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themes or specific topics Themes and collections of images from any period offer excellent way to expand your knowledge of design.      Sampler:
Contemporary Music GraphicsFrom the publisher: " Sampler is the definitive statement on cutting-edge sleeve design from the contemporary music scene. Presenting work by today's most innovative designers, Sampler shows the best of recent CD covers and record sleeves from leading labels, as well as the unique packaging that rarely travels beyond the confines of the record industry." Format: Paperback, 144pp. Owned by DT: No. Amazon Price: $24.00 : 1 Day Sampler: Contemporary Music Graphics BN Price: $24.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £10.00 : Preorder Sampler: Contemporary Music Graphics 
Sampler 2Sampler 2 captures and celebrates some of the most innovative and challenging graphic design work from the contemporary music scene, yet offers an even more penetrating and comprehensive examination of radical music packaging. Traditionally occupying the margins of graphic design practice, the record cover is increasingly recognized as a testing ground for innovative visual expression, inspired by, and amplifying our enjoyment of, the music itself. Sampler 2 features the best graphics from cutting edge designers who boldly reject the notion of the record sleeve as ephemeral packaging in favor of creating memorable works of art. Format: Paperback, 144pp. Amazon Price: $24.00 : 1 Day Sampler 2 BN Price: $24.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £20.54 : 1-2 Weeks Sampler 2 
Less Is More : The New Simplicity in Graphic DesignThis book explores the emerging 'less is more' attitude in graphic design through work and insight from 96 of today's hottest (and coolest) designers. A great variety of styles and points of view are represented, from such respected names as Art Chantry, Janet Froelich and Stephen Doyle. Featured profiles examine the individual styles and influences of 7 prominent designers. The book sets the stage with an insightful essay tracing the "ebbs and flows of less and more" through 500 years of graphic design. Format: Hardcover, 160pp. Amazon Price: $27.99 : 1 Day Less Is More : The New Simplicity in... BN Price: $27.99 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £19.99 : 1 Day Less Is More : The New Simplicity in Graphic Design 
Minimal Graphics : The Powerful New Look of Graphic Design Here is a striking collection of minimal graphic designs that get the message across. The best design work today is minimal. Format: Hardcover, 182pp. Amazon Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Minimal Graphics : The Powerful New Look of Graphic Design BN Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £28.00 : Preorder Minimal Graphics  Small
GraphicsAmazon Editorial Review: "Small Graphics provides hundreds of ideas for making effective design use of even the smallest spaces. See how designers have successfully chosen their graphics and words to maximize impact in tiny places. This book contains more than 200 examples of logos, business cards, hats, premiums, identity systems, direct response marketing, point-of-purchase material, stamps, and packaging." Format: Hardcover, 192pp. Owned by DT: No. Amazon Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Small Graphics: Design Innovation for Limited Spaces BN Price: $36.00 : N/A Small Graphics Amazon UK: £27.05 : 1-2 Weeks Small Graphics  Large
Graphics Large Graphics provide hundreds of ideas for making effective use of the largest places. This book contains a great range of samples and ideas for creating huge graphic designs from posters to billboards, including transportation designs and more. Format: Hardcover, 192pp. Owned by DT: No. Amazon Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Large Graphics BN Price: $36.00 : N/A Large Graphics Amazon UK: £27.05 : 1-2 Weeks Large Graphics 
Searching for the Perfect Beat: Flyer Designs of the American Rave SceneAn underground movement founded on electronic dance music and a utopian vision, the global phenomenon known as rave culture has proven a well-spring of some wildly innovative graphic design. This valuable sourcebook, featuring the very best examples of club flyers created to promote raves, is unrivaled in documenting the distinctive visual style of the American techno scene. Format: Paperback, 160pp. Amazon Price: $19.96 : 1 Day Searching for the Perfect Beat: Flyer... BN Price: $19.96 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £16.95 : Preorder Searching for the Perfect Beat: Flyer Designs of the American Rave Scene 
