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The Pixar Touch

October 11, 2011

The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in [...]

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You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of The

October 10, 2011

Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's [...]

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The Art of Kung Fu Panda 2

October 8, 2011

Go behind-the-scenes of the animated mega-sequel with this tome of production artwork, including character designs and environments. Po, the recently anointed Dragon Warrior, is living his dream as the champion of the Valley of Peace when an evil warlord threatens to destroy all of China. So Po and the Furious Five set out on an [...]

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The Art of Instruction: Vintage Educational Charts From The

October 6, 2011

Large-scale wall charts were fundamental tools of classroom instruction throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collected here for the first time in one deluxe volume are over 100 of these vintage educational posters now important relics in the history of science, art, and design. From the anatomy of a tulip or an apple [...]

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Drew Struzan: Oeuvre

October 5, 2011

Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie posters of the last 30 years, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Blade Runner.  This sumptuous hardcover edition, with a foreword by George Lucas, features over 250 pieces of artwork, including all of [...]

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Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

October 2, 2011

An unusual collaboration among distinguished art historians and historians of science, this book demonstrates how printmakers of the Northern Renaissance, far from merely illustrating the ideas of others, contributed to scientific investigations of their time. Hans Holbein, for instance, worked with cosmographers and instrument makers on some of the earliest sundial manuals published; Albrecht Dürer [...]

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Graphic Design Solutions, Third Edition

October 1, 2011

Cutting-edge concepts, a beautifully illustrated text, and a dazzling array of award-winning design make the third edition of this standout best-seller one of the most highly acclaimed design texts in the world. Graphic Design Solutions continues to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to graphic design and advertising design, with step-by-step visual solutions that readers [...]

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Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique

September 30, 2011

A complete fashion school for drawing and painting fashion figures, garments, and accessories for all aspiring fashion illustrators and designers. Designed for newcomers and improvers, this book shows you how to construct the head and figure, compose for impact, and use all available media. Practical, interactive and beautiful, instruction will be via step exercises, hardworking [...]

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Kitchen Centric

September 28, 2011

Kitchen Centric puts a new spin on the typical kitchen design book by offering readers a book that is part art book, part fantasy, and part field guide. Internationally known kitchen designer Mick De Giulio takes readers on a guided tour through eighteen of his favorite kitchen projects in urban lofts, suburban homes, manor houses, [...]

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Designing With Type: A Basic Course in Typography

September 26, 2011

The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers can examine [...]

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Vogue: The Covers

September 25, 2011

Since its first cover on December 17, 1892, Vogue has had people talking. Vogue: The Covers chronicles the extraordinary images that have reflected—and transformed—the world of style for more than 120 years. More than 300 of the most beautiful, provocative, and fashion-forward covers ever produced are highlighted alongside the history and stories behind the covers [...]

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The Designer's Desktop Manual

September 24, 2011

The best practice, technical desk reference for all professional designers and aspiring pros. Perfect for professional designers, aspiring pros, and design students alike. The Designer's Desktop Manual explores, topic by topic, the essential aspects of key areas of print and screen based design-type and typography; color; imaging; layout; and printing, from the most basic, introductory [...]

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Draping for Apparel Design (2nd Edition)

September 23, 2011

This text combines step-by-step instructions illustrated to present the principles andmethods of draping. Author Helen Joseph-Armstrong incorporates three draping techniques manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping in designprojects featured throughout the text. Projects begin with a draping plan and fashiondrawing to identify its creative elements, and determine the draping technique required.The author describes [...]

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The Dynamics of Fashion (3rd Edition)

September 22, 2011

Fashion today is fast-paced, technologically savvy, and global and this third edition of The Dynamics of Fashion has been updated to be on the cutting edge. Featuring a new chapter on the history of fashion, the latest facts and figures, and the most current theories in fashion development, production, and merchandising, this book provides a [...]

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Logo, Font & Lettering Bible

September 22, 2011

This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own [...]

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Designing With Type: The Essential Guide to Typography

September 21, 2011

• First published in 1971, used universally ever since • Access to lessons from distinguished typographers around the world through Web site: designingwithtype.com • "An excellent and useful introduction to the subject."—Milton Glaser New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. Tags: [...]

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