August New Release - LogoLounge 7

Title: LogoLounge 7

           

Subtitle: 2,000 International Identities 

 by Leading Designers

                

Author/s: Bill Gardner and Anne Hellman

RRP: $69.99

ISBN: 9780760342473

Format:  Hardback, 192 pages

Dimensions: 279mm x 229mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  August 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

This celebratory book, the seventh in the series, once again pays tribute to the brilliant work top designers around the world have created for a diverse clientele. The LogoLounge website (www.logolounge.com) showcases the work of the world’s top designers as well as up-and-coming new talent, and this book presents the site’s best designs of the past year as judged by an elite group of name-brand designers. The first portion of LogoLounge 7 profiles ten top designers and spotlights their biggest, newest campaigns. A handful of their smaller projects are also featured in this section along with unused logos that have never before been seen. The second half of the book contains almost 2,000 logos organised by visual categories.

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July New Release - Drawing For Graphic Design

Title: Drawing for Graphic Design

           

Subtitle: Understanding Conceptual 

Principles & Practical Techniques to 

Create Unique, Effective Design 

Solutions

Author/s: Timothy Samara

RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9781592537815

Format:  Paperback, 224 pages

Dimensions: 229mm x 229mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  July 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Here is a complete, comprehensive drawing reference for design students and professionals alike who want to implement drawing as a professional tool. In Drawing for Graphic Design, Timothy Samara empowers readers to add drawing to their design vocabulary, featuring case studies of commercial projects from start to finish along with a showcase of real-world projects that integrate drawing as an intrinsic part of their visual communication. Filled with original author drawings and sketches, it's a must-have reference that will benefit designers of all levels.

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July New Release - Design Paper

Title: Design/Paper

           

Subtitle: A Commercial, Craft, 

Classroom & Cultural Sourcebook

RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9781592537716

Format:  Paperback, 272 pages

Dimensions: 254mm x 203mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  July 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Design/Paper is the first in a new, informative series of design documentaries which offers the best of design in practice. You'll find a curated collection of approximately 300 exquisite designs along with detailed essays from designers in the field surrounding the essence of creating designs using paper as the medium. This inspiring book also offers personal and professional insight from the authors - mini-workshops that dissect several projects featured in the book relating to materials, craft and construction.

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June New Release - Stop Think Go Do

Title: Stop Think Go Do

           

Subtitle: How Typography & Graphic 

Design Influence Behavior

Author/s: Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic

RRP: $45.00

ISBN: 9781592537662

Format:  Paperback, 224 pages

Dimensions: 229mm x 229mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

This revolutionary guide is not only the first to look at how typography in design creates a call to action, but it also explores type and image as language. Stop, Think, Go, Do is packed with arresting imagery from around the world that influences human behaviour. Page after page you'll find innovative messages that advocate, advise caution, educate, entertain, express, inform, play and transform.

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June New Release - Graphic Designer's Electronic Media Manual

Title: Graphic Designer’s Electronic-

 Media Manual

             

Subtitle: How to Apply Visual 

Design Principles to Engage Users 

on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile 

Websites

Author/s: Jason Tselentis

RRP: $45.00

ISBN: 9781592537785

Format:  Paperback, 256 pages

Dimensions: 254mm x 203mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

This comprehensive resource for graphic designers will help you merge traditional print design skills with new technology to create imaginative, informative and useful online experiences for clients and, ultimately, the end users. The Graphic Designer's Electronic-Media Manual focuses on reigning in the specific skills and tools necessary for creating design projects for the web and beyond. You'll also find a rich collection of sound design examples for the web from studios around the world. Unlike other books on web and electronic media, this book is not a technical manual, but a visual resource packed with real-world examples of design for the web.

