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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites 42 reviews
Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
A lifesaver
+ Easy to understand
+ Phenomenal book on information architecture
+ Good enough
+ Intriguing Title (3rdEd)
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Interior Graphic Standards 15 reviews
Wiley, 2004
Awesome quality and fast delivery
+ The Essential "Must Have" Reference Book For All Interior Design Professionals
+ Great and Helpful Book!!
+ A ...must have book
+ Excellent resource for Architects/Designers
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Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research11 reviews
Mike Kuniavsky
Morgan Kaufmann, 2003
Plenty of tips and techniques
+ Excellent book
+ Mike's book won't be gathering dust on your shelf....
+ Must have for user experience professionals!
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Interior Design Illustrated 2nd Edition7 reviews
Francis D. K. Ching, Corky Binggeli
Wiley, 2004
Great Resource
+ Buy when you are in school!
+ great book
+ Excellent illustrations
+ Interior Design Illustrated
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Visual Grammar (Design Briefs) 5 reviews
Christian Leborg
Princeton Architectural Press, 2006
Focussing the visual mind
+ I Found It Facinating
+ Very Nice
The standard for visual literacy was set by Dondis A. Dondis in 1973 with "A Primer of Visual Literacy". However, it was (is) a heavy read. Christian Leborg's "Visual Grammar" gives us a more visual approach to the subject. His thesis is that we cannot understand the visual images that assault our ...
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InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) 8 reviews
Sandee Cohen
Peachpit Press, 2005
REALLY HELPFUL!
+ Love this book
+ Fine for the novice
+ A Great Reference Desitined to Become Dog Earred
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Photoshop 7 Artistry (Voices (New Riders))22 reviews
Barry Haynes, Wendy Crumpler
New Riders Press, 2002
My Photoshop & photography bible ...
+ Excellent manual...!!
+ Open the Door to the Potential of Photoshop
+ Perfect For Digital Photographers
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QuarkXPress 7 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)6 reviews
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
Peachpit Press, 2007
Fast delivery
+ Extremely helpful
+ Clear and Concise
+ QuarkXPress 7 Visual QuickStart Guide
+ Excellent sidekick to QXP 7
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Visual Thinking4 reviews
Rudolf Arnheim
University of California Press, 2004
Indispensable.
+ Book you want to have at home
Arnheim always sheds some new light on his subjects, and this book might be his most enlightening. Whether you care about art, education, perception, or simply living a full human life, this book will make you think about the subject in a new way. Grounded in careful analysis of specific ...
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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity135 reviews
Alan Cooper
Sams - Pearson Education, 2004
an essential handbook for designing software
+ A Must Read Classic, Albeit with Some Dated Ideas
+ No Cognitive Friction Here..
Cooper's argument in this book is simple: you have to know your users, and you have to understand what they're trying to accomplish with your software. The method that he puts forth for achieving this understanding is personas, richly-described archetypical users.
The book is easy to read and ...
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The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 13th Ed.2 reviews
The American Institute of Architects
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001
Worth It!
In addition to the all-new format (thankfully no more binders!), this book really does cover EVERYTHING an architect needs to know to run a business-- from working with clients to developing added-value services-- all in one book. I especially appreciate the new section devoted to understanding ...
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Designing Web Usability (VOICES)231 reviews
Jakob Nielsen
Peachpit Press, 1999
Very nice book
+ Simple IS usually better
this is a very good book about web usability and its not a complex kind of book, you start reading it and u dont want to stop it untill you finish it!
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Meggs' History of Graphic Design38 reviews
Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis
Wiley, 2005
Great!
+ Megg's History of Graphic Design
+ interesting
+ AWESOME
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Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials (3rd Edition, Version 6.5)42 reviews
Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer
CMP Books, 2004
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials
+ Creating Motion Graphics Vol 1
+ Great Book
If you are new to After Effects and Motion Graphics, or want to learn from Chris and Trish about the new features in Adobe's CS3 release, I recommend the Brand New:
After Effects Apprentice (DV Expert Series) (DV Expert Series) (Paperback)
by Chris & Trish Meyer
which is the only one of ...
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Universal Principles of Design53 reviews
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, ...
Rockport Publishers, 2003
Great knowledge reference
+ Great Book but.....
+ Fun to read & great presentation
+ EXCELENT!
+ good
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The Elements of Color11 reviews
Johannes Itten
Wiley, 1970
so you decided to learn the truth about colors...
+ essential color theory reference
+ Great reference book to have
Itten, himself is one of the greatest color theorist of our century, and the masterful mind behind the Bauhaus School.
In this book Itten describes his color theory and the facts of his famous "Color Star", which is one of the most strongest tools for color harmony for designers and alike.
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Film Art: An Introduction with Tutorial CD-ROM3 reviews
David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006
Excellent
+ Excellent!
This book provides wonderful baseline knowledge about process of film making from the fruition of an idea to the completion of a movie and beyond. What makes this book especially wonderful is its excellent array of examples.
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Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving14 reviews
Judith Wilde, Richard Wilde
Watson-Guptill, 2000
Superb book
+ Richard Wilde and Visual Literacy
+ The book is great
+ Wonderful Book
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Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 (Chip Kidd)8 reviews
Chip Kidd
Rizzoli, 2005
Why are you reading this itstead of buying the book?
+ Wow This Was Fun
+ Great Book
+ Chip Kidd's Jacket designs
+ FUN COVERS
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The Art of the Storyboard, Second Edition: A filmmaker's introduction
John Hart
Focal Press, 2007
Communicate your vision, tell your story and plan major scenes with simple, effective storyboarding techniques. Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents to the present day, John Hart leads you through the history and evolution of this craft to help you get to grips with translating your vision onto paper, from the rough sketch to the finished storyboard. More than 150 ...
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