Author: Shigeki Nakamura
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: projects, designs, patterns, style, sourcebook, japanese, pattern
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1592535607
ISBN-13: 9781592535606

Pattern design has a long history on the Japanese culture. This book presents a collection of carefully selected traditional Japanese patterns in 60 categories for use by designers and artists in their projects and personal work. An companion CD ROM provides 250 patterns in high-definitional JPEG format along with PSD format from which you can freely manipulate and modify the patterns to customize them for your own use. This is an inspirational and highly practical reference and sourcebook for anyone working in the area of visual art.

Author: The Society of News Design
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: 27th, design, newspaper
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1592532640
ISBN-13: 9781592532643

The Best of Newspaper Design: 27th Edition, the latest edition in Rockport’s highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design’s 2005 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 indu

Author: Karen D. Fishler
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: design, graphic, boundaries, breaking, edge
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1998-12
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 156496454X
ISBN-13: 9781564964540

Author: John Stones
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: rules, solutions, design, radical, logos
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-06-30
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1592535437
ISBN-13: 9781592535439

No Rules! Logos is a new survey series that rounds up the most innovative, radical, and out-there graphic solutions, from around the world. In each book, dyed-in-the-wool design rules are identified, and a range of examples demonstrate how to break those rules, to great effect. Each entry is featured in a number of illustrations, analysed and assessed, and includes feedback about impact and audience reaction. No Rules! Logos tackles perhaps the most venerated discipline of graphic design, the corporate identity and its logotype. Of course, in the world of No Rules! anything goes, especially wi

Author: Bob Gill
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: logomania
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1592532527
ISBN-13: 9781592532520

The quick-hit format gives designers easy access to creative ideas.Coming up with fresh ideas for logo jobs can be a very difficult process. This book offers designers many new ways to approach, or think about, each job. The message Gill expresses is that for every logo job, there are many solutions, not just one perfect mark. In the back of the book he proves this by designing 31 different logos for the same company. A quick-hit idea book on how to conceptualize a logo idea, these pages illustrate very simple ways to think about a logo, providing designers with the inspiration and understandi

Author: The One Club
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: volume, show, one
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0929837401
ISBN-13: 9780929837406

 After more than three decades of publication, the One Show Annual just keeps getting better and better. This all-inclusive and best-selling text, which is often referred to as “The Bible of the Advertising Industry,” not only includes all of the winners of the 2009 One Show but also exclusive commentary from this year’s Gold Pencil winners and the judge’s favorite choices.   One Show Annual Volume 31 continues in the great legacy of the volumes that came before it. This year Tourism Queensland wowed us with their Best of Show work, Nike scored a major goal with their intensely real

Author: The One Club
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: xii, volume, interactive, show, one
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0929837428
ISBN-13: 9780929837420

The 2009 One Show Interactive not only proved that the future of interactive advertising is here but also that it can bring to life some of the most engaging pieces of the year. One Show Interactive Volume XII boasts all of the winners from the 2009 One Show Interactive show and is chock full of insider information about the work straight from the advertising wizards who created them. This volume highlights some of the most amazing interactive work of the year. From the playful visuals of “The Lego Codes” to the hysterical “Great Schlep” starring Sarah Silverman, this year’s volume