Книги по созданию логотипов и айдентике

Proportion as a basic element in the field of design has been widely researched and studied. Taking mathematical theories, the golden ratio, and sequence principles into consideration in design and art often helps improve visual aesthetics, and the beauty of well-used proportions can be found in a variety of design projects.

Visual Harmony presents outstanding design work highlighting well-crafted proportions, presenting projects that will be solid references to readers worldwide. It elaborates on the subject with information in the form of descriptive text and diagrams.

Brand logos, visual identities, illustrations, and other artistic works featured in this book stand out from others because of the designers' in-depth understanding of proportions, reflecting the importance of rational thinking in the ever-changing creative world.

An essential book for anyone involved or interested in the process of digital brand building and digital communication design

Digital design plays a crucial role in how customers experience a brand. However, corporate websites and online shops are now only part of interactive brand identity. Digital touchpoints are becoming more widespread and more complex in their design demands, embracing apps, chatbots, interactive billboards, virtual and augmented reality and more. The interface is now the brand, which means that conception, design and technology must go hand in hand at every stage, keeping the needs of users front and centre.

This extensively updated edition of Branded Interactions is an essential handbook for professional digital designers and those just starting out. It guides the reader through the process of digital brand design in five key phases: discovering a demographic, defining an action plan, designing an interface, delivering a quality product, and distributing the design to the market. Packed with real-world examples from brands like Google, Amazon and Lego, it incorporates a wealth of practical design advice and diagrams to help build a solid framework for any project – incorporating brand strategy at every stage while remaining flexible enough to let creativity shine.

About the Author:

Marco Spies and Katja Wenger are partners at think moto, a Berlin-based design consultancy, and co-founders of two highly successful tech start-ups.

The ultimate step-by-step, visual guide to creating a successful brand

Michael Johnson is one of the world's leading graphic designers and brand consultants. His studio, johnson banks, is responsible for the rebranding of many notable clients, including Virgin Atlantic, Think London, BFI, Christian Aid, and MORE TH>N, and he has garnered a plethora of awards in the process.

In Branding, Johnson strips everyday brands down to their basic components, with case studies that enable us to understand why we select one product or service over another and allow us to comprehend how seemingly subtle influences can affect key life decisions. The first part of the book shows how the birth of a brand begins not with finding a solution but rather with identifying the correct question the missing gap in the market to which an answer is needed. Johnson proceeds to unveil hidden elements involved in creating a successful brand from the strapline that gives the brand a narrative and a purpose to clever uses of typography that unite design and language.

With more than 1,000 illustrations showcasing the world's most successful corporate identities, as well as generic templates enabling you to create your own brand or ad with ease, Branding explores every step of the development process required to create the simplest and most immediately compelling brands.

About the Author:

Michael Johnson set up the creative design studio 'johnson banks' in 1992. Since then, he has received eight ‘pencil’ awards from D&AD, thirteen Design Week awards and four NYADC ‘cube’ awards, among many others. Johnson has been cited as one of the most notable British designers by the Guardian and the Independent, and has been featured in Design Week’s ‘Hot 50’ list of prominent figures in design on three separate occasions. He is also the author of Problem Solved.

Often, the small, delightful details make a piece shine, similar to the way unique buttons on a white shirt can give it an entirely new look. This book explores 1,000 of these embellishments available to graphic designers across all kinds of projects, from books to brochures, invitations to menus, CDs to annual reports. Exacting photography, which is accompanied by credits outlining the vendors and materials used, focuses on these details. This book invites designers to literally shop for ideas. Content is organized by type; if you’re in the market for an unusual binding, turn to the bindings section to see a wide collection of fresh ideas. Other topics covered include fasteners, graphics, unique materials, embossing, debossing, specialty inks, type treatments, interesting color usage, add-ons, die cuts, and much more.

From graphic identities to visual campaigns, Behind Collections® introduces nearly 130 clever works, all stand out due to the unique method of craftsmanship that was used to execute the fashion brand’s and design concept. The fashion industry has always been a co-existing world for influential figures and fresh young talent, where these two sides relentlessly run into each other with their vision and talent. But then there are visual designers who help consolidate designers’ cryptic ideas in symbolic imagery and artefacts. Great creative synergy essentially leads to startlingly beautiful invitations, lookbooks and display settings that fascinate appreciative eyes.

Whether it is street fashion or high culture, these works captured the essence of the designers’ concept and highlighted it furthermore with graphics, printing, and art directions. In four chapters, this book follows unique styles that designers created for department stores, eye-catching young labels and the likes of Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Hermés, Maison Martin Margiela, Issey Miyake, Acne Studio and many others.

Brand by Hand documents the work, career, and artistic inspiration of graphic designer extraordinaire Jon Contino.

Jon is a born-and-bred New Yorker. He talks like one, he acts like one, and most importantly, he designs like one. He is the founder and creative director of Jon Contino Studio, and over the past two decades, he has built a massive collection of award-winning graphic-design work for high-profile clients such as Nike, 20th Century Fox, and Sports Illustrated. Throughout all of this, he has gone to design hell and back, facing obstacles like fear, self-doubt, and bad luck. 

