This book provides a visual catalyst for the creation of exciting packaging designs. The diverse range of carton templates, which are also included on an accompanying CD, demonstrates the huge variety of packaging possibilities and the beautifully photographed finished models inspire the imagination.
Product suitability and distinguishing characteristics are included for each design, and a system of icons provides easy access to information on every aspect of the designs, from their ecological implications through to their material suitability. A handy guide covers all the major types of closure, and a quick reference list summarizes common packaging materials and their typical uses.
Under the witty and metaphorical guise of a high-end cookbook, Timothy Samara provides visual “ingredients,” such as grid structures, folios, border devices, type treatments, abstract graphic elements, categorized stylistically and functionally.
These ingredients are shown in use through a “recipe” format to accomplish strategies such as movement, rhythm, organization, contrast, metaphor, etc. Ingredients are coded and cross-referenced among categories for mix and matching purposes as well as demonstrating varied alternate combinations to achieving different approaches to strategies.
Samara is a graphic designer based in New York City, where he divides his time between teaching, writing, lecturing and freelance consulting through STIM Visual Communication.
This first-ever book of its kind features hundreds of illustrated examples of the best nonprofit and cause-related design worldwide, plus 24 inspiring case studies and insights into great nonprofit branding campaigns.
A comprehensive resource for designers, creative professionals, marketers, corporate communications departments and nonprofit leaders, this book showcases work from a variety of sectors including Family and Community, Animal Causes, Health, Human Rights, Environmental Awareness, Spirituality, and the Arts. Materials presented in Designing for the Greater Good include: cause-specific campaigns and case studies; logos and branding for nonprofits; Web sites, posters, brochures, advertising and marketing materials for cause-related events and nonprofits; packaging; invitations for fundraisers and events.
In this book, Jon Gordon shares an inspiring fable about Gordy, a pampered goldfish who gets swept out to sea. Desperate for food, Gordy meets a kind shark that teaches him the ultimate lesson: Goldfish wait to be fed.
Sharks go find food. Gordy also learns that the difference between a full and empty stomach is our faith, beliefs and actions. In the face of adversity and lean times, this is a business fable that reinforces a proven truth: You can’t control the events in your life. But you can control how you respond and in turn this determines the outcome.
Look Both Ways is a collection of fully illustrated essays on the intersection of graphic design, love, life, behavior, rituals, brands, perceptions, music, art, even physics.
It is a broad compendium of living and thinking in today’s world of design by one of its most popular personalities. The book was named one of the Best Design and Architecture books of 2009 by Fast Company.
Debbie Millman is an author on the design blog Speak Up. In 2005 she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show (Design Matters with Debbie Millman) about design on the Internet. The show currently has over 100,000 listeners a month.
Interested in tools and techniques beyond the mouse? In Handmade Graphics, designers will be inspired by the hands-on techniques that are covered.
Various mark-making tools are explored and illustrated with examples and exercises that go beyond conventional design. Techniques include: pen and ink, markers and spray-paint, toy printing kits, stencils, found images, pinhole cameras, fax machines and more.
Publisher: How (December 2009)
ISBN-10: 1600618006
Creative Grab Bag is a collection of work from artists, illustrators and designers from around the world. Author Ethan Bodnar created over 30 unique tasks and gave each contributor a task that was different from their typical work.
The book contains images of each artist’s creative task, typical work, and a biography and short reflection on the creative process. Together, they capture the spirit of exploration and innovation and challenge readers to break out of their usual work. The book includes both well-known and up-and-coming creatives.
During the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, graphic design was experiencing one of its most exciting and transformative periods.
In Berkeley, California, across the bay from Silicon Valley, Emigre magazine, like no other, became both a leading participant and a keen observer of this innovative international design scene, generating a body of work and ideas that still resonate today.
This book, designed and edited by Emigre co-founder and designer Rudy VanderLans, is a selection of reprints, using original digital files, tracing Emigre’s development from its early bitmap design days through to the experimental layouts that defined the so called “Legibility Wars” of the late 1990s, to the critical design writing of the early 2000s.
Publisher: Gingko Press (December 2009, First Edition)
ISBN-10: 1584233672
Jim Krause
Jim Krause is back with his latest installment of “Photo Idea Index.” It’s like no other photography book out there. Rather than focusing on the ‘how to’ aspects of digital photography, Jim focuses on the ‘what if’ aspects.
You’ll learn how to use your camera to explore the world around you from different perspectives and how to capture awe-inspiring digital images. Jim will share his shooting techniques, both onsite and post-shooting digital treatments, so you can train your eyes to look for situations that will allow you to capture unique shots and create remarkable compositions.
This “go-to” sourcebook for business card design inspiration features an innovative collection of the most current and best work by top designers worldwide.
The new volume contains no text (other than design credits), which provides for pages packed with business cards, showing front, back and special elements and materials. Professional designers, corporate executives and in-house marketing departments will find the book an essential identity and branding tool.
Rex Peteet is founding partner/principal designer of Sibley/Peteet Design Austin, in Austin, Texas. The firm specializes in corporate communications and comprehensive design strategies for clients such as the Sid Richardson Museum, Tivoli/IBM, GSD&M, Temple-Inland, Haggar Apparel, Mary Kay Cosmetics and others.
Product suitability and distinguishing characteristics are included for each design, and a system of icons provides easy access to information on every aspect of the designs, from their ecological implications through to their material suitability. A handy guide covers all the major types of closure, and a quick reference list summarizes common packaging materials and their typical uses.
