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Green Design colorfully documents the rising trend to create and market new and innovative products that help consumers downsize and upgrade their lives. Through a carefully chosen selection of green toys, objects, fabrics, paper and alternative energy sources, the photographs and articles in Green Design illustrate what happens when green-minded lifestyles meet well-designed, high quality products. Many of the examples in this book show how successful business plans can flourish when ecological and social responsibility are core considerations.

Though the book features color photographs of all the products mentioned – from American Apparel to Lego to Sonic Fabric to Jimi Wallets to Stupid Sock Creatures – Green Design is not a glorified catalog. It is a well-focused collection of products created by over 50 designers that exemplifies their work and the inspiration behind it.

With articles by writers who have collectively contributed to Wired, Mother Jones, NPR’s All Things Considered, Entertainment Weekly, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Print, The San Francisco Chronicle, I.D., dwell and Photo District News, Green Design is suited for designers implementing aspects of green design and consumers who want to be informed about the products they buy.

Sustainability has become one of the most important words and objectives in the last years. Eco-friendly and eco-friendly produced products are being hyped, especially if they are well designed. Green Design encompasses products from vastly different areas of life representing different aspects of environmentally friendly and sustainable design.

This book presents around 100 products that are not only "Green", but also "Design": beautiful and functional everyday objects that qualify through certain principles of environmental sustainability. These include environmentally friendly resources, production and disposal, energy efficient or energy self-sufficient use as well as fair production.

From the contents:

Energy (USBcell by Moixa Design Products, Great Britain)
Fashion (Woven Food Wrappers by Mitz, Mexico)
Home (Wooden Radio by Singgih Susilo Kartono, Indonesia)
Light (SunCubes by Geotectura, Israel)
Public (Photosynthesis Car by Michal Vlcek & Piano, Czech Republic)
Work (soft wall + soft block Modular System by molo, Canada)

Children should have their own space in the house because it is where they spend most of their leisure, rest, study time, and where they develop their creativity...

This book showcases some of the most exciting and innovative environmentally-friendly products for creating wonderful living spaces for children. Children spend such a large amount of their time at home - study, rest, and play - that having a space of their own, where they can develop their creativity and sense of self, is extremely important. It is in this space we can begin to inform children of the value of the environment and sustainability.

Green Design for Kids is a magnificently illustrated volume that showcases how recycled, eco-friendly, and bio-degradable materials can be used to create innovative, practical, and stimulating products for children and their spaces the live in.

This book brings together the strongest contemporary graphic design promoting sustainability and the fight against climate change.

The texts look back in time to posters and ideas that set the stage for the current movement (World War II posters, images of international co-operation, posters from the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s) and ask: what is the efficacy of the purposeful, message-orientated graphic image today?

The book includes a compilation of the best posters on the theme of sustainability by contemporary artists, among them Paul Elliman, Shepard Fairey, DJ Spooky, Geoff McFetridge, James Victore and Vier5. These posters, which have a strong graphic presence and never rest on the tired slogans of the past.

Also included is a section on action, with documentation of designs at work in the world: on buses, billboards, protesters’ placards and graffiti.

This book brings together all the concepts of eco-behaviour which will guide our lives in the 21st century, offering the reader alternative ways of living which reconcile design and aesthetics with sustainable development. It contains ecological values attached to state-of-the-art design principles to achieve a better quality of life, better product design, better living environments, better clothing, a better bicycle and even a better London double-decker bus! Illustrated with full colour photographs of state of the art designs for everyday products which conform to 21st ecological requirements.

Regardless if it's the standard paper card or its digital equivalent, greeting cards are indispensable both in private life and business life. Of course modern greeting cards have little in common with those old flowery-types... or do they? This volume collects an abundance of contemporary designs for greeting cards.Regardless if it's the standard paper card or its digital equivalent, greeting cards are indispensable both in private life and business life. Of course modern greeting cards have little in common with those old flowery-types... or do they? This volume collects an abundance of contemporary designs for greeting cards.

This book is suitable for those who work with automated text and image design. It shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields) are given to the user. These can be used for the most varied of projects. The three-dimensional grid is treated as well. Put simply: a guidebook from the profession for the profession.

