Книги по графическому дизайну

Persia had a distinct tradition of ornamental design, setting it apart from other countries in the region. While sharing with them an interest in geometric patterns and ornate calligraphy, traditional Persian design is special in its emphasis on the natural world and its treatment of figurative elements, such as birds and other animals; it is most famously employed in the creation of rugs. Persian Designs presents a diverse collection of patterns and designs, ranging from simple and elegant elements to complex and highly ornate interlocking patterns. It also contains some examples of practical applications of the designs.

Посмотреть переиздание - Persian Designs - Revised Edition

The stories told with graphics and infographics are now being visualized through photography. Photoviz shows how these powerful images are depicting correlations, making the invisible visible, and revealing more detail than classic photojournalism.

Photoviz explores the intersection of photography, infographics, and data visualization. Combining cutting-edge technology and classic photographic techniques enables us to tell stories and visualize information more powerfully and compactly than ever: a full day of flights all at once, invisible Wi-Fi networks, global trade, intimate psychology, movement, time itself, and more.  The concept of Photoviz invites us to simultaneously reinvent our collective reality and demystify our surroundings.

Within this mesmerizing photographic world, striking images reveal the power of tools ranging from long exposure and slit-scan photography to post-processing, collage, and metadata. Photoviz is a source of inspiration and a crucial resource for designers and photographers alike.

Already renowned for his work on data visualization, editor Nicholas Felton examines the past and present realms of photographic visualization and points to innovative possibilities for the future. He is best known for his work on Facebook’s Timeline and his Felton Personal Annual Reports.

A successful layout will captivate the target audience immediately in commercial design. How to make a successful design that attracts consumers? You will find answers in this book. This book equips readers with a good grounding of layout design principles, including proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast, etc. It also features a range of outstanding layout design cases with visual guide map, giving a wide perspective on the methods in layout design.

400 photos/illustrations

Print and Production Finishes for Promotional Items, the third title in this series, explores the creation of promotional items from a production and manufacturing point of view.

With succinct text and specially commissioned photos it shows, at one glance, the effects that can be created and the printing and production techniques used to achieve them. Work across all budgets and production/print runs is showcased, revealing the skills and techniques that allow creative solutions that grab the audience’s attention.

For ideas on everything from mass-mail flyers, billboard posters, lavish catalogs and calendars, to customized clothing, toys, badges, and bottles, Print and Production Finishes for Promotional Items is an indispensable ideas sourcebook and practical guide. By analyzing the best in the business, it gives readers a thorough understanding of materials, and of print and production processes than can be applied to any job.

Computer technology has completely revolutionized the work of graphic designers, printers, and print production professionals. To keep pace with these far-reaching changes Production for Graphic Designers is set firmly in the digital age. The book comprehensively explains the prepress and printing processes from traditional letterpress to the latest on-press CtP (computer-to-plate) digital offset and on-demand colour printing. It also covers design to production workflows.

Alan Pipes is a freelance writer, illustrator, webmaster, and part-time publisher specializing in the applications of computers in graphic design, fine art, illustration and product design. He is the former editor of CadCam International and the author of Drawing for Designers.

A user-friendly handbook that helps designers to prepare their files for optimal printing. 

"This book is brilliant! It's the only one I would take with me to a desert island so that I could continue to design and produce there."   - Erik Spiekermann Ready to Print is an easy to follow reference for designers that thoroughly explains each stage of how to prepare data for prepress and production. Clearly structured chapters on “Paper,” “Printing Techniques,” “Typography,” “Trapping,” “Color,” “Image Editing,” and “PDF” as well as abundant descriptive graphics impart essential knowledge in a comprehensive way. From the traits of various types of paper to the recommended settings when exporting data into a print-ready PDF, the book thoroughly explains both opportunities and hurdles in pre-print and production. In short, the book shows all designers how to create the best-possible print product.

These days, designers must be proficient in creating final artwork and be familiar with pre-print and production processes. Ready to Print helps designers prepare their data and materials so that the best-possible result can be achieved with an optimal print run. Detailed descriptions of each step also ensure that designers can accurately plan their workflow and budget in these areas.

Ready to Print imparts the fundamentals of how printing functions and points out options and hurdles along the way to creating an outstanding print product. The chapters Paper, Printing Techniques, Typography, Trapping, Color, Image Editing, and PDF make the comprehensive book a clearly-structured companion for navigating through pre-print and production. All of the content - from the traits of various types of paper to the recommended settings when exporting data into a print-ready PDF - are explained thoroughly in plain language and with the help of numerous illustrations and graphics.

The original German edition of Ready to Print was written and compiled by Kristina Nickel, a production manager well versed in pre-print and production processes. The content of this English version was edited by typography and design expert Erik Spiekermann and translated by his son, Dylan.

