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The two-time winner of the Best Designer of the Year Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and hailed as the king of minimalism, Narciso Rodriguez is poised to take his place in the pantheon of great American designers. As Anna Wintour put it, "No one but Narciso has ever made a simple line look more stunning." Like the famously copied wedding dress he made for Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Rodriguez’s designs are revered for their exquisite tailoring but also for being wearable. His exceptionally varied and loyal following - from Salma Hayek and Sarah Jessica Parker, to Oprah Winfrey and the late Celia Cruz - is a testament to his success.

This elegant volume reveals the artist at work in his atelier. Rodriguez takes his inspiration from the life that surrounds him - whether it’s the subtle color of faded paint on a façade, a pattern made by the sand, or the gesture of a young man on a skateboard - and records it in sketchbooks and vivid snapshots. Always experimenting with new textiles and textures, he creates deceptively simple montages - artworks in their own right - that gracefully yield the stunning dresses we see flowing down the runway.

About the Author

Narciso Rodriguez is a foremost American designer, the first to receive the CFDA "Womenswear Designer of the Year" award for two consecutive years. Betsy Berne is the author of Bad Timing and has written for The New Yorker, Vogue, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications.

The NASA Graphics Standards Manual, Річарда Данна та Брюса Блекберна – це футуристичне бачення агентства, яке знаходиться на передовій науки та досліджень. Книга, розміщена у спеціальній антистатичній упаковці, містить передмову Річарда Данна, есе Крістофера Бонаноса, скани оригінального посібника (з особистої копії Данна), репродукції оригінальної 35-міліметрової слайд-презентації NASA та скани Managers Guide – наступної брошури, розповсюдженої NASA.

Copyright:

1975 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual © National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

1975 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual Reissue. Published by Standards Manual, LLC. 2015.

NASA seal, NASA insignia, and NASA logotype © National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Хоча NASA є джерелом цього Посібника, публікація та розповсюдження NASA Graphics Standards Manual не спонсорується та не схвалюється NASA та є незалежним проектом, спрямованим на збереження та поширення архівних записів графічного дизайну тієї епохи.

Усі зображення Посібника зі стандартів графіки NASA 1975 року, презентації для NASA 1974 року та Посібника менеджера зі стандартів графіки NASA, що містяться в цьому виданні, були відскановані з приватного архіву Річарда Данна.

A History of Knowledge. The best infographics from the National Geographic archives

Who invented skis? How do birds sing? What are the secrets of sleep? With seven thematic chapters across earth and human science, this bumper National Geographic collection gathers the magazine’s top infographics from the past 128 years into one wunderkammer of discovery for all the family.

Back in the days when the information age was a distant dream and the world a more mysterious place, National Geographic began its mission to reveal the wonders of history, popular science, and culture to eager audiences around the globe. Since that 1888 launch, the world has changed; empires have risen and crumbled and a galaxy of information is today only a click away. But National Geographic endures; its calm, authoritative voice is as respected as ever amid the surfeit of data in our daily lives.

In this new anthology, TASCHEN and National Geographic gather the magazine’s best infographics of the past 128 years. Through seven sections — History, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science & Technology, and Space — we encounter the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the mysterious origins of the Easter Island statues, Cleopatra’s Alexandria, and the anatomy behind a cheetah’s extraordinary speed. We discover how our genetic patterns have been pieced together over the years and how birds make music; we get to grips with global warming and explore our ever-expanding study of an ever-expanding universe.

With an essay by Nigel Holmes, charting the evolution of National Geographic over the decades and its pioneering use of graphics, as well as five fold-outs mimicking original pull-outs or inserts in the magazine, the book stands as a defining record of one of the world’s best-known publications as well as a beautifully presented repository of accessible discovery and learning. Visualizing the histories, facts, and figures that make up our planet and our species, National Geographic Infographics is as true to the magazine’s original mission as ever — an anchor of knowledge and a wunderkammer of discovery for young and old alike.

The editor:

Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.

For more than twenty-five years already, Marcel and Monique van Dijk share the same passion: creating atmosphere and experience with vegetal materials. Their company Oogenlust has rapidly turned into the Dutch reference when it comes to floral decoration. Every day more than twenty employees are on the move, both at home and abroad. First and foremost, nature remains their inexhaustible breeding ground. Sometimes a bare room is being transformed for a major event, some other time a historical property is being opulently decorated. But every time, the result breaks new ground. After Geert Pattyn and Gilles Pothier, the team of Stichting Kunstboek Publishers has invited Marcel van Dijk to bring forward his vision on floral interior decoration in a beautful publication. The result is stunning. The Oogenlust team loves a challenge and suceeds in creating a certain atmosphere with simple, but sometimes also more complex, interventions and surprising combinations of materials. Readers can enjoy this exuberant big work endlessly, but can just as well find many creative ideas for their home. It is a delicious coffee table book that will continue to inspire.

Based on popular motifs of ancient Greece and Rome, Neo-Classical design dominated European architecture and decorative styles from the late 1700s onward. This collection of elegant clip art features scenes from mythological, historical, and biblical sources as well as vines and leaves, floral elements, real and legendary beasts, and geometric patterns.

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Includes 823 images saved in JPEG format.

A Reprint of Thomas King's "Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified", 1829

Influential guide displays over 300 Grecian designs: fire screens, sofas, couches, chairs, footstools, commodes, sideboards, washstands, bedsteads, and many other items.

When Crown Prince Gustaf returned from Versailles in 1771 to ascend the throne of Sweden, he was determined to give his country a leading place in Europe culturally as well as politically. He fostered the international movement of Neoclassicism, which in Sweden took on a freshness distinctive to the country, alongside the influences of France, England and Germany.

