A unique directory of over 75 digital brushes, Photoshop Brush Directory is the essential resource for anyone retouching photographs or creating their own illustrations. When working in Photoshop, the choice of available brush effects for artworking and rendering is vast, as each brush option can be configured in dozens of different ways according to features like hardness, wetness, opacity, or flow. Photoshop Brush Directory takes the guesswork out of the selection, with accurate reproduction of more than 4,000 digital brush styles and settings, and clear instructions. The extensive gallery of brushes and settings offers creative stimulation, as well as being a practical tool that enables the user to select the right Photoshop brush settings for a particular job. Practical techniques introduce the beginner to basic working methods, and there is also a useful guide to shortcuts for more experienced users.

What would you do or make if you had an unlimited budget, a visionary client, and complete control? We all dream of high-paying, high-profile jobs and crave for more creativity in our work. Lust is a peek into what is possible when designers are allowed to pursue this dream. Lust is a documentary of unrealized projects and a traveling report of creativity from around the world; a handmade sketchbook zig-zagging across six continents, gathering steam and collecting documents. In it are designers, dreams, and a peek into their processes.

Newly revised and updated with luscious and inspiring images of contemporary work, this book allows today's graphic designer to rediscover the creative potential of letterpress. Thanks to its physical presence on the page, letterpress has a unique and visual impact, and offers a powerful means of expressing ideas through a more intelligent use of type. Despite the dominance of computer typesetting and printing in trade publishing, private letterpress publishers are on the increase. This timely book celebrates the diversity of the original work being produced by graphic designers and typographers using letterpress around the world. It examines US and European private presses, top international graphic designers working with letterpress, the use of letterpress as a commercial medium in developing countries, and new developments in technology. A celebration of the handmade design aesthetic currently enjoying a period of revival, Letterpress is an indispensable reference for both professional and amateur creatives, and all letterpress enthusiasts.

Design School Confidential is a richly illustrated, unprecedented anthology of over 50 of the most challenging class projects from design schools around the world. The projects range from basic typography to social responsibility. From printed matter to environmental extravaganzas, students are challenged to push the limits of form and content. How do students learn to solve design problems? How do cultural differences impact the way design is taught? What do design students want from their class assignments? What do design teachers hope to impart? The answers can be found in this impressive compendium of choice projects from the likes of the University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland; Fabrica, Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, Italy; Arts Academy of Split, Croatia; School of Visual Arts, New York, United States; Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, and many more. Design School Confidential is an essential resource for teachers seeking uniquely successful projects.

Steampunk is a burgeoning counter-cultural movement; a genre, community, and artform. The Steampunk movement seeks to recapture the spirit of invention, adventure, and craftsmanship reminiscent of early-nineteenth century industrialization, in part, to restore a sense of wonder to a technology-jaded world. Packed with 1,000 color photographs, 1,000 Steampunk Creations features a showcase of stunning jewelry, fashion, accessories, headgear, artwork, home decorations, and curious contraptions.

A collection of usable artwork for designers and artists featuring 100 thematic illustrations in popular categories to use freely and to manipulate or enhance and supplement their own work. The original artwork and the popular themes are perfect for non designers and amateur artists who want professional looking artwork but cannot create the artwork themselves. This book offers modern and unique illustrations in themes that are current for today's artists. It is the perfect book for artists, crafters, designers, and laypeople wanting imagery for cards, t shirts, journals arts, posters, advertisements, party decorations, and more.

Typology is a useful, comprehensive typography resource that both students and professional designers should have in their library. It looks at the influences of modern typography and symbols going back through time and examines certain type treatments and movements in design and logo types. It focuses on how type works and emphasizes typographic fundamentals, while touching on logo/logotype design and page layout (print and interactive). This book promises to guide designers through the visual typographic clutter to make their designed messages more meaningful.

A collection of usable artwork for designers and artists featuring 100 thematic illustrations in popular categories to use freely and to manipulate or enhance and supplement their own work. The original artwork and the popular themes are perfect for non designers and amateur artists who want professional looking artwork but cannot create the artwork themselves. This book offers modern and unique illustrations in themes that are current for today's artists. It is the perfect book for artists, crafters, designers, and laypeople wanting imagery for cards, t shirts, journals arts, posters, advertisements, party decorations, and more.

A showcase of stunning jewelry bits and pieces, bling and embellishments, the collection is made to feed the creative appetites of crafters and jewelry makers everywhere. This collection offers color, sparkle, texture, dimension, and clever, creative use of materials. One piece of jewelry might have several points of interest to be highlighted: an antique clasp, textured lampwork beads, and intricate knots.