Brand by Hand documents the work and career of Jon Contino, exploring his lifelong devotion to the guts and grime of New York and cementing his biggest artistic inspirations, from hardcore music to America’s favorite pastime. A graphic-design retrospective showcasing his minimalist illustrations and unmistakable hand-lettering, Brand by Hand shares how Contino has taken a passion for pen and ink and turned it into an expanding empire of clients, merchandise, and artwork.

About the Author:

Jon Contino is an influential staple in the design and branding community. As founder and creative director of Jon Contino Studio, he has produced award-winning work for household names including Nike, MillerCoors, American Eagle, Coca-Cola, 20th Century Fox, AT&T, and Sports Illustrated. He has also received some of the industry’s most prestigious honors, including a Decoration & Design Building Stars of Design award, a Clio Key Art Award, a Cannes Lion award, and an ADC Young Guns award. He was born and raised in New York and never left.

Brand Identity Essentials, Revised and Expanded outlines and demonstrates basic logo and branding design guidelines and rules through 100 principles. These include the elements of a successful graphic identity, identity programs and brand identity, and all the various strategies and elements involved. 

A company's identity encompasses far more than just its logo. Identity is crucial to establishing the public's perception of a company, its products, and its effectiveness — and it's the designer's job to envision the brand and create what the public sees. Brand Identity Essentials, a classic design reference now updated and expanded, lays a foundation for brand building, illustrating the construction of strong brands through examples of world-class design.

Topics include: A Sense of Place, Cultural Symbols, Logos as Storytellers, What is "On Brand?", Brand Psychology, Building an Online Identity, Managing Multiple Brands, Owning an Aesthetic, Logo Lifecycles, Programs That Stand Out, Promising Something, and Honesty is Sustainable

The new, revised edition expands each of the categories, descriptions, and selections of images, and incorporates emergent themes in digital design and delivery that have developed since the book first appeared.

Brand Identity Essentials is a must-have reference for budding design professionals and established designers alike.

About the Authors:

Kevin Budelmann and Yang Kim are the founders and co-owners of Peopledesign, a brand strategy and design firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan,  helping clients establish strong, future-proof brand identities. Peopledesign has been recognized by ADC Global, AIGA, American Center for Design, American Graphic Design Awards, AR100, CMYK Magazine, Communication Arts, Coupe magazine, Creative Quarterly, Critique Magazine, GD:USA, Graphis, How, Inc. 5000, LogoLounge, Print, ReBrand, STA, Step: Inside Design, Type Directors Club, Webby Awards. Budelmann and Kim published the original edition of Essential Elements for Brand Identity with Rockport in 2010.

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Following the previous editions, Logos. Volume 4 offers a new and practical reference for logo design.

This edition presents a careful selection of the latest outstanding logo works from around the world, exploring the rational approaches and detailed design techniques of logo creation.

Divided into four chapters:
 - Food & Beverage
 - Fashion
 - IT
 - Culture
it covers various industries for a comprehensive review of this branding element.

Color has the power to communicate feelings and  emotions to an audience and to bring incredible power to a design.

Color Code: Branding & Identity explores the subject of color by decoding the secrets of its use in branding and identity design. The design projects that the book features reveal the dynamic possibilities offered by the thoughtful application of color and illustrate the visual impacts of colors in different industries.

This volume is an essential guide for understanding and mastering the use of colors in graphic design.

This book brings together utterly fresh and creative stationery materials produced by designers from all over the world. The projects featured range from business cards and letterheads to CD packaging, memoranda and notepads. This title shows that a successful corporate identity depends on the details and it will undoubtedly help entrepreneurs to make a statement when starting a new business venture in a highly competitive environment.

About the Author:

Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China), where he is dean of the design, visualization and animation department. He is a prolific editor, whose titles focus on international design, architecture, branding, communication, trends and culture, and the editor of Design 360° magazine and Asia-Pacific Design. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organizations, and he has also been a jury member for China’s most prestigious design and illustration awards.

In a world where corporate identity is of utmost importance and hotels are at the forefront of global mobility, graphics and visuals are a key element of shaping a hotel’s brand. This book introduces the visual identities that are formed through the use of logos, business cards, letterheads and other graphic elements. With the right graphics these seemingly innocuous hotel supplies have the power to capture the hotel’s ambience, transforming one’s stay into a memorable experience. Do not disturb provides a selection of the most impressive graphic design innovations in hotel branding from around the globe. 

This official anniversary volume celebrates the cutting-edge graphic, product, and package design of one of the world’s best-known consumer brands.

PepsiCo sets the standard for how companies can envision and create their futures. Since creating PepsiCo Design and bringing on its first-ever Chief Design Officer, Mauro Porcini, in 2012, PepsiCo has emerged as a leader in design-led innovation. With more and more of the business community embracing design thinking every day, Good Design Is for Everyone is an inspiring look at how one company has done just that.

The decade-spanning collection invites everyone who loves design and innovation to explore the very best of PepsiCo Design. Featuring examples and case studies of iconic brands including Pepsi, Cheetos, and Lifewtr and collaborations with innovators like Jeremy Scott, Serena Williams, and Puma, this is an exciting deep dive into how PepsiCo uses package design to create meaningful consumer connections.

