Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design
Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design
Critically authoritative, visually stunning, and physically massive, Art of the Modern Movie Poster is the first and last word on post-World War II film poster design. Showcasing fascinating examples from 15 nations, this collection of more than 1,500 exemplary designs is a must-have for film buffs, designers, and poster aficionados alike. […]
Good Design: Deconstructing Form, Function, and What Makes Design Work
Good Design: Deconstructing Form, Function, and What Makes Design Work
Graphic designer Terry Marks polls several designers of varied age groups and phases in their careers about what they consider “good design.” Each has selected an existing design piece they feel to be “good” — based on their personal definitions of what is "good." He takes a backwards approach through design — interviewing the designer of each piece to unlock the concept behind the design. […]
Essentials of Visual Communication
Essentials of Visual Communication
Targeted for first-degree students, this book is a fascinating introduction to visual communication, including graphic design, advertising, editorial, new media, film, and television – in fact, any discipline that seeks to convey a message via text and images. A practical guide that also touches on visual theory, this book describes the business of visual communication [...]
Words into Pictures
Words into Pictures investigates the relationship of words and pictures in how we communicate. Writers and poets have been creating works with both literary and visual interest since ancient times. This book illustrates how words and pictures can combine to convey powerful messages. […]
Envisioning Information
Edward Tufte’s Envisioning Information is a stunning display of the classics of information design, combined with a close analysis of design strategies that produce excellence in information displays. This book shows maps, charts, scientific visualizations, diagrams, statistical graphics and tables, stereo photographs, guidebooks, courtroom exhibits, computer screens, timetables, a pop-up, and many other wonderful displays [...]
Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography
Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography
A leading voice of the modernist movement, Jan Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist. Active Literature, an in-depth study of Tschichold's modernist period, is based on extensive archival research that uncovered a wealth of new photographs of his design work. […]