Advertising Annual 2001 This showcase of the excellence in current advertising campaigns produced internationally is a thorough exploration of print media for diverse fields, covering automotive, electronics, public service, and retail products of numerous types. High-quality reproductions of ads are accompanied by complete captions and credits. Indices of ad agencies, creative directors, art directors, designers, illustrators, photographers, and clients make this a valuable, all-inclusive guide. Format: Hardcover, 256pp. Amazon Price: $56.00 : 1 Day Advertising Annual 2001 BN Price: $56.00 : 2-3 Days Amazon UK: £42.08 : 1-2 Weeks Advertising Annual 2001  Fax You: Urgent ImagesFrom a single sheet sent to hundreds of unsuspecting fax machines around the globe comes this book of instant art. Requested to fax by return their thoughts on communication, technology, innovation and aesthetics, or whatever else was on their minds, a menagerie of contributors rose to the occasion, and buried the Fax You team under a pile of thermal paper. The results amused and amazed, and are herepreserved in more stable print. Amazon Price: $29.95 : 1 Day Urgent Images : The Graphic Language of... BN Price: $29.95 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £15.96 : 2-3 Days Fax You: Urgent Images  One
and Two Color GraphicsThe second volume of One and Two Color Graphics, featuring stunning designs achieved by restricting color. From the Publisher: "An extremely useful book for exploring possibilities of low-cost design." Yes, true - and this applies to maintainingg low-Kb web design ideas too. - FS. Format: Paperback, 224pp. Owned by Digitalthread = Yes. Amazon Price: $28.00 : N/A BN Price: $47.96 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £59.95 : Preorder One and Two Color Graphics |
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Iconography of Power : Soviet Political Posters Under Lenin and Stalin
(Studies on the History of Society and Culture, 27) During the Russian revolution, confronted with a semiliterate population, the Bolsheviks relied on visual propaganda to rally public enthusiasm, inculcate novel ideas, and instill loyalty. Vivid posters issued between 1918 and 1953 help us to understand how Soviet political art shaped the mentality of the Russian population. Reproduced here are 100 of these posters. 8 color plates. Format: Paperback, 395pp. Amazon Price: $22.50 : 1 Day Iconography of Power : Soviet Political... BN Price: $22.50 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £30.00 : 4-6 Weeks Iconography of Power : Soviet Political Posters... 
Stenberg Brothers : Constructing a Revolution in Soviet DesignThe Stenberg brothers embodied the graphically striking, post-Bolshevic Revolution, pre-Stalin-era Soviet aesthetic. This catalog is printed in conjunction with the spring of 1997 Stenberg exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Format: Paperback, 96pp. Amazon Price: $15.96 : 2-3 Days Stenberg Brothers : Constructing a... BN Price: N/A : N/A Amazon UK: £13.66 : 1-2 Weeks Stenberg Brothers : Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design 
Posters American StyleA successful poster has an unmistakable and immediate impact. Featured here are 120 posters by some of the most popular American artists and graphic designers of the period. Will Bradley, Ben Shahn, Robert Rauschenberg, Rupert Garca, Wes Wilson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, and the Guerilla Girls are represented, along with other, less-familiar artists. Format: Hardcover, 192pp. Amazon Price: $17.98 : 1 Day Posters American Style BN Price: $17.98 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £9.56 : 2-3 Days Posters American Style  Scrawl: Dirty Graphics and Strange CharactersScrawl - Dirty Graphics and Strange Characters is public art 21st century style. Using spray cans, brushes, stencils, Xerox machines, collage, computers, video and film they create intense images that are the visual equivalent of contemporary music's poly-rhythmic complexity. Scrawl highlights the work of over 30 artists and features commissions from cutting edge record labels. Amazon Price: $39.95 : 2-3 Days Scrawl - Dirty Graphics & Strange... BN Price: $31.96*! : 2-3 Days Amazon UK: £27.65 : 1-2 Weeks Scrawl: Dirty Graphics and Strange Characters 