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June New Release - Designers Web Handbook

Title: Designer’s Web Handbook

             

Subtitle: What You Need to Know 

to Create for the Web

Author/s: Patrick McNeil

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781440314414

Format:  Paperback, 272 pages

Dimensions: 203mm x 203mm

Publisher: North Light Books

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

You know how to design, but you can increase your value as a designer in the marketplace by learning how to make that design function on the web. From informational sites to e-commerce portals to blogs to mobile apps, The Designer’s Web Handbook helps any designer understand the full life cycle of a digital product: idea, design, production and maintenance. The best web designers create not only beautiful sites but also sites that function well – for both client and end user. Patrick McNeil teaches you how to work with developers to build sites that balance aesthetics and usability, and to do it on time and on budget.

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June New Release - Design Elements Typography Fundamentals

Title: Design Elements Typography 

 Fundamentals

             

Subtitle: A Graphic Style Manual for 

Understanding How Typography Affects 

Design

                

Author/s: Kristin Cullen

RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9781592537679

Format: Paperback, 160 pages

Dimensions: 254mm x 203mm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Explore the fundamentals of typography with this practical new guide. An instructional reader rather than historical survey, Design Elements: Typography Fundamentals uses well-founded, guiding principles to teach the language of type and how to use it capably. Designers are left with a solid ground on which to design with type. Limitless potential for meaningful and creative communication exists-this is the field guide for the journey!

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March New Release - Best of Business Card Design #9

Title: Best of Business Card Design 9

             

Author/s: Rule 29

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781592537907

Format:  Paperback, 240 pages

Dimensions: 27.9cm x 22.9cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

New in paperback, this innovative collection features the most current and best work by top designers worldwide. The "go-to" sourcebook for business card design inspiration, this volume contains pages packed with business cards, showing front, back and special elements and materials. This unrivalled resource is sought by professional designers, corporate executives and in-house marketing departments as an essential identity and branding tool.

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March New Release - Letterhead & Logo Design #11

Title: Letterhead and Logo Design 11

             

Author/s: Design Army

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781592537617

Format:  Paperback, 240 pages

Dimensions: 27.9cm x 22.9cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Known for their streamlined design style, Design Army has selected a stunning collection for this bestselling Letterhead and Logo series. This invaluable resource contains hundreds of inspirational logos and letterheads designers will refer to again and again.

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March New Release - Typography Referenced

Title: Typography Referenced

             

Subtitle: A Comprehensive Visual Guide

Author/s: A Haley, R Poulin, 

J Tselentis, T Seddon, G Leonidas, I Saltz, 

K Henderson, T Alterman

RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9781592537020

 Format:  Hardback, 400 pages

Dimensions: 25.4cm x 21.6cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

This is the ultimate reference on typographic history, design and practice within the past thirteen years. It includes type terminology, typefaces, type design and development as well as principles of typography and classification, significant type designers - past and present - type foundries and much more, all fully illustrated. Written by experts in the field, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on the subject of typography.

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March New Release - Brand Bible

Title: Brand Bible

             

Subtitle:Complete Guide to Building, 

Designing,and Sustaining Brands

Author/s: Debbie Millman

RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9781592537266

Format:  Paperback, 312 pages

Dimensions: 23.6cm x 23.6cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date: March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Brand Bible is a comprehensive resource on brand design fundamentals. It looks at the influences of modern design going back through time, delivering a short anatomical overview and examining brand treatments and movements in design. You'll learn the steps necessary to develop a successful brand system from defining the brand attributes and assessing the competition, to working with materials and vendor and all the steps in between. Author Debbie Millman has overseen the design/redesign of major brands including Pepsi, Burger King, Tropicana, Kleenex and many more.

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February New Release - Design Elements: Color Fundamentals

Title: Design Elements: Color Fundamentals

             

Subtitle: A Graphic Style Manual for

Understanding How Color Affects Design

Author/s: Aaris Sherin

RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781592537198

Format:  Paperback, 160 pages

Dimensions: 25.4cm x20.3cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date: February 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Compact yet informative text and numerous visual examples illustrate practical techniques for successfully using colour in real world design projects, type and image, and how colour can affect meaning in design and create order. These principles are illustrated with examples and brief text to keep the content simple, yet informative. This is the second book in the Design Elements series and is created with the design student in mind.