Jewelry Lab uses brevity to ignite a passion for working the metals processes and learning about all the ways metal can be used. It provides aspiring metalsmiths and jewelry makers a way to learn fundamental techniques that is quick and fun. In addition to the basic skills such as sawing, drilling, soldering, and finishing, the book covers texturing, etching, rolling, coloring, patinas, forming, connections, findings, solders, bezels, rivets, and other experimental techniques. This is not a project book; rather, it is an approachable, unintimidating workbook that breaks metals processes down into very specific experiments, such as texturing or plastic deformation of metal, with no goal in mind other than to experience how metal moves. Readers learn to understand more about metal, how to master it, and gain a deep, thoughtful underlying appreciation for process and method, becoming entranced with finely crafting objects with great care.

«Inspired by the «Dada» notion of making art from materials that would not typically be combined or expected to go together, and driven by a similar sense of irony and humor, this book presents a unique approach to creating mixed-media dolls. A must-have for anyone interested in found object art and the human form, it is a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the power, symbolism, and cultural significance of dolls and representational figures. The authors share detailed techniques for using surface embellishments, using molds and molding products, and building and transforming disparate objects into whimsical, inspiring dolls. Beginning with a variety of substrates, readers are guided step by step through five types of doll construction. Numerous variations on each of the core projects promote further experimentation. Includes an inspiring gallery of mixed-media dolls from leading artists.»

This title features an innovative collection of 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 unrivaled resource is sought by professional designers, corporate executives, and in-house marketing departments as an essential identity and branding tool.

The best-selling Letterhead and Logo Design now compiles the most creative and inspiring work in the field in a stunning collection featuring the best of the past four volumes. From well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists, this collection includes everything identity, from logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, and the creative techniques and full-color images portrayed in this broad range of work will inspire new design solutions for age-old challenges that beg for a fresh approach. This book is an invaluable resource for both design firms and their clients who are looking for inspiration and ideas that grab the viewer's attention and create a lasting impression.

Under the witty and metaphorical guise of a high-end cookbook, the author will provide visual 'ingredients', such as grid structures, folios, border devices, type treatments, abstract graphic elements, and so on, categorized stylistically and functionally. These ingredients will be shown in use through a 'recipe' format to accomplish 'strategies' such as movement, rhythm, organization, contrast, metaphor, etc. Ingredients will be coded and cross-referenced among categories for mix and match purposes in demonstrating varied alternate combinations to achieve different approaches to strategies.

Great design is something that makes you pause and think. That's because there is a pure concept behind that design. Without a strong concept, design is merely an arrangement of elements within the parameters of a given format, resulting in design that is purely decorative. Void of the inspiration that makes design transcendent, the audience is left disengaged and intellectually/emotionally indifferent. Stanley Hainsworth, a designer who is known for design built on strong concepts, takes readers on an unprecedented visual journey through the minds of today's best design thinkers via interviews and project case studies, exploring and revealing the sources of the concepts behind the projects. This book is a visual and informational feast.

New in paperback, this workbook is a methodical yet comprehensive approach to conveying the fundamentals of avant-garde, innovative, information design by examining history, theory, criticism, technology and media, process, method, and practice. Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, readers get an intimate understanding of the complexities of crafting information design to effectively improve communication both functionally and aesthetically. The back half of the book contains a wide range of case studies from design firms around the world so designers can see the techniques previously outlined in the first half of the book. The author also critiques and explains why the design is successful in terms of formal quality (Aesthetics) and function (How does it improve communication?).

Fashion isn't art. The latter can just be admired, while the first needs to be sold. How do designers create constant objects of desire? In this book, 100 designers give 1000 tips on what it takes to be a great fashion designer. These tips address a number of issues: flare inspiration, collection concept, the promise of clothing, the use of fabrics, and more. New talents and renowned names provide insights and ideas for both expert and up and coming designers.

Brochure design is a perennial in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet it can be challenging to execute successfully. This collection the 'best of the best' brochure design into one stunning showcase, compiling hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and armloads of advice for professional graphic designers and students alike. Using a clean, unfussy presentation, this book is a highly visual collection of ideas for everything from choosing type to photo treatments, and everything in between. This volume features winning brochures from a wide range of countries and clients, including corporate brochures and annual reports, product and service pieces, and brochures for organizations ranging from education and health care to arts and entertainment. Large, visually compelling photos bring the reader up-close and personal to the best examples of brochure design that he or she is likely to see. This compilation highlights the best brochures from the past four volumes, making it a compelling collection of work from internationally-acclaimed designers.

Producing beautiful yet functional and sustainable products is no easy task. With so much competition on the shelf, products must uniquely distinguish themselves and become must-have items for consumers. This inspirational volume features 1000 of the best product designs in recent years, judged by award-winning Ecco Design. Categories include furniture, electronics and appliances, computers, medical equipment, transportation, and much more.

Greetings often provide designer with the chance to truly stretch their creative wings. 1000 More Greetings features examples by designers who are enjoying the luxury of personal expression through creative freedom, without the need to satisfy a client. The 1000 inspirational examples of invitations, announcements, greetings, and self promotions are created using unique materials and expressive treatments. With correspondence for every occasion, this book is a must have resource for designers who are looking for inspiration from an unprecedented collection of work by an international group of designers.