The Contemporary Design in Details series takes a highly visual look at architectural design details that are more often dealt with in a technical textbook format. The books take readers on a tour of the best details designed by great architects around the world. The series provides a powerful presentation of the most challenging and evolving architectural and design categories. Small Environments focuses on the type of architectural details that make up distinctive residential spaces under 120 square meters. It presents recent work by architects from around the globe in colour photographs and architectural drawings. The book is not simply another compendium of small projects, but is structured according to categories of architectural detail. It includes sections on components essential to the design of small spaces, such as built-in pieces, mobile systems, storage and outdoor rooms.

Provides professional designers, corporate executives and in-house marketing departments with essential identity and branding insight for all types of clients.

Deconstructs 140 diverse promotions in a format that is succinct and immediate. Its projects are culled from designers worldwide and feature a range of companies and industries.

In light of the recent popularity of movies such as Finding Nemo and Shark Tale as well as aquariums as elements of interior decor, home aquariums have become all the rage. Since there are so many ways you can design an aquarium today, a little guidance is definitely needed. Inspired Aquariums is a key tool to use while searching for ideas to help inspire your own home-aquarium design. This complete handbook acts as both an inspirational and factual guide. It shows you the most compatible choices in aquatic creatures, plants, lighting and more for your chosen setup. The exquisite photography of professionally designed aquariums is perfect for preparing you to create perhaps the most innovative aquarium yet.

«Logo Design Workbook focuses on creating powerful logo designs and answers the question, «What makes a logo work»? In the first half of this book, authors Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka walk readers step-by-step through the entire logo-development process. Topics include developing a concept that communicates the right message and is appropriate for both the client and the market; defining how the client's long-term goals might affect the look and needs of the mark; choosing colors and typefaces; avoiding common mistakes; and deciphering why some logos are successful whereas others are not. The second half of the book comprises in-depth case studies on logos designed for various industries. Each case study explores the design brief, the relationship with the client, the time frame, and the results.»

SPD’s Solid Gold: 40 Years of Award-Winning Magazine Design celebrates the most outstanding, innovative, and lasting achievements in editorial design published in the last 40 years. It is an aesthetic hall of fame and essential reference tool for graphic designers, artists, editors, photographers, and students. SPD’s Solid Gold showcases only the most inspired visions in contemporary publication design history–the gold winners of the last 40 years chosen by some of the most respected professionals in the business. This book is a tome of the most legendary design, style, and vision of our ephemeral magazine pages. The Society of Publication Designers is the only organization that specifically addresses the concerns of trade, corporate, institutional, newspaper, and consumer editorial art directors. The SPD encourages artistic excellence by annually judging the thousands of design professionals in the United States and abroad. The Society is based in New York City.

To illustrate how colors influence the message, this essential handbook starts with 10 layouts and applies more than 80 different color combinations to each, resulting in a vast collection of dynamic variations. Includes an interactive CD that allows users to choose layouts from the book, experiment with colors, and print them for reference. This tool illustrates the powerful role colors play in layout design. Selecting the right colors for any design project, whether personal от commercial, can make all the difference in whether a project communicates effectively to the designated audience. For most people, choosing the right colors is not an easy process. With this comprehensive collection, anyone can make effective and powerful choices for their design and client. Color Harmony: Layout opens with case studies of 10 featured designs; each study explains what the work was trying to achieve and why the particular palette was chosen. The book then follows with 21 chapters, headed by adjectives such as elegant, professional, or classic, that feature the palettes which best reflect the adjective. The chapters also include 10 designated layout designs in 4 different color combinations from that palette. The result: more than 800 color studies illustrating how varying color combinations can dynamically alter a given design and the message it communicates. Color Harmony: Layout is an insightful demonstration of the power of color and its ability to convey a message, as well as a time-saving handbook that all designers will turn to again and again.

Breaks down the anatomy of typography to explore tools and processes, methods of organizing the mechanics of type, and the means of arranging and displaying type. This book also looks at how different media, and consequent reproduction processes, underpin every aspect of typographic design. It showcases portfolios of the foremost practitioners.