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January New Release - Visual Language For Designers

Title: Visual Language for Designers

           

Subtitle: Principles for Creative Graphics that

                  People Understand

                   

Author/s: Connie Malamed

RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781592537419

Format:  Paperback, 240 pages

Dimensions: 27.9cm x 22.9cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date: January 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power. In a time of unprecedented competition for audience attention and with an increasing demand for complex graphics, Visual Language for Designers explains how to achieve quick and effective communications. It presents ways to design for the strengths of our innate mental capacities and to compensate for our cognitive limitations.

 

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December New Release "Design Matters"

Title: Design Matters

             

 Subtitle: An Essential Primer Brochures Logos

                 Packaging Portfolios

                

Author/s: Michelle Taute and Maura Keller

RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9781592537389

Format: Paperback, 448 pages

Dimensions: 25.4cm x 20.3cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date: December 2011

Book Description/Synopsis:

The design bar is at an all-time high for those brave enough to participate in the industry. Today's designers must be clear on all the steps necessary to create work that stands out in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Unfortunately, most design books only focus on type, colour and layout issues. The Design Matters series takes a more in-depth approach, allowing designers to learn not only how to create work that is aesthetically appealing, but also strategy-driven and smart. This compilation features the best of the Design Matters series, indispensable guides to design, in one handy volume. Design Matters focuses on developing, creating and implementing brochure designs, logo designs, packaging, and portfolios. The compendium includes all the essential information needed to execute strong designs in concert with beautiful and well-crafted examples, so that designers can successfully hit the mark every time.

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December New Release "365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers"

Title:365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers

             

Author/s:Laurel Saville,Joshua Berger,Sarah Dougher & Steve Gordon Jr.

RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9781592537372

Format: Paperback, 496 pages

Dimensions: 25.4cm x 20.3cm

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Aust. Release Date: December 2011

Book Description/Synopsis:

In need of advice? Just want to sound off? Opening this volume is like grabbing lunch with a fellow designer to commiserate or celebrate and to learn the ins and outs of design. Good habits are found in every part of the design process, from promoting yourself well in order to land the client, to working with that client, to achieving the desired results on press. 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers reveals solutions from a wide range of freelance designers whose years of experience have helped them find not only the most creative solutions for their clients' design needs, but also the most successful solutions. With a rich compilation of material from previous publications by the authors, this book also focuses on the daily habits that inspire these designers to stay creative and business strategies to be successful when working on your own.



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100 Ways to Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs & Above the Fold

100 WAYS TO TAKE BETTER NATURE & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHS

Guy Edwardes

Suitable for all levels of photographer, 100 Ways to Take Better Nature and Wildlife Photographs features 100 practical and inspiring tips on every aspect of the genre. Guy Edwardes' breathtaking pictures accompany his easy-to-follow advice on a wide range of subjects from capturing the actions of large mammals to snapping wild birds and flowers in the garden. With tips on everything from technique to composition, coping with extreme field conditions to Photoshop software manipulation, this is an invaluable guide for anyone with a passion for photography or the natural world.

ISBN: 9780715331491                  

Format: Paperback, 144 pages

Publisher: David & Charles 

RRP: $29.99

ABOVE THE FOLD

Brian Miller

Above the Fold uses bullet points to explain specific elements of smart Web design. Rather than lengthy paragraphs commonly found in how-to books, this is a 'show how' book which features hundreds of arrows and bullet points, pointing out specific elements within each web site that are examples of sound design. This analysis of 100 great sites contains both objective and subjective points of view. Whenever possible, subjectivity is reduced by providing factual data such as conversion stats, visits and profitability. These points of fact are supported by quotes from insiders and other industry experts.

ISBN: 9781440308420 

Format: Paperback, 272 pages

Publisher: North Light 

RRP: $34.99

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