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Reference & Specification Book eBook Series

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  • The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book

    Everything Graphic Designers Need to Know Every Day

    by Poppy Evans, Aaris Sherin, Irina Lee ...
    Series series Reference & Specification Book
    The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book is a must-have sourcebook for every designer—amateur of professional.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 gutter when designing barrel foldsHow to layout a template for a box, and the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People

    Inside the World of Design Thinking and How It Can Spark Creativity and Innovation

    by Warren Berger ...
    An illuminating journey through today's fascinating world of design.What can we learn from the ways great designers think-and how can it improve our lives? In CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People Warren Berger, in collaboration with celebrated designer Bruce Mau, revolutionizes our understanding of design and unlocks the secrets of the trade. Looking to the creative problem-solving ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • Graphic Design Theory

    Readings from the Field

    Edited by Helen Armstrong ...
    Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Photoshop for Artists

    A Complete Guide for Fine Artists, Photographers, and Printmakers

    by Sylvie Covey ...
    ENRICH, ENHANCE, AND TRANSFORM YOUR ART WITH THE MAGIC OF PHOTOSHOP®For artists, Adobe® Photoshopâ offers an exciting entry into a new world of limitless color, textures, and effects that can be applied with just the touch of a keyboard or click of a mouse.Intended for serious artists -- painters, photographers, and printmakers ‑- Photoshop for Artists provides a comprehensive series of detailed ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • The Pocket Universal Methods of Design

    100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions

    by Bruce Hanington, Bella Martin ...
    The ultimate handbook for designers, students, even educators, The Pocket Universal Methods of Design is armed with 100 principles of design knowledge to keep your team sharp.This handy, pocket-version of the Universal Methods of Design provides the same thorough and critical presentation of 100 research methods, synthesis/analysis techniques, and research deliverables for human centered design. A ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Creative Photoshop CS4

    Digital Illustration and Art Techniques

    by Derek Lea ...
    If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic aspects of the program with one of the world's best teachers by your side. In addition to four brand ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Design School Wisdom

    Make First, Stay Awake, and Other Essential Lessons for Work and Life

    Edited by Brooke Johnson, Jennifer Tolo Pierce ...
    Learn to see the world with the smarts and visual acumen of a great designer. This treasure trove of pithy aphorisms, longer-form essays, and first-person interviews compiles years of design school education into one comprehensive yet compact book. Here are lessons in life and work, learned both in the classroom and on the job, from design teachers, students, and gurus, covering everything from ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Vision and Values in Design Management

    by Dr David Hands ...
    Series series Required Reading Range
    Vision and Values in Design Management explores the value of design as a key strategic resource that can be utilized in the pursuit of securing a competitive advantage within highly complex and emergent markets.Throughout the book, David Hands offers contributions from key thinkers and practitioners drawn from both industry and academia to provide an essential guide to the development, key issues ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • The Fundamentals of Design Management

    by Kathryn Best ...
    Series series Fundamentals
    The book explicitly places the principles and processes of design within the context of a business or enterprise, explaining how design management can relate to the cultural, environmental, political and social impact of an enterprise. It emphasises the inter-disciplinary nature of design management, and as such is of relevance to students of a number of disciplines: from art and design to ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Basics Design: Print and Finish

    by Gavin Ambrose, Mr Paul Harris ...
    Series series Basics Design
    The Basics Design series is designed to provide graphic arts students with a theoretical and practical exploration of fundamental topics, including layout, format, typography, colour and image. Packed with examples from students and professionals and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they offer an essential exploration of the subject.The second edition of the sixth book ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • A Theory of Narrative Drawing

    by Simon Grennan ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book offers an original new conception of visual story telling, proposing that drawing, depictive drawing and narrative drawing are produced in an encompassing dialogic system of embodied social behavior. It refigures the existing descriptions of visual story-telling that pause with theorizations of perception and the articulation of form. The book identifies and examines key issues in the ... Read more

    $139.09 USD

  • New Mythologies in Design and Culture

    Reading Signs and Symbols in the Visual Landscape

    by Rebecca Houze ...
    Taking as its point of departure Roland Barthes' classic series of essays, Mythologies, Rebecca Houze presents an exploration of signs and symbols in the visual landscape of postmodernity. In nine chapters Houze considers a range of contemporary phenomena, from the history of sustainability to the meaning of sports and children's building toys. Among the ubiquitous global trademarks she examines ... Read more

    $33.19 USD