EUROPEAN FOLK contains examples of the design of everyday textiles and costumes used throughout Europe, with a focus on the countries and regions of Central Europe (Poland, Ukraine, Transylvania, Moravia, Bohema, etc.). Typical design elements include bold checks and stripes, colourful flowers and all sorts of figurative elements associated with rural life and the passage of the seasons. Also included in this book are examples of crochet, lace and embroidery.

The extremely elegant and feminine Cheongsam is a quintessential Chinese womens dress of the 20th century. In its modern form, it is a fusion of traditional Chinese costume and western fashion, that started its development in the early 20th century, notably in Shanghai. Later, Cheongsam design evolved primarily in Hong Kong and overseas Chinese communities. Interesting to note is that many great fashion styles have been incorporated in Cheongsam design, without affecting the ever present Chinese identity expressed by, among others, the mandarin collar and shoulder and side closures. This book in the PEPIN series contains a wonderful selection of photographs of some of the most beautiful Cheongsams from all decades of the 20th century, as well as many historical photographs. Also included are cutting schemes, embroidery details and vector drawings of typical decorative elements such as dragons, peacocks and floral designs.

Эта книга и CD содержат высококачественные изображения, которые могут быть полезны в качестве материала для веб-дизайна или источника вдохновения. Файлы могут быть использованы для различных целей, например, при оформлении открыток, пригласительных, флаеров, футболок, витрин магазинов и т.п. Информация об условиях использования изображений изложена в предисловии к книге с высоким разрешением.

Fancy Designs 1920 provides a collection of the gay, flowery, frivolous designs taken from wallpapers and fabrics typical of the Roaring Twenties.

These books contain stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM.

Packaging is an important factor in any retail environment and a key element in most marketing strategies. Consumers react immediately to package shapes, and are influenced by them when making buying decisions. Different product categories are often easy to recognise by their characteristic form, for example chocolate boxes or milk cartons. On the other hand, a manufacturer of an exclusive product, such as jewellery or perfume, may deliberately choose an unusual, eye-catching form. Mail It! contains a large selection of structural designs for envelopes and packages to be sent by mail or parcel delivery services.

The mini icons in this book are designed for use on hand-held organisers, such as Palm and other PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). The restrictions dictated by such devices mean that designers must be extremely inventive to produce recognisable images with a minimum of pixels. The resulting designs are of amazing simplicity and must be viewed in small format to be distinguished properly.

Images of fruit and vegetables are popular as illustration with recipes, menus, cookbooks, etc., but also for postcards, invitations and T-shirts. In this book 250 vegetable images are reproduced, ranging from common to very exotic types. Added value is in the multilingual captions; hence the term Visual Dictionary.