It is a must-read or the perfect gift for passionate graphic designers, creative and business leaders, and brand marketers.

About the Authors:

Mauro Porcini is senior vice president and chief design officer at PepsiCo. As one of the first major corporations to unite diverse design disciplines into a single team, PepsiCo Design has been using its human-centered approach to create meaningful, authentic, and relevant brand experiences for over a decade. In the past ten years, Porcini and his team have won more than 1,800 design and innovation awards, and in 2018 PepsiCo was recognized by Fortune in its Business by Design list.

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In the field of graphic design, Japanese graphics has established its unique reputation around the world. This book sorts out the development of Japanese graphics into three stages: postwar 40 years, the golden 10 years and the 21st century to the current. Along the way, briefly talk about Japanese aesthetics, Japanese tea ceremony, Japanese traditional painting and manga in order to explore the cultural roots of Japanese graphics.

A large quantity of graphic works by Japanese designers are displayed under four categories: Logo, Poster & Book, Branding and Packaging. To deepen the understanding of Japanese graphics and its development, this book features articles written by renowned designers, including Masaaki Hiromura, Daigo Daikoku, Eisuke Tachikawa, Masaomi Fujita, Eriko Kawakami and Ren Takaya.

1. A comprehensive introduction of the development of Japanese graphics after WWII and masters emerging from corresponding stages.
2. A brief talk the cultural roots of Japanese graphics — Japanese aesthetic, Japanese tea ceremony, Yamato-e, Ukiyo-e and manga
3. Articles written by eminent designers, such as Masaaki Hiromura, Daigo Daikoku
4. A collection of excellent graphic works by Japanese designers

Your ultimate inspiration and resource for creating a one-of-a-kind wedding that truly matches your personality, style, and budget

In this book celebrity wedding planner and stylist Fiona Leahy will inspire you to not only have an incomparable ceremony best-suited to your wants and needs, but to throw one hell of a party that everyone will enjoy. She reveals her hands-on tips and tricks for creating a relaxed and freshly original celebration — from a bohemian open-air rhapsody to a punk-rock karaoke extravaganza.

Just Married brims with a wide range of extraordinary locations, handmade letterpress invitations and decorations, delectable wedding cakes and buffets, striking wedding dresses, bouquets, and, of course, wedding rings and other accoutrements. Although the featured suggestions might be different from what is traditionally expected, they are always tasteful and will embolden anyone to make their own unique visions for their wedding day a reality.

What should be one of the happiest days of one’s life can also be one of the most nerve-racking experiences. Planning one’s wedding brings up all kinds of questions. Which dress? Which ring? Which location? Which food should be served? Who should sit next to whom? What can be easily organized and what calls for professional support? And most of all: how can an enjoyable yet sophisticated celebration be created that does away with kitschy clichés and tacky locations and fits perfectly to the bride and groom’s personalities and budget?

Stylist, designer, and celebrity wedding planner Fiona Leahy has established herself as one of the best resources for planning a stylish wedding. In Just Married, Leahy now reveals her own particular, yet universally applicable inspirations, tips, and tricks for not only putting together an incomparable ceremony best-suited to your wants and needs, but also throwing one hell of a party that everyone will enjoy.

With her captivating examples and proven organizational talent, Leahy brings a relaxed and freshly unconventional perspective to wedding planning. The atmospheres of the events featured in the book range from the glamorous staging of gothic and bohemian chic to effortless understatement and contemporary naturalness. For every step along the way to a successful wedding and reception, Just Married offers concrete advice, instructions, and inspiration. The book contains suggestions for a wide range of locations, handmade letterpress invitations and decorations, delectable wedding cakes and buffets, wedding dresses, bouquets, and, of course, wedding rings and other paraphernalia that might be a bit different from what is expected, but are always tasteful. They will embolden anyone to make their own unique visions for their wedding day a reality.

Just Married is a book for everyone who wants to thoroughly enjoy their wedding day and not be hemmed in by the supposed rules of the wedding industry — because even the bride and groom should have only happy memories of their big day.

About the Author:

When Fiona Leahy was chosen to design the wedding of Dita von Teese and Marilyn Manson, she found her true calling — planning and implementing uniquely creative events and parties for celebrities and others. She previously worked as a stylist for Terry Richardson, i-D, and David LaChapelle and created jewelry for Jade Jagger and Louis Vuitton.

By varying its logo, an organization can create a brand which is vivid, fresh and expressive. Infinite possibilities are unleashed through the vitality of the dynamic logos featured in this book.

Each project highlights the secrets to successfully making changes in logo colors, form and typography, and also demonstrates the visual impact such changes have on audiences and on the potential offered by adaptation in quickly changing and competitive environments.

This book presents the dynamism of logo design and the ways in which it constantly evolves and adapts to new realities.  

About the Author:

Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China), where he is dean of the design, visualization and animation department. He is a prolific editor, whose titles focus on international design, architecture, branding, communication, trends and culture, and the editor of Design 360° magazine and Asia-Pacific Design. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organizations, and he has also been a jury member for China’s most prestigious design and illustration awards.