This completely revised and updated version of Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type is a hands-on resource, organizing the many complex choices surrounding the effective use of typography.

This title explores how nature-themed illustration is incorporated into branding and identities, be it in print ads, stationary or distinct art pieces. Also explains the production techniques.

A captivating work of cultural blending unlike anything created prior, Andrew Archer's Edo Ball must be seen to be believed. This series of paintings seamlessly fuses contemporary basketball imagery with Edo-period Japanese art and culture, with captivating results. Each image riffs on a classic Japanese painting or subject, adding a surprisingly w...

Spear-headed by Axel Scheffler, forty-five illustrators from across Europe create a powerful and intensely personal collection of pictures about its importance and relevance.

Reflection and dimensions are toyed by holographic colours to bring a futuristic vision forward, extending an invitation into a world of interactive saturation that is anything but passive. Experimenting with light only seems natural in the evolution of colour, melting solid hues into a flowing river of intertwining bright blues and pinks and every...

This second volume rounds off the most comprehensive exploration of graphic design to date, spanning from the 1960s until today. About 2,500 seminal designs from across the globe guide us in this visual map through contemporary history, from the establishment of the International Style to the rise of the groundbreaking digital age. Around 130 key p...

Calligraphy literally translates as 'beautiful writing'; it is a traditional skill in many countries around the world, and it has had a contemporary resurgence as a stylish medium for creating artwork. This book starts with the basic techniques and helps the reader progress through 65 projects, including practical, step-by-step tips on the best mat...

Toshiaki Takayama's debut art collection.

Coinciding with the iconic magazine's fiftieth anniversary, 'Time Out: 50 years, 50 covers' draws on Time Out's incredible archive of front pages and the stories behind them. Via 50 stunning, arresting, beautiful and bizarre magazine covers, from its first issue in 1968 to the present day, this book charts how Time Out has reflected, shaped and bec...

A rich visual history of the film poster from its earliest days to the present.

An exploration of the work by American artist Richard Bernstein that celebrates his larger-than-life portraits for the covers of Andy Warhol s Interview magazine, as well as his visually arresting fine art, movie posters, and album covers created from the mid-1960s to the 1990s.

Kinfolk is a place to discover new things to cook, make and do. Their speciality is sharing ideas for small gatherings, ways to take good care of friends and family and living a grounded, balanced lifestyle that is about connecting and conversation.

A fascinating look at videogames as an art form, with contributions from award-winning designers and creators

Käytännön opas houkuttelee piilevät taiteilijanlahjat esiin. Täydellinen harjoituspaketti jokaiselle, joka haluaa oppia piirtämään tai syventää taitojaan. Ammattilaisen opit rajauksesta, perspektiivistä, varjostuksista ja pintojen luomisesta tulevat käyttöön saman tien, sillä kirja toimii samalla luonnoslehtiönä.

Upstart! showcases an exciting range of visual identities for start-ups and young businesses.

Uusi Sarjakuvantekijän oppikirja on Ilpo Koskelan, kokeneen ja palkitun tekijän laatima katsaus sarjakuvien tekemisen kiehtovaan maailmaan. Nyt ilmestyvä, loppuunmyydyn kirjan uudistettu laitos on päivitetty ajan tasalle mm. uusin kuvitusesimerkein. Uudessa sarjakuvantekijän oppikirjassa perehdytään tehokkaasti alan perusasioihin aina ideoinnista...

A thought provoking round-up of today's most interesting visual communication projects, 'Graphic Design Sourcebook' surveys the work of 100 of the world's most exciting and ground-breaking practitioners. It is illustrated with a wide variety of projects, from websites, apps, banner ads, packaging and infographics to exhibition design, social issue ...

Dirty DIY is a book of sexy postcards for adults to write/draw/otherwise complete and give to their partners/lovers. Activities such as "When I think about you I....." or partially drawn illus- trations with missing bits, will prompt even the most reticent to get in touch with the creative lover within. Lucy Kirk's drawings are edgy and bold, b...