Neoclassicism in the North presents twenty houses and apartments in marvellously evocative, specially commissioned photographs, alongside plans and original drawings. From royal salons with exquisite Pompeian ornament to modest spatter-painted Biedermeier halls, the beautiful Neoclassical houses of Sweden are of unique value today not only because of their superb craftsmanship but also as a stimulus to contemporary decorators.

German graphic design has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis in recent years. Young professionals and students have been demonstrating heightened technical skills and strong, individualistic styles.The emerging design generation has broken with cultural and geographical boundaries, entering the international arena and competing with cutting edge design icons worldwide. As the scope and depth of this exciting development has been under recognised, Neuland documents the future of German graphic design by presenting the best work of up-and-coming designers and design studios. This book compiles 500 pages of exciting ideas, never before seen experiments, self-initiated projects and commercial work from Germans working and studying at home and abroad, as well as non-Germans working and studying in Germany.

Never Use More than Two Different Typefaces presents a humorous overview of the rules governing typography.

A joy for graphic designers and everyone who has anything to do with designing texts. Like no other, this is a world that is held together by rules, which designers, of course, often take great delight in breaking.In this series, "ridiculous" is a relative term, because what is nonsense for one can be an important guideline for another. In these books, it is not about laying down the law.

This is the fifth book in the Ridiculous Design Rules series by Anneloes van Gaalen.  This new publication is about ridiculous "or not?" rules in typography, a joy for graphic designers and everyone who has anything to do with designing texts. Like no other, this is a world that is held together by rules, which designers, of course, often take great delight in breaking.

In this series, ‘ridiculous’ is a relative term, because what is nonsense for one can be an important guideline for another. In these pleasing and educational books, it is not about laying down the law. For each of the 51 rules covered in each book, Van Gaalen refers to quotes by famous fellow designers, who either think there is something to the rule or have made a personal variation of it. Whether you agree with them or not, the Ridiculous Design books sharpen your own thoughts about the rules and the assumed truths of design, advertising, fashion, photography and the Internet.

Each rule is convincingly illustrated, with the illustrations either confirming or disproving the rule in question.

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A list of inspirational/delusional design jargon for the world to judge

The world of fashion and design is inundated with a seemingly endless list of rules. Think of “Less is More,” “Form Follows Function,” “Keep it Simple,” “Dress Your Age,” and the list goes on and on. They’re familiar sayings that some designers consider to be valuable words of wisdom, which serve as a guiding line and source of inspiration.
To others, these rules are mere restrictions: design dogmas and fashion formulae that need to be bended, twisted or broken altogether.

Rules tend to have a life of their own: over time their meaning changes or the rule is adopted by a whole new group of followers. Take, for instance, the classic “Form Follows Function.” It started out life as an architecture guideline but has crept its way into other creative fields. This evolution is reflected in this book by the chronologically placed quotes that accompany each rule and that are courtesy of designers, architects, fashion designers, typographers and other creatives.

All rules are also accompanied by an image that either negates or supports the rule. Our aim is not to list all the rules that you need to adhere to. Nor do we take sides in the whole rules debate. Granted, creativity knows no bounds and therefore it seems rather ridiculous to restrict that creativity by sticking to a couple of age-old rules. However, in some cases the rules seems more like the basic principles that every designer should love, honor and obey.

Whichever side of the fence you yourself are sitting on in the rules debate, you’re bound to find this book a source of inspiration, comfort, joy or just good old fun. Enjoy.

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Table of Contents

New Art Deco in Designers' Eyes
-New Art Deco Style, the story of people and their lives
-New Art Deco, New and Surprising Experiences
-New Art Deco Style, A variation of the circular theme
-New Art Deco Style, Aesthetic Details
-New Art Deco Style, to Characterise a Space
Art Deco
-Furniture & Furnishings
-Materials & Textures
-Craftworks
-Implementation in Projects
Mix & Match
-Tradition & Modernity
-East & West
-Colours
-Functions
-Implementation in Projects
Eastern Classicism
-New Eastern Elements
-New Chinese Classic Furniture
-Implementation in Projects
New Baroque
-Curving
-Artworks
-Luxury Styles
-Implementation in Projects

Participating firms:-

Alberto Pinto
Andrew Onraet
ATELIER HEISS ZT GmbH
Cheryl Rowley Design, Inc.
Department of ARCHITECTURE Co., Ltd.
designstudiolimited
Elia Felices interiorismo
Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio
HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates
II BY IV Design
ISA STEIN Studio, Jacinta Mössenböck
Joey Ho
Joseph Wong Design Associates
Kelly Hoppen
Louis Kahn Architect
MVE & PartnersPTang Studio Ltd
Seyhan Özdemir & Sefer Çaðlar
Sixx Design- Robert and Cortney Novogratz
Tsao Studio
Tarfa Salam

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Books about visual culture are generally conceived to appeal to the most discerning and design-literate consumer. Consequently these are usually the most painstakingly produced books on the market, employing unusual print techniques and materials and exploring unconventional formats. New Book Design is a showcase of the most interesting and accomplished designs of the last ten years. Highly illustrated and featuring a series of interviews with influential designers and publishers, it examines a wide variety of books, from paperback novels to architectural monographs, analysing the most distinctive elements of each volumes design.

With the help of this exquisite and instruction-filled guide, anyone can create gorgeous wedding arrangements with ease. It covers all the important points any designer must take into consideration: how to coordinate the flowers with the overall theme of the ceremony; where the arrangements will be needed, from personal boutonnieres to centerpieces at the reception; and how to work with a florist to get the blooms. Floral basics and how-tos range from important facts on color and composition to suggestions on bouquet shapes and their relation to the dresses. Most important are the various projects to duplicate exactly or use as a springboard, from lovely monochromatic themes to seasonal styles.