviews
Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Taschen, 2002
Absolutely fabulous
+ A reference from 21st Century
It's a must-have for any novice or expert graphic designer. Wonderful pieces from tons of designers around the world. Worth every penny.
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Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface7 reviews
Lars Muller
Lars Muller, 2002
It's no Akzidenz
+ neat little book. handle with care.
First the mystery: just why was every alternate page in the book joined together? The reader has to carefully cut the perforations to be able to look at every page. I can't find any reference in the small amount of text about this. My conclusion is that the public use of the type is on the open ...
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Josef Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design1 review
Paul Rand
Lars Müller Publishers, 2001
this is excellent!
A good introduction to Muller-Brockmanns work, the book takes us from his very early works to later exhibitions and poster design. It even mentions 'Grid Systems', which I am a firm disciple of. Graphic Design is a subject of which to have strong oppionions and Lars Muller has just that. I enjoyed ...
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Less Is More: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design3 reviews
Steven Heller, Anne Fink
North Light Books, 1999
Less Boring No More?
The maxim "less is more" has long been associated with Modernism, while a more appropriate slogan for Postmodernism (said Robert Venturi) is "less is a bore" or "more is more." This is hardly a new dichotomy because, as this book explains, the primary squabbles in art and design have been about ...
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No-Copy Advertising2 reviews
Lazar Dzamic
Rockport Publishers, 2003
Brilliant- a must for art directors and COPYWRITERS
+ An Art Director's Visual Bible
As a professional copywriter giving a positive review to this book might seem like professional suicide, but to be a copywriter is to develop strong CONCEPTS. Part of that is accepting the responsibility of using words effectively on behalf of your client - and sometimes that means using no words ...
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Absolut Book.: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story40 reviews
Richard W. Lewis
Journey Editions, 1996
WOW!!
+ Best coffee table book!
+ As advertised - a great buy
+ shaken not stirred
+ Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story
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