Author: Timothy Samara
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: manual, style, graphic, elements, design
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1592532616
ISBN-13: 9781592532612

The graphic design equivalent to Strunk & White’s The Elements of StyleThis book is simply the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, color usage, and space.Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is only appreciated as great literature if recognition of the rules underlies the text. Graphic design is a "visual language," and brilliance is

Author: Society for News Design
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: 25th, design, newspaper
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1592530478
ISBN-13: 9781592530472

The Best of Newspaper Design: 25th Edition, part of RockportAes highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News DesignAes 2003 competition. Featuring work selected by a panel of judges from more than 14,000 international publication entries, this inspirational volume sets the bar for excellence in journalistic design. Bold, full-color layouts feature the best-of-the-best in news, features, portfolios, visuals, and more, and each entry is accompanied by insightful commentary on the elements that made the piece a standout winner. Every industry professional aspire

Author: Rockport Publishers
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: design, graphic, card, business
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1592531849
ISBN-13: 9781592531844

A business card is more than a piece of paper with your name on it. It’s your calling card; a snapshot of your brand identity, a constant reminder in your client’s Rolodexes. Perhaps that’s why Rockport’s Best of Business Card Design Series is so eagerly anticipated year after year. Now, Rockport brings together the very best examples of innovative, stand-out designs from three of its annual volumes.In The Best of the Best of Business Card Design, readers will find hundreds of unique and memorable designs for every type of client, and in a broad range of colors, styles,

Author: Sussner Design
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: logo, letterhead, design, amp
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1592535798
ISBN-13: 9781592535798

This new-in-paperback edition, part of the bestselling annual Letterhead and Logo Design series, features the most innovative and exciting work in the field from well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists. From logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, the creative techniques and full-color images portrayed in this broad range of work inspires new design solutions for age-old challenges that beg for a fresh approach. Both design firms and their clients will find this an invaluable resource for inspiration and ideas that grab the viewer’s attention and create

Authors:Kevin Budelmann, Yang Kim, Curt Wozniak,
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: logos, building, brands, designing, principles, identity, essentials, brand
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2010-10-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 159253578X
ISBN-13: 9781592535781

This book is the fourth book in the Essential series following Layout Essentials, Typography Essentials, and Packaging Essentials. It outlines and demonstrates basic logo and branding design guidelines and rules through 100 principles including the elements of a successful graphic identity, identity programs and brand identity, and all the various strategies and elements involved.

Author:
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: wining, magazine, design, award, years, solid, gold, spd
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1592532500
ISBN-13: 9781592532506

SPD’s Solid Gold: 40 Years of Award-Winning Magazine Design celebrates the most outstanding, innovative, and lasting achievements in editorial design published in the last 40 years. It is an aesthetic hall of fame and essential reference tool for graphic designers, artists, editors, photographers, and students.SPD’s Solid Gold showcases only the most inspired visions in contemporary publication design history-the gold winners of the last 40 years chosen by some of the most respected professionals in the business. This book is a tome of the most legendary design, style, and vision o

Author: Rockport Publishers
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: kitchens, miniarch
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2004-03-03
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1592530583
ISBN-13: 9781592530588

The gradual disappearance of the dining room as the center of family reunion, coupled with the growing concern for comfort and technological advance, have converted the kitchen into the most important room in the house--the place where meals are prepared and the family gathers to be together. As the room where guests are received, today?s kitchen fulfills the role of living rooms in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a result, it has become one of the most prominent rooms in the house. More time is invested than before in the selection of kitchen materials and decorations. Today?s k