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Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language,

December 20, 2011

Graphic Design, Referenced is a visual and informational guide to the most commonly referenced terms, historical moments, landmark projects, and influential practitioners in the field of graphic design. With more than 2,000 design projects illustrating more than 400 entries, it provides an intense overview of the varied elements that make up the graphic design profession [...]

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A Life of Style: Fashion, Home, Entertaining

December 17, 2011

Style is a reflection of who we are, where we come from, and what we have experienced—the good, the bad, and the indifferent. It is what makes us into the unique beings that we are. Star fashion designer Rebecca Moses has devoted herself to crafting chic garments for stylish women world-wide. Underpinning her years of [...]

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Digital Painting Techniques: Practical Techniques of Digital

December 15, 2011

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a [...]

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Print Workshop: Hand-Printing Techniques and Truly Original

December 14, 2011

This is a book for low budgets and high ambition. Read it and you will learn how to put images of things onto other things. You will start by rolling up your sleeves. Your shirt will be stained anyways. At some point, you will harness the power of the sun.  Go ahead, look inside. You [...]

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I Wonder

December 13, 2011

Quirky, poignant, astute, funny this beautiful book presents a colourful collection of observations on visual culture and design, written and illuminated by world-renowned typographic illustrator Marian Bantjes. Whether intricately hand-drawn or using precise computer illustration software, her highly ornamental, craftsman-like word-pictures have earned her professional acclaim and a cult following around the world. Tags: illustrator [...]

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How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

December 11, 2011

Designers are quick to tell us about their sources of inspiration, but they are much less willing to reveal such critical matters as how to find work, how much they charge, and what to do when a client rejects three weeks of work and refuses to pay the bill. How to be a graphic designer [...]

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The Simpsons 2011 Laugh-a-Day Daily Desk Calendar

December 10, 2011

A day without The Simpsons is like a day without laughter . . . or a televison. Now you can enjoy a whole year of The Simpsons at the tip of your fingers with all-new trivia questions and 20 seasons of classic moments from America's favorite family. Tags: A-Day, televison, favorite family, Laugh, trivia questions, [...]

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The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels

December 3, 2011

Featuring outstanding wine-label designs from more than 250 international vintners, this illustrated survey highlights leading designers who have elevated the design of wine labels to an art form. Tracing the history of wine-label design from its early use as a simple utilitarian way of cellaring wine to its contemporary role as the visual voice of the [...]

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Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical

December 2, 2011

For years, the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines has been the industry bible for graphic designers and illustrators. This, the 13th edition, continues the tradition with new information, listings and pricing information based on surveys of working designers. It addresses legal rights and issues such as how copyright laws affect the income [...]

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The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

November 26, 2011

As seen in O: The Oprah Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Cool Hunting, and countless other media outlets, The Map as Art is available now in a paperback edition. This volume by Katharine Harmon, author of our best-selling book You Are Here, extends that book's celebration of mapmaking to the world [...]

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Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century

November 24, 2011

Since 2001, Gigposters.com has been the Internet's first and best resource for rock-show poster art; their massive online database showcases more than 90,000 posters from 7,000 different designers, including all of today's top poster studios. Gig Posters Volume I highlights the 700+ best examples in their collection, including 101 perforated and ready-to-hang posters for bands [...]

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The Art of Drew Struzan

November 21, 2011

He is the favorite artist of both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and the artist behind some of the most iconic images of our time… he is Drew Struzan. Struzan has worked on the posters for the biggest films of the last 30 years. Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park and E.T: The [...]

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Walt Disney Animation Studios the Archive Series: Design

November 20, 2011

Whether it consists of quick sketches on a lunch counter napkin, elaborate paintings in oils or watercolors, or dazzling computer renderings, the unparalleled creative process of Disney artists is lavishly showcased in Design, the third volume of The Walt Disney Animation Studios - The Archive Series. Among the incredible talents featured in this volume are [...]

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The Simpsons 2011 Fun Calendar

November 17, 2011

Relive classic moments from the first 20 seasons of The Simpsons with rampaging cat and mouse robots, a costumed pie-throwing vigilante, time-traveling toasters, department store Santas, comic convention combat, a satisfying rib dinner, bloodthirsty killer clowns, and screaming caterpillars. Prepare for a whole new year with a whole lot of nostalgia. Tags: rib dinner, killer [...]

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Postcards From Penguin: One Hundred Book Covers in One Box

November 4, 2011

Product Description This is a collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box. In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to [...]

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Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers

November 4, 2011

The ultimate guide to visual storytelling! How to make the audience "feel" the story while they are "reading" the story. Using his experiences from working in the comic book industry, movie studios and teaching, Marcos introduces the reader to a step-by-step system that will create the most successful storyboards and graphics for the best visual [...]

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