The development of organisational systems in visual communication was the service and the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design. In the 1920s in Europe, works already arose in the areas of typography, graphic design and photography with objectified conception and rigid composition. In 1961 a brief presentation of the grid with text and illustrations appeared for the first time in an earlier book by the author. Articles published mainly in trade journals then followed.

This book now attempts to close a gap by giving examples and exact directions to the professional concerning all grid problems that can occur.

The author, a world-renowned professional, thus offers his colleagues the tools to solve problems more easily.

Ideas-packed reference resource for publication designers

Now revised and updated with brand new content, this second edition of Grids will give designers of all levels further inspiration and know-how to create outstanding layouts that will succeed in todays fast-moving and competitive marketplace. Innovative grids provide structure, movement, space, flexibility, and impact. Grids showcases a selection of the best designs for a variety of work, including books, magazines, newspapers, catalogues, brochures, posters, flyers, stationery, and websites. Each design is presented in its original form, and with all the guides and margins overprinted, to afford the reader an insight into how the layout was built around the underlying grid. Detailed captions provide all the essential information, such as the format, measurements, binding, finish, and also the creative inspiration behind the design. An accompanying CD includes grid templates in InDesign and QuarkXPress, plus three illustrated projects and six unique tutorials. This is a truly indispensable reference book for all practitioners and students of graphic design.

Grids gives designers of all levels the inspiration and know-how to create outstanding layouts that will succeed in today’s fast-moving and competitive marketplace.

Innovative grids provide structure, movement, space, flexibility, and impact. Grids showcases a selection of the best designs for a variety of work, including books, magazines, newspapers, catalogues, brochures, posters, flyers, stationary, and websites. Each design is presented in its original form, and with all the guides and margins overprinted, to provide an insight into how the layout was built around the underlying grid.

Detailed captions give all the essential information, such as the format, measurements, binding, finish, and the creative inspiration behind the design.

There is a visual universe that children immediatly recognize. Enter a bookshop with your children and you can be sure they will quickly be drawn to the department addressed to their own age.

Growing Graphics opens a window to this rich visual universe for children of different ages, presenting a multitude of graghics addressed to them: logos and characters, corporate identity, packaging, labels, catalogues, brochures, posters, invitation cards, books, educational material, web and multimedia design, exhibitions, signage, etc.

The advertising industry is in a state of flux. In an age where we can choose what media we consume the traditional channels of TV, press and poster are no longer always the most appropriate for a brand to reach its target audience. As a result, global brands are opting to implement ever more inventive and original schemes to get their products talked about. Microsoft covered Manhattan in butterfly stickers, Volkswagen made a Polo out of ice and parked it on a London street, and Adidas suspended two footballers high above the streets of Tokyo for a death-defying kickabout. This book shows the best international examples of the varied and inventive tactics that are being used today by big-name brands, non-profit organizations and individuals to promote themselves, their ideas and their products.

Over 70 international campaigns are featured grouped according to their approach: Stunts, Street Propaganda, Sneaky Tactics, Site-specific campaigns and Multi-fronted attacks.

DO read this book - DON'T let it collect dust! The dos and don’ts of web entrepreneurship

Have you ever wondered why your websites didn’t quite match up to the success of your competitors or peers? Have you ever looked at other sites and thought: “Why didn’t I think of that?” Have you ever spent too much time trying to find basic information that was buried deep in a needlessly complex website? You are certainly not alone and this book aims to change that by bringing together some of the world’s most highly acclaimed designers and developers, spanning every continent, all of whom share their knowledge and experience.

With chapters arranged by subject (interface and design, marketing and communication, technology and programming, technical advice, content/content management, and commerce), a clear do/don’t structure, and plenty of real-world examples of successful and award-winning websites, this book has all the advice and examples you will need to give your personal or business website an edge on its competitors and also win industry acclaim as well as respect from your peers. Your visitors will thank you.

The editors:

Rob Ford founded Favourite Website Awards (FWA) in 2000, a recognition program for cutting-edge web design. His work has featured in the Chicago Tribune, Guardian and various web-related magazines. He has judged many industry award shows, contributes regularly to web design sites and magazines, and writes a regular column in Adobe's Edge Newsletter.

