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Just in Time, or a Short History of Production

January 3, 2012

An experiment by Xavier Antin, printing a book using a printing chain made of four desktop printers using four different colors and technologies dated from 1880 to 1976. The result is pretty much what you would expect, still a funny idea though. View full post on Design daily news Tags: Result, time, different colors, history, [...]

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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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A History of Graphic Design

September 20, 2011

An incredible, definitive history of graphic communication, this new edition is redesigned and updated to cover the evolution of graphic design over the past decade. Among its nearly 1,500 illustrations are 100 new full-color illustrations in a 16-page timeline that covers the history of graphic design from prehistory to today. Tags: 500 illustrations, color illustrations, [...]

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Graphic Designing - History and Resources

September 8, 2011

‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ goes the old adage, and no one can question either the truth or the pertinence of the remark. Anyone is naturally more attracted to an image than he or she is to a lot of written words. Keeping all this in mind, advertising for products and services using [...]

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Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, And

August 3, 2011

New in paperback, this workbook is a methodical yet comprehensive approach to conveying the fundamentals of avant-garde, innovative, information design by examining history, theory, criticism, technology and media, process, method, and practice. Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, readers get an intimate understanding of the complexities of [...]

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The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company

August 1, 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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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Vintage)

May 11, 2011

The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history. Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In [...]

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Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline

March 18, 2011

What does history look like? How do you draw time? From the most ancient images to the contemporary, the line has served as the central figure in the representation of time. The linear metaphor is ubiquitous in everyday visual representations of time—in almanacs, calendars, charts, and graphs of all sorts. Even our everyday speech is [...]

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Graphic Design: A New History

January 16, 2011

This exciting new history of graphic design explores its evolution from the late 19th century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the book illuminates the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing as well as the roles of technology, social change, and commercial forces on the course of design history. The layout of each chapter reflects [...]

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