General Design category: 1730 books
Brand by Hand
Blisters, Calluses, and Clients: A Life in Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Brand by Hand documents the work, career, and artistic inspiration of graphic designer extraordinaire Jon Contino.
Jon is a born-and-bred New Yorker. He talks like one, he acts like one, and most importantly, he designs like one. He is the founder and creative director of Jon Contino Studio,...
by Ruth Cash-Smith, Barbara Janoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Visual-thinking graphic designers sometimes struggle to express themselves clearly and effectively in writing. Now there’s help! The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Better Business Writing teaches graphic designers how to write compelling business communications. Created especially to address the...
by Harvey Shepard
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
The beautifully illustrated homage to the art of beer—and the design that makes it stand out
The craft beer boom of the last decade has led to an explosion of new breweries. In such a crowded market, how do you make your beer stand out from the crowd? For many of the best brewers, the secret...
Fashion Portfolio
Design and Presentation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The book takes the reader through all the major steps of fashion portfolio creation. It features the main components of the design process from the identification of inspiration sources and fashion trends research to conceptualization of a complete fashion collection. The topics covered include mood/fabric...
Traditional Interiors
Leta Austin Foster, Sallie Giordano & India Foster
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Leta Austin Foster is among House Beautiful’s most influential interior designers of the 20th century, and has been hailed by House and Garden as one of the “100 Greatest Interior Decorators.” Whether it’s a 19th-century Virginia family home or a modern South Florida country club, Foster believes...
Reading List Order of Faith Martin Hillary Greene Series
[Design Edition] The complete Hillary Greene Reading Order and details of all 17 books (updated 2018)
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
A book guide dedicated to all Faith Martin books fans, with details of the complete Hillary Greene Series books.
From the first novel A Narrow Escape to the last book, A Narrow Trajectory, you get a complete list of every Faith Martin book published with the adventures of the Detective Inspector...
Mirko Ilic
Fist to Face
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Mirko Ilic has a reputation as a rebel, but his iconoclasm is matched with tremendous gifts as an illustrator, a designer, and an educator. Ilic is a visionary and a leading voice of visual culture across disciplines and continents.
This visual biography of one of the most prolific and distinguished...
by Ellen M. Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Here is the perfect volume for graphic designers who want real-life advice for long-term success. Renowned designer Ellen Shapiro reveals time-tested tricks of the trade—for making sure the clients you want to work with know about you, become your clients, and work with you productively. Then, in...
Breaking into Graphic Design
Tips from the Pros on Finding the Right Position for You
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Packed with information on every step of the job search from writing a cover letter to assembling a portfolio, Breaking into Graphic Design is the definitive book on creating a professional, employable image. Interviews with more than forty award-winning designers, career counselors, and business...
Knowledge Intensive Design Technology
IFIP TC5 / WG5.2 Fifth Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD July 23–25, 2002, St. Julians, Malta
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Knowledge Intensive Design Technology is a collection of papers presented at the Fifth Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 5.2 and hosted by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at the University...
The Anatomy of Type
A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The Anatomy of Type is the ultimate stylistic guide to the intricacies and design of 100 indispensable typefaces. A delightful, colorful, and visual reference guide created by Stephen Coles and Tony Seddon—two acknowledged pros in the font design world—The Anatomy of Type was developed with typographers,...
The Designer's Web Handbook
What You Need to Know to Create for the Web
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Make the Web Work for You
You know how to design. But you can increase your value as a designer in the marketplace by learning how to make that design function on the web. From informational sites to e-commerce portals to blogs to mobile apps, The Designer's Web Handbook helps any designer...
The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book
Everything Graphic Designers Need to Know Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book should always be next to a designer's computer. Completely practical with only the most needed information, this valuable book provides designers with all the little details that can make or break a design, such as how much space to leave in the...
Autodesk Inventor 2018 Black Book
Autodesk Inventor Black Book, #1
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
The Autodesk Inventor 2018 Black Book is the first edition of our series on Autodesk Inventor. With lots of features and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step by step methodology. In...