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A collection of the latest layout designs and ideas for amateur and professional graphic designers. Organized so as to encourage creativity, serendipitous discovery, and inspiration, THE BIG BOOK OF LAYOUTS includes techniques that can be used to enhance any layout. It provides insights into the elements that make layouts effective. It covers a range of styles, from traditional to cutting edge, that were selected to help designers think more creatively and be more productive. With more than 750 outstanding layouts featured in a robust visual gallery with detailed descriptive information, this book provides a thorough look at what goes into an effective layout design.
The Big Book of Design Ideas 3 is the third of its kind. Like its predecessors, each piece in it was chosen for its ability to inspire others to create wonderful design. Full of hundreds of innovative ideas, this book can offer the impetus you need to upscale your present project from good to great. Offering similarly innovative design solutions, the first volume, The Big Book of Design Ideas, became one of the best-selling graphic design books. From advertising to logos, from book jackets to websites, The Big Book of Design Ideas 3 showcases some of the most creative work in the world. There's great inspiration in being exposed to great work. Look through The Big Book of Design Ideas 3 and be inspired.
The Big Book of Business Cards showcases 2,500 business card designs, providing plenty of inspiration for every taste and type of business. With its robust visual gallery and detailed information, this book provides a thorough look at what goes into an effective business card design. For anyone looking to brand a company or product, The Big Book of Business Cards is an ideal, time-saving tool.
Now available in paperback, The Big Book of Color in Design focuses on color as a tool to create moods and symbolic images.The book is categorized into 30 different sections, such as “classy,” “hot,” “regal,” or “corporate.” Each section features current graphic design projects that fit into these moods. For each of the featured projects, a “color chip” appears, with the CMYK formula for creating a similar tone. In all, hundreds of examples of use of color in brochures, ads, logos and other categories of graphic design appear in this breakthrough book.
In this book each piece was selected based in its potential to trigger and idea in the mind of the reader. Look at the logo selection; you'll see a lot of different techniques there. Suddenly, you'll see a logo that triggers an idea. That's pretty much how this book works.
Global Corporate Identity 3 is the third edition in a series offering some of the best international corporate identity in current use today. Designing for clients who conduct business on an international level isn't nearly the rare event it once was. Due in large part to the ease of internet communication, even small firms and freelance designers have this opportunity more than they ever have, so being exposed to ideas, themes, and design executions that cross cultural lines is invaluable. Global Corporate Identity 3 showcases hundreds of superlative examples of design used on a multinational level. Work from 30 different countries and five continents is represented in this book making it a welcome addition to any graphics reference library.
Few books on design address the use of color and its role as a tool that creates moods, images and emotion. Now at last The Big Book of Color in Design addresses this need, providing a rich treasure chest of ideas in its 30 different sections. Each section follows a mood (such as "classy," "hot," "regal," or "corporate") and shows current projects designed to evoke that feeling. Every project features a color chip with the CMYK formula for creating a similar tone. Hundreds of examples show how color is used in brochures, ads, logos and more. A worthy successor to the best-selling Big Book of Design Ideas, The Big Book of Color in Design is the ultimate companion to anyone designing for today's sophisticated market.
It's another work of art by David Carter! The guessing continues in the sequel to New York Times bestseller One Red Dot with Blue Two. This book has a limited print of 100 copies in full-cloth binding and full-cloth slip case. An additional pop-up is embedded into the front cover. Each copy is hand-signed and numbered by the author. Blue 2 is a beautiful cacophony delighting everyone! From a to z each letter gives a clue to where the Blue 2 is hidden in each of these spectacular pop-up sculptures. There's a glistening Blue 2, a slippery Blue 2, and even a suspended Blue 2. With gleeful helixes, jubilant kookiness, and mobile nonsense, each page will stun with its paper pop-up phenomenon. This sequel to One Red Dot is surely one to treasure.