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. […]
Yes Logo: 40 Years of Michael Peters Branding, Design and Communication
Yes Logo: 40 Years of Michael Peters Branding, Design and Communication
Yes Logo: 40 Years of Branding, Design & Communication chronicles the story of Michael Peters, one of Britain’s most significant design luminaries. Throughout his career, Peters has worked on successful branding campaigns, ranging from Birds Eye Foods products to Penhaligon’s perfumery. Peters ventured into graphic design at the London College of Printing [...]
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 [...]
A History of Visual Communication
A History of Visual Communication
Josef Müller-Brockmann’s A History of Visual Communication explores the cultural and historical evolutions of advertising. It reflects on how ideas give birth to visual graphics in contemporary design. The latter part of the book delves into modern commercial art. This exhaustive collection of contemporary art supplements his intent: simple and functional advertising, experimental pieces that [...]
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 [...]