Julius Wiedemann was born in Brazil, studied graphic design and marketing, and was an art editor for digital and design magazines in Tokyo. His many TASCHEN digital and media titles include Illustration Now!, Advertising Now, Logo Design, and Brand Identity Now!

Yuppies, Yippies, Jet Setters, Bright Young Things, Generation X, Generation Y . . . and now the Gypset. Fusing the ease and carefree lifestyle of a gypsy with the sophistication of the jet set, the Gypsetters are artists, surfers, designers, and bon vivants who live and work around the globe, from Jose Ignacio, Uruguay and Ibiza, Spain, to Montauk, New York. Gypset Style explores the unconventional, wanderlust lives of these high-low cultural nomads and the bohemian enclaves they inhabit, as well as their counterculture forbears, such as the Victorian explorers, the Lost Generation, the Beatniks, and the hippies. And along the way, author Julia Chaplin looks back at quintessential gypsy boho moments in social history.
About the Author
Julia Chaplin is a New York based journalist and editor who covers contemporary art, fashion, design, lifestyle, and travel. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, Elle, Vogue, Wallpaper, New York magazine, and Conde Nast Traveler.

The 2nd edition is completely revised with an additional 68 pages of indispensable material.

Currently used as the educational handout for the transportation design students at Art Center as well as institutions around the world, H-Point is now available to aspiring car creators everywhere, clearly organizing the packaging standards that apply to car and truck design; along with insightful graphic explanations, this book demystifies the automotive design process and allows designers access to illustrious careers’ worth of knowledge.

About the Authors:

Stuart Macey's career in the automotive industry has spanned three decades, designing cars and trucks for over thirty brands, in five countries. It began in 1979 with Pressed Steel Fisher, the body division of British Leyland. He moved overseas in 1981 as the British car industry slid into a rapid decline, working in Germany as a body engineer on contract for Daimler-Benz and Audi, then moved to Detroit, working for Chevrolet. Returning to Europe in 1983, Stuart worked for International Automotive Design, consulting with numerous clients such as Porsche, Volvo, Honda, Renault, Kia, Opel, Mazda, Ford, Daf trucks and Freight Rover. The experience gained from working in studios across Europe as both designer and engineer, was priceless, helping him to understand that although every brand has its own perspective on design and the process, the basic principles are the same everywhere. In 1991 he returned to the US to work with the Chrysler Design Office in Auburn Hills and their Pacifica Advanced Design Center in California, until it closed in 2008. In 2002, Art Center College of Design invited Stuart to develop the syllabus for their new vehicle architecture class. He currently teaches at Art Center part time, works as a studio engineer for a major auto manufacturer in Southern California and is Principal of Curb Industries LLC.

Geoff Wardle initially studied vehicle engineering at Hatfield Polytechnic in England and followed that up with a degree in Transportation Design at the Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 1977. He worked as a designer at British Leyland, Chrysler, Peugeot, Saab, Tatra, Ford of Australia and TVS motors. In 1993, Geoff was invited to become the Chair of Transportation Design at the Swiss campus of Art Center (Europe), before moving to their Pasadena campus in California, where he is now Executive Director of the Graduate Transportation Design program. Geoff believes that in any successful design team, a variety of designers and studio engineers who contribute different skills or viewpoints to a program are needed. There is no doubt that his combination of engineering and design has set him in good stead during his design career, allowing him to push really hard for technical solutions, enabling some of his design proposals to be successfully executed. He and Stuart taught the Vehicle Architecture class together for several years and the notes they developed have been compiled for this book.

An exploration through the fascinating and inventive possibilities of hair as material for artistic expression

Hair'em Scare'em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design. The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream.

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The fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair is revolutionising the human body-extending filament into one of the most attractive mediums for creative experimentation in contemporary visual culture. Hair'em Scare'em documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design.

The examples in this book show the extraordinary use of hair as intricately woven hair metamorphosing into body-extending sculptures, exquisite jewelry and fashion adorning hair as decorative elements, photography projects such as humorous portraits of fashionably playful mustaches and beard typography to otherworldly illustrations of long unruly locks of curls.

The included works in Hair'em Scare'em are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream and celebrates hair as a starting point for artistic expression by the finest talents in cutting-edge art and design.