Magazine Design The book discusses how editorial designers use elements such as navigational devices, photography, illustration, and typography to make a product that is understandable and attractive. Also covered are Web-based magazines and the unique restraints and practical design solutions that arise when designing for the Internet. Format: Paperback, 160pp. Amazon Price: $37.50 : 2-3 Days Magazine Design BN Price: $30.00*! : 1 Day Amazon UK: £19.96 : 1-2 Weeks Magazine Design 
Issues - New Magazine Design Issues takes an incisive look at the influential, exciting, and original new genre of graphic design found between the covers of today's hottest magazines. Issues highlights the publications that have revolutionized magazine design and examines the concepts behind their format, page designs, covers, words and images. Format: Paperback, 172pp. Amazon Price: $45.00 : 2-3 Days Issues - New Magazine Design BN Price: !*$31.96 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £30.06 : 1-2 Weeks Issues - New Magazine Design 
Magazine Design 2 Publishers from many countries submitted their strongest work, representing a diverse range of magazine sizes, contents, types of readership, and languages used. Format: Hardcover, 256pp. Amazon Price: $56.00 : Preorder Magazine Design 2 BN Price: N/A : N/A Amazon UK: £62.00 : 4-6 Weeks Magazine Design 2 
Bound for Glory: Printed MatterGathering together the most excellent examples of recent design for books and book jackets, this all-inclusive record also showcases CD booklets, publicity for industry and the arts, self-promotion, and experimental work. Criteria for the collection highlight extraordinary layout, the most advanced book typography, and special printing and binding techniques, using a range of materials from paper and card to wood, metal, and even Tupperware. Format: Hardcover, 184pp. Amazon Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Bound for Glory: Printed Matter BN Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: N/A : N/A 
The Best of Brochure Design 5 (Best of Brochure Design) "The Best of Brochure Design 5" presents some of the world's best designed brochures in a beautiful showcase for inspiration and admiration. Brochures are displayed in all shapes and sizes, all papers and printing, presenting incredible innovative solutions to many design challenges. Format: Hardcover, 208pp. Amazon Price: $36.00 : 2-3 Days The Best of Brochure Design 5 (Best of Brochure Design) BN Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £30.40 : Preorder The Best of Brochure Design 5 (Best of Brochure Design) 
The Best of Annual Report Design Open these pages to a collection of the best annual reports that will inspire, stretch, and engage your creativity; plus advice from top graphic designers who tackle the same problem issue after issue: getting and keeping readers' attention. Format: Hardcover, 192pp. Amazon Price: US $36.00 : 1 Day The Best of Annual Report Design BN Price: $36.00 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £28.00 : Preorder The Best of Annual Report Design 
Pre-Press : Building Innovative Design Through Creative Pre-Press Techniques
(Graphic Idea Resource) Graphic Idea Resource: Pre-Press provides visual insight for graphic designers on prep-press techniques. Great designers know that a strong, well-executed final design is not purely the result of a good repro-house and a good printer, but that a well-thought-through creative process can also make the difference in the quality of the final design. Not to mention the schedule and the budget. This book presents work from designers who think creatively about pre-press and get results for the client. Format: Paperback, 96pp. Amazon Price: $14.39 : 2-3 Days Pre-Press : Building Innovative Design... BN Price: $16.19 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £10.82 : 1-2 Weeks Pre-Press : Building Innovative Design... 
Exotiquarium : Album Art from the Space Age The lounge scene has revived interest in this music and its stars -- Juan Garcia Esquivel, Martin Denny, Lenny Dee, and others -- and in her new book, Exotiquarium, Jennifer McKnight-Trontz revisits those halcyon days of martinis, mambo, and Mantovani. Format: Paperback, 128pp. Amazon Price: $19.96!* : 1 Day Exotiquarium : Album Art from the Space... BN Price: $24.95 : 1 Day Amazon UK: £17.08 : 1-2 Weeks Exotiquarium : Album Art from the Space Age |
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