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Design: The Definitive Visual History is a gorgeous visual celebration of design across the decades. Find out all about the major design movements of the last 150 years from Arts and Crafts to Bauhaus and browse through the beautiful image catalogs of everything from glassware to posters and typography to chairs. Arranged chronologically, from 1850 to the present day, follow the fascinating evolution of how design has influenced the look and functionality...
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"While on a camping trip, Jesse finds a curious piece of stone with an interesting pattern on it. With research and the help of Professor Peach, she learns that it's a piece of broken pottery with a pattern unique to a certain Native American tribe. After an archeological dig with the Professor and her friends she finds more pieces of the ancient artifact. Using her art skills, Jesse is able to preserve the clay pot"--
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Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. This is perhaps even truer for modern artworks that may not immediately make sense to, or even appeal to, the casual observer. Viewing an artwork -- whether it is a painting, sculpture, installation, video, or photograph -- as a whole is one method of interacting with it, but a deeper understanding can only be gained by analyzing it in detail. "Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces"...
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Author and design expert Steven Heller has revisited and revised the popular classic Design Literacy by revising many of the thoughtful essays from the original and mixing in thirty-two new works. Each essay offers a taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that have engaged designers from the late nineteenth century to the present--from the ubiquitous (the swastika, antiwar posters) to the whimsical (MAD magazine parodies)....
7) Great design
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"Great Design tells the stories behind the world's most inconic designs, why they were created, who they were made for, and how developments in technology and materials made them possible. "--Cover p. [4]
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Following in the footsteps of Phaidon's bestselling titles It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be and Damn Good Advice, this indispensible guide is a fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process. Showcases the best and most hilarious examples of failure across photography, art, design and architecture. This inspirational...
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"The Graphic Design Style Manual is a clear and engaging introduction for students who are just starting out in their studies. The concepts and terminology as well as the basic purpose of graphic design can be challenging and confusing. The goal of this book is to demystify these concepts with clear and straightforward information, answers to common problems and down-to-earth advice. Each chapter starts with a list of key terms and concepts to provide...
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"Pattern is everywhere we go and in everything we do. We wear patterns, we walk over them, we even eat, drink and think them - we always have and we always will - but it's unlikely they demand too much of our attention. Innovative creative and cultural organization PATTERNITY exists to join the dots. From fashion and design to the natural world, look beyond the mundane forms that we see every day to find the hidden beauty in the underlying patterns...
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Business cards are a statement of personality and style, capable of conveying much more than contact information. They represent the creativity and intention, or ambition, of a company in a very portable format. As an historical artefact in the digital age, the business card is constantly in evolving and only those that truly stand out are memorable. One way to achieve the noteworthy effect is through the use of interactive features. Others include...
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This book takes a close look at the key developments, movements and practitioners of design around the world, from the beginnings of industrial manufacturing to the present day. Organized chronologically, it locates design within its technological, cultural, economic, aesthetic and theoretical contexts. From the high-minded moralists of the 19th century to the radical thinkers of modernism the book provides in-depth coverage of a subject that touches...
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Follow Clare Youngs' instructions to make your home a magical place, with these fluttering, softly spinning works of art. Whether you hang them in your window or from the ceiling, these mobiles add a charming, colourful touch to your interiors. There are bronzed paper leaves to hang in the autumn, a delicate floral filigree mobile and a cute elephant mobile for a child's bedroom.
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In issue 03 of Character Design Quarterly, artists Peter Han, Alberto Camara, and Daniel Isles discuss their work and diverse careers so far. Ida Hem, Almu Redondo, and David Ardinaryas Lojaya present detailed design tutorials on perfecting a character of your own with personality, balance, and interesting contrasts. Birgitta Hosea, Head of Animation at Royal College of Art, London, speaks about their internationally renowned animation course. Quick...
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This fully revised edition of Graphic Design School improves upon previous editions by providing a more fully developed introduction to the study of graphic design, firmly locating it within the professional activities it embraces. The book is organized into two main sections, 'principles' and 'practice'. The first section deals with the fundamentals of design, such as composition, hierarchy, layout, typography, grid structure, colour and so on. The...
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In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an exhibition at Tate Modern, surveys this crucial period in...
20) Gabriel Metsu
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Until he was eclipsed by the rising reputation of Vermeer in the 20th century, Gabriel Metsu was among the most celebrated painters of the Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition seeks to redress the balance & resituate Metsu as one of the leading genre painters of his time.
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