Author: Anne Odling-Smee
Publisher: Rotovision
Keywords: design, digital, graphics, handmade, new
Number of Pages: 159
Published: 2003-02
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 2880467039
ISBN-13: 9782880467036

As graphic design becomes increasingly digitized, more designers and clients are attracted to work that incorporates an element of the handmade, this title explores the fascination designers have with the handmade, an increasingly popular area of design. The creative possibilities of typography, image-making, printing and binding are explored and the volume features some rarely-seen examples of stunning work from around the world, including: hand-bound artists’ books; brochures using handmade paper; and hand-folded and boxed magazines. It also investigates the practical details of availa

Author: David Daye
Publisher: Rotovision
Keywords: guides, picture, photography, lowlight
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2001-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 2880465125
ISBN-13: 9782880465124

From using electronic flash through to night shots using available light, this book should enable amateurs and professinals to perfect their techniques. Each photograph is accompanied by an expert text explaining how to achieve similar results.

Author: John Stones
Publisher: RotoVision
Keywords: design, shows, total, sourcebook, trade, museums, exhibitions, galleries, display
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 2888930102
ISBN-13: 9782888930105

Total Design Sourcebooks is a new series that aims to round up the very best design solutions within a particular field. A mixture of case study and analysis, this series features inspirational ideas, concise interviews, innovative solutions, and imaginative imagery, all presented in a sophisticated, picture-led format, which will become a design studio must-have. By emphasizing the cross-disciplinary nature of today’s design consultancies, and the greater role of collaboration between designers and firms with different skills and specialties, the Total Design Sourcebooks present an holistic

Author: Art Directors Club
Publisher: Rotovision
Keywords: annual, directors, art
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2003-02
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 2880467365
ISBN-13: 9782880467364

The most respected and comprehensive publication of its kind, the Art Directors Annual 81 presents Gold, Silver, Distinctive Merit and Merit winners from 53 countries in the communication arts. This book is a visual feast, coming complete with a DVDrom with all of its New Media and Broadcast winners. It is an essential reference for the media and new media industries.

Author: Scott Witham
Publisher: Rotovision
Keywords: mailing, promotional, design, art, festive
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-11
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 2880467381
ISBN-13: 9782880467388

This is a stylishly presented collection of the coolest solutions to one of the oldest problems - how to reinvent ways to charm and thank clients for their business and convince them that you are the best creative resource they have. From specially commissioned bottle of vodka to pressed aluminum, from live Christmas trees to complete illuminated facades, Festive showcases the highest level of ingenuity and imagination. This book is a valuable resource for all creative designers for its use of materials, pure imagination and wit. Humorous and practical, it contains the thoughts and rationale o

Author: Quentin Newark
Publisher: RotoVision
Keywords: design, handbooks, essential, graphic
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-05-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 2880465397
ISBN-13: 9782880465391

The purpose of this book is to explain what graphic design is and how it works.What is Graphic Design? starts by exploring the complex issues that shape design: economics, ethics, technology, theory and developments in other arts. It looks at how design has evolved over the centuries, from its origins in the Renaissance with the development of book printing, to the present day, where it includes areas such as magazines, corporate branding, television titles, film and websites.Quentin Newark breaks design down into its elements, looking at what typography is, how text and pictures combine, and

Author: Tim Daly
Publisher: Rotovision
Keywords: manual, photography, essential
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-10
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 2880467128
ISBN-13: 9782880467128

An essential buy for enthusiasts, this is the definitive, all-inclusive reference guide to photography. The Essential Photography Manual explains, in an accessible and user-friendly way, photographic equipment and techniques, and explains how to tackle all the major genres of photography. Subjects are further illuminated with practical tips and advice from the professionals Unlike similar titles on the subject, this book also features beautiful full-page photographs for inspiration, accompanied by explanations of how they were taken. There is also a brief history of the medium, explaining