Recharge Your Design Batteries is a general resource for graphic designers and visual creatives, who have the desire to broaden their horizons and inject a new level of innovation into their work. This inspirational and practical book explores the creative process, and how to keep it fed and stimulated. All too often, busy designers have little time to let their imaginations loose on a project, which is constrained by a client, a budget, and a deadline. Recharge Your Design Batteries shows designers working beyond their day-to-day situation on alternative tasks, intended to truly flex their creative muscles. The book explores a wide range of techniques and practical challenges aimed at inspiring broader creative thinking and reawakening potential. Whether it’s jumping out of an airplane or traveling to India, creating a daily drawing on a given theme or writing a graphic novel, designers share the experiences and practices which provided the raw material for exceptional design projects. This book will challenge designers to try something new. A one-stop tome for techniques to stimulate creative thinking Contains inspirational examples of awareness-raising tactics and the stunning work that resulted Interviews and anecdotes from international designers offer first-hand evidence of boosted creativity.

A comprehensive collection of storage ideas and building projects for all spaces around the home, from garage to attic. It includes ingenious ways to make use of overlooked space, as well as simple designs for the most popular storage projects, such as closet organizers, built-in shelving units and entertainment centres. The book contains more than 65 build-it-yourself projects with complete plan diagrams, directions, and how-to photographs. There are five sections organized around popular themes: utility storage, clothing, food and dishware, recreational, and display storage. Also included is a general technique section that shows the basics of box and cabinet construction, which should help readers modify any design in the book, or create their own unique storage projects.

The studio residence of Wendell Burnette Architects is designed to be like an oasis in the Arizona desert, with an interior garden in the entryway full of light, shade, and water. Wendell Burnette’s travels in Europe and Mexico are evident in the international, timeless style found in his architecture. The building is the physical embodiment of the firm’s philosophy, which is the desire to create spaces that engage people. Wendell Burnette Architects is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Examines the studio residence of Wendell Burnette Architects, designed to be an oasis in the Arizona desert with an interior garden in the entryway full of light, shade, and water.

«Small Graphics provides hundreds of ideas for making effective design use of even the smallest spaces. See how designers have successfully chosen their graphics and words to maximize impact in tiny places. This book contains more than 200 examples of logos, business cards, hats, premiums, identity systems, direct response marketing, point-of-purchase material, stamps, and packaging. There's even a Web site billed as the «world's smallest» along with all sorts of promotional materials from design studios around the world. These projects are sure to inspire creative ideas so you'll never have to wonder what could've been possible if you only had more space. Whoever said «size doesn't matter» never tried to fit a logo, company name, contact name, title, address, phone, fax, mobile number, e-mail, and Web site address onto the front of a 3-1/2» x 2» (9 cm x 5 cm) business card. The fact is, size does count, more so when you're faced with designing a sizeable message and yet you're short on space. Small Graphics is a reference guide and an idea book for designing when space is at a premium. See how expert designers make the most of the space they have, creating small graphics that communicate in a big way. How do some of the best designers around the world gain maximum impact in a limited amount of space? This collection of small designs provides plenty of examples. Included are small graphics that are interactive, expansive, and elaborate, while others are minimal in their design. Several use photos to communicate, while others use illustrations. Some examples are beyond description. Learn how to maximize the impact of the message in keeping with its size-no matter how small. When you need to make a big impression but don't have a lot of space to do it, Small Graphics is a book you'll want to review time and again.»

Acclaimed acrylic artist Anton Gutknecht invites you into his world and shows you how to re-create the captivating beauty of landscapes from every continent. With a user-friendly, step-by-step process, hell teach you skills for painting mountains, meadows, deserts, structures, clouds, sunbeams, and more. Youll also learn how to create atmospheric mood and distance, blend colors, and contrast background with foreground elements to truly express the feel of your paintings. With this comprehensive guide, youll be creating your own acrylic masterpieces in no time.