Graphic Art Design category: 1547 books
On Design
A Philosophy of Design and Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
While many engineering books speak to “doing” engineering, precious few focus on the concept of “being” an engineer. Hence, this book, which is a reflection on the human side of engineering. The contents are drawn from two different, but parallel, columns Ron Britton wrote for the Keystone Professional,...
Digital Materialities
Design and Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
As the distinction between the digital and the material world becomes increasingly blurred, the ways in which we think about design are also shifting and evolving. How can the human, digital and material be brought together to intervene in the world? What constitutes our digital-material environments?...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Practice-Based Design Research provides a companion to masters and PhD programs in design research through practice. The contributors address a range of models and approaches to practice-based research, consider relationships between industry and academia, researchers and designers, discuss initiatives...
What they didn't teach you in design school
What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
With record numbers of design and advertising students graduating into the job market each year, it makes more sense now than ever before to be fully armed to succeed.
This book helps new designers make the transition from design school to work, giving them the ammunition they need for a successful...
Design: Portfolio
Self promotion at its best
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Featuring a curated collection of approximately 300 exquisite designs, along with essays from designers in the field about the essence and importance of a good portfolio design, *Design: Portfolio *contains mini-workshops that dissect several featured projects and highlight the effectiveness of exceptional...
The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh
How E.H. Shepard Illustrated an Icon
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Foreword by Minette Shepard
The enchanting story of some of the most beloved characters in English children’s literature—Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Christopher Robin, and more—and the remarkable partnership between a writer...
The Pocket Universal Principles of Design
150 Essential Tools for Architects, Artists, Designers, Developers, Engineers, Inventors, and Makers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Whether a website, marketing campaign, museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Now, there's a handy travel companion for any designer, so that you always have the essentials...
Logo Theory
How Branding Design Really Works
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Ivan Chermayeff said of Logo Theory: "at last somebody actually understands what identity design is all about and how it is accomplished."
• Learn why certain corporate identities have been used for decades, some for more than half a century, and still look contemporary, while others...
Amateur Craft
History and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Amateur Craft provides an illuminating and historically-grounded account of amateur craft in the modern era, from 19th century Sunday painters and amateur carpenters to present day railway modellers and yarnbombers. Stephen Knott's fascinating study explores the curious and unexpected attributes of...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Bringing together a broad range of contributors including art, architecture, and design academic theorists and historians, in addition to practicing artists, architects, and designers, this volume explores the place of the sketchbook in contemporary art and architecture. Drawing upon a diverse range...
Design for Information
An Introduction to the Histories, Theories, and Best Practices Behind Effective Information Visualizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The visualization process doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it is grounded in principles and methodologies of design, cognition, perception, and human-computer-interaction that are combined to one’s personal knowledge and creative experiences. *Design for Information *critically examines other design...
Evolving Perspectives in Product Design
From Mass Production to Social Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
In a time when profound sociocultural and technological changes are affecting the design discipline, this book presents a number of consolidated and emerging issues in product design under four dominant perspectives: technical, human, digital and social. The book results in a read useful to design students and practitioners, but also to other professionals interested in product design.
by Tony Fry, Clive Dilnot, Susan Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Design and the Question of History is not a work of Design History. Rather, it is a mixture of mediation, advocacy and polemic that takes seriously the directive force of design as an historical actor in and upon the world. Understanding design as a shaper of worlds within which the political, ethical...
The Look of the Book
Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2020
A colorful and captivating visual exploration of book cover design, with never-before-seen sketches, mock-ups, and case studies, plus insider interviews with novelists and publishing executives that bring to light the inspiration, methods, and creative genius behind the book covers that grace our...