Add Art Nouveau flair to any graphic project with the beautifully rendered royalty-free designs in this collection. Sinuous, organic shapes are perfect for highlighting announcements, catalog copy, advertisements, more. Also included is a selection of miscellaneous cuts and sections of frames useful as spots, tailpieces and other decorative elements.

What is Void? It is an oriental aesthetic tradition. Also it is a modern style popular in art and design since the 1960s, namely minimalism. The aesthetics of void helps extract the essentials, maximize functionality, and more importantly, achieve a peaceful harmony. This book will lead readers to explore the distinctive style of “void” in graphic design world, to look closely at its history and development and to discuss its characteristics. The rich coverage of graphic designs of this style by outstanding designers worldwide in this book provide valuable perspectives and inspirations for anyone interested in this unique style.

Text in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

With the Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries came a revival of interest in the classical arts of Ancient Greece and Rome. Although the sculpture and architectural ornamentation during the Renaissance tended to be complex, two-dimensional patterns were often more subdued.

It has been suggested that retailers have four key weapons in their fight to survive and prosper in their highly competitive world: logistical strength, brand power, customer service and store environment. Retail Graphics explores how retailers use graphics in particular to build and maintain a brand profile, support customer services and integrate with the whole store experience. Exterior, interior signage, merchandising and display are among the different types of retail graphics examined in the book and there are case studies from a diverse spectrum of retail sectors. Featuring the work of some of the best designers from around the world, is essential reading for anyone interested in this fascinating area of the retail world.

What design scene is as diverse or cosmopolitan, richer in influences and references, as packed with new trends and original ideas, as teeming with talent and ambition than the UK? To stand out in this overcrowded arena, British graphic designers have had to make their work ever more clever and polished, better informed. This fuels the distinctive, refined styles of such artists as Mark Farrow, Sea, Spin, Browns, Fuel, James Joyce, Zak, Studio 8 and Bibliotek. With such a wealth of talent and material, the main question in compiling a book on the best of new British design is not what to put in, but what to leave out. Stylistic novelty and visual distinctiveness are our key parameters, rather than background or reputation. RGB features artists from highly diverse backgrounds, from household names to the newest young talents. RGB captures the UK’s explosively vibrant and unpredictable realm of graphic design, in 250 pages packed with exciting visual material.

Text in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

The Rococo is a predominantly French style of the mid-18th century. Both in style and chronologically, Rococo fits in between the boldly ornamental Baroque and the elegant and joyful Romanticism. One the typifying elements of the Rococo is the use of exquisite bouquets as an ornamental detail.

The 5th edition of the Spanish Graphic Design yearbook is dedicated to the different categories in Graphic Design - editorial, packaging, corporate identity, logos, posters, catalogues, exhibitions, etc. - also including a New Media section featuring websites, video and multimedia projects. The jury members for this years' selection have been: Sergi Arévalo, Laura Armet, Ricardo Bermejo, Ramón Castillo, Oyer Corazón, Pilar Gorriz, Marc Guardiola, Enric Jardí, Jose Mª Morera, Alfredo Olmedo, Ibán Ramón, Sebastián Saavedra and Tilman Solé.

Clad in white, this year's Select H sticks to its 3-volume format introduced in its last edition, dividing the book into three blocks: Graphic Design, New Media (DVD inclusive) and Schools.

Its daring, innovative design, outlined from its very first issue, Select A, offers a format which is smaller than usual, to emphasize its thickness, while every project featured is presented on a double-page spread.

Select is considered a book of reference in the world of Graphic Design and an essential guide for keeping up-to-date with Spanish creativity, year after year.

Contributors to Select H's selectors team have been: Alberto Salván, Diego Feijóo, Enric Batlle, Astrid Stavro, Xose Teiga, Marga Castaño, Tavo Ponce, Gonzalo Zaragoza, Raquel Pelta, Marina Vilageliu y Hernán Ordoñez.

Selected is not an award, but rather, as its name suggests, it is a "selection" of the best European design projects completed within year 2009 by graphic studios, designers and students from across Europe.

The projects are chosen by a team of renowned professionals - Selectors - from various fields in the visual communication and graphic design industries, who meet to make a selection of the best work pieces among all the entries received. Only the projects which are chosen from their expert point of view are ultimately included in the book.

The annual is presented with an original design and in a special format, smaller than the average yearbook. The book is divided into three different categories (Graphic Design, New Media and Schools) and each project is featured individually on a double-page spread. Instead of being numbered, each edition of Selected is assigned a letter, in alphabetical order, which is also the initial of the font face used in the book. Namely, the first volume in the series, Selected A, refers to the font face AkzidGroBe. This is Index Book's special way of paying homage to typography as an iconic element in design.