Grafika

Wydawnictwo: Ava Publishing

Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics (2nd Edition) is an update to the popular first edition of the same name, in which David Crow introduces design students to the fundamentals of semiotics. Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies programme, but...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

One of the most ubiquitous pieces of printed matter, the business card presents a unique design conundrum. Constrained by budgetary and size restrictions, how do you present a person, or a business's identity, and contact details, all in a very small space's and still have some fun? In an age domina...

Wydawnictwo: Sterling

Sexy, provocative, playful, beautiful: from their earliest days, LP covers have been objects of art and fascination. This celebration of album artistry presents more than 350 of the best covers, and departs from the usual approach by organizing the images by visual theme. Many of us remember the ic...

Wydawnictwo: V & A Publications

William Morris by Linda Parry is part of a new series celebrating the V&A's pre-eminent status as a source of inspiration for designers. Featuring some of the museum's most enduing and popular patterns, The Fifties is one of four new titles in the V&A Pattern series which also includes Digital Pione...

Wydawnictwo: V & A Publications

William Morris by Linda Parry is part of a new series celebrating the V&A's pre-eminent status as a source of inspiration for designers. Featuring some of the museum's most enduing and popular patterns, William Morris is one of four new titles in the V&A Pattern series which also includes Digital Pi...

Wydawnictwo: V&A South Kensington

The poster was a key medium in the Cold War, used to produce both fear and loyalty at home and abroad. Posters of the Cold War surveys poster design from the late 1940s when the Iron Curtain was drawn across Europe to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Featuring over s...

Wydawnictwo: V&A South Kensington

Surrealism was one of the most influential movements of the 20th century and had a profound impact on all forms of culture. It was a philosophy and a way of life for some of the most brilliant artists and writers of the century.This is the first book to examine in depth Surrealism's impact in the wi...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

Retro Fonts is a fantastic compilation of over 400 of the best retro fonts from 1830 to the end of the 20th century. The fonts are presented in the style of old type specimen books as alphabets with sample words/phrases, shown opposite classic examples of the fonts in use in their historical context...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

Over the past decade there has been a creative rebirth in the practice of illustration. Boosted by the art worlds acceptance of graffiti and street art, the ubiquitous nature of foolproof vector programs, the re-adoption of illustration by avant-garde fashion labels, the proliferation of character d...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

This book is the first to examine the spread of graffiti in Asia, concentrating mainly on Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as China and Hong Kong. Anecdotes and interviews with local artists provide an insight into which paints, tools and techniques are used,...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

The four hundred marks reproduced within these pages represent the diverse array of identity work produced by Pentagram's partners, past and present, since the company was founded in 1972. Over the past four decades, Pentagram has designed marks for large corporations and small businesses, governmen...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

Pattern is everywhere. Years of minimalism have been superseded by a riot of colour and shape, whether on walls, fabrics, clothes or signage. Print and Pattern is a visual celebration of contemporary surface design. Compiled by the creator of the cult blog of the same name, this truly internation...

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon Press Ltd

Pentagram, founded in 1972, is one of the best known and most influential graphic, product, and architectural design firms in the world. Its partners are distinguished members of the international design community, consistently generating award-winning work of the highest quality. Profile is the...

Wydawnictwo: Laurence King Publishing

The first dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene, this book illustrates the work of the major graffiti artists - or "writers" - working in Japan today. The word for graffiti in Japan is rakugaki, but its street pronunciation is rackgaki, punning on the English graffiti term for "racking" spra...

Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

Pictograms and icons are keystones of nonverbal and multicultural communication, but what exactly are pictograms, and when is it appropriate to use them? What are their advantages? What rules must be followed, and what are the pitfalls that designers of pictograms and icons must take care to avoid?R...

Wydawnictwo: Rotovision

Graphic designers are constantly creating images by almost any technique available, whether technological or craft based, for illustrative purposes. In today's rich and fast-changing environment, the discipline of the illustrator is under pressure from designers and typographers who are also capable...

Wydawnictwo: Rockport Publishers

This book is the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, colour usage and space. Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be disti...

Wydawnictwo: Ilex

Every manga fan needs Draw Manga Step-By-Step on Your Computer - the most detailed book on creating digital manga, ever. The book guides you through a practical instruction course to create your own manga artwork. From scanning in a basic sketch, through cleaning it up and colouring it in Photoshop,...

Wydawnictwo: Ava Publishing

Writing good copy requires creativity. Writing good copy is a craft to be learned through much practise and over time. Kiss and Sell: Writing for Advertising explores all aspects of copywriting to uncover the qualities necessary to fulfill the sole task of the copywriter - to empty store shelves of ...

Wydawnictwo: Ava Publishing

Journalists from 30 international magazines have judged these 800 ads to be the best. Taken from print publications, Internet sites, commercials, direct marketing organizations, and packaging design projects, they are the winners, finalists, and high scorers of Epica, Europe's premier creative award...

Wydawnictwo: Peachpit Press

In this revised and updated edition to the popular The Non Designer's Scan and Print Book, author Sandee Cohen unravels what designers need to know about the often mysterious rules of producing graphics and layouts for print. Working backwards from what a professional printer needs to put readers' w...

Wydawnictwo: Ilex

The liberating underground comix of the 60s heralded an explosion in the genres of erotic comic art, and this volume picks up the story to show how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the form in the years since. Erotic Comics: A Graphic History Volume 2 examines ho...

Wydawnictwo: John Wiley & Sons

This book offers a single source for practical information on how to designsustainablepackaging that serves as the marketing vehicle for consumer products.

Wydawnictwo: Gestalten Verlag

Youth culture and brands have always had a convoluted relationship both influencing and feeding off each other alike. The term gepflegt krass is German slang used mainly by youth culture for awesome or cool. Gepflegt:KRASS takes youth culture and the visual culture of brands as a starting point to i...

Wydawnictwo: Focal Press

Benefit from the wealth of information in this complete course in the fundamental principles of animation. The books in this bundle contain just about everything required to conceive, produce, direct, animate, assemble, publish, and distribute an animated film Animation: From Pencils to Pixels is th...

Wydawnictwo: Focal Press

Be inspired by the masters! This visually stunning book showcases the work and creative process of several of today's leading VFX studios. Over 1000 vibrant four color images provide great visual insight as to how the studios start with a concept then arrive at their finished VFX shot. includes insi...

Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

New Retro is two books in one, a concise history of graphic design and an astute selection of contemporary work that makes great use of past inspiration.In a climate oversaturated with slick technologically driven imagery, there has been a return to familiar imagery and typography, particularly from...

Wydawnictwo: Assouline

Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

Wydawnictwo: A&C Black