The Fundamentals of Illustration 2nd Edition by Lawrence Zeegen introduces students to the subject of illustration, taking them through the key skills and practical processes required for the study of this exciting degree course.This edition has been updated with a wealth of fresh visuals and contemporary case studies. It includes new and revised content and examples that reflect the changes and developments in the discipline over the past few years. Current visual approaches are examined and evaluated, along with new chapters on visual thinking, idea generation and the illustrator as an artist.A chapter on the professional practice of a freelance designer helps students to understand the realities of this creative career path.Each chapter concludes with a case study, which outlines a brief and then describes each stage of the process, from the illustrator's initial response to the completion of the project. The case studies feature the work of: John Clementson, Tim Vyner, Olivier Kugler, Damian Gascoigne, Ben Kelly and Howard Read. The book also contains a series of interviews with practising illustrators such as Autumn Whitehurst, Stina Persson and Anthony Burrill.

Product Description: 1000 Symbols traces and reveals the historical and cross-cultural significance of 1000 commonly recognized symbols. Heaven and earth - all the symbols for the world around us: earth, air, fire, and water, as well as times of day or month, and the identities and symbolic role of the planets...read more

Product Description: - An ideal core text for research modules within visual arts degrees with more than 200 vibrant colour illustrations that bring the subject to life. - Twelve inspirational student case studies put the ideas discussed into a real-world context...read more

Product Description: From the basics such as working with typography through using images and working with color, exploring different pre-press techniques and the processes involved in bringing a product to press and with a resulting pleasing end product, the authors present everything that the reader needs to know in a straightforward and visually strong way...read more

Product Description: The Communist superhero: Mao’s starring role in Chinese propaganda art   With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s...read more

Product Description: The Communist superhero: Mao’s starring role in Chinese propaganda art   With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s...read more

Product Description: "Where do I end and you begin? / Asked the cat of its tail, / Asked the shell of the snail." From animals and plants to natural phenomena and sensory images, this rhythmic poem employs a thought-provoking refrain to introduce the concept of interconnectedness in life...read more

Product Description: A must-have handbook for any cocktail connoisseur, this compact volume is packed with over 150 recipes from today's rising star mixologists, along with a handy guide to America's best new bars.The editors of Food & Wine have the inside scoop on contemporary cocktail culture...read more

Product Description: German designer and educator Otl Aicher was a pioneer of 20th century graphic design, renowned for creating visual identities for numerous corporations and his work on symbol systems. This book incorporates important archival material and illuminates Aicher's intellectually important design philosophies...read more

Product Description: Sure signs: Diverse logos from around the world   A good logo can glamorize just about anything. Now available in our popular Klotz format, this sweeping compendium gathers diverse brand markers from around the world to explore the irrepressible power of graphic representation...read more

Product Description: English summary: The "Journal for European Oversees History" provides information about the history of European connections to non-European cultures, current research, debates, controversies and gaps in the academic research. The chief topics which are discussed in this journal are the various and changing connections between Europe to regions oversees, as they have been understood from antiquity onward...read more

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Product Description: This pocket-sized cookbook features all the classic Irish potato dishes, from boxty to colcannon, as well as exciting new suggestions such as parmesan potato cakes, roasted butternut squash and potato curry and even potato pizza! There are soups, old favorites, main dishes, sides, salads and potato cakes...read more

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Product Description: Poetry. "Nina Bannett's THESE ACTS OF WATER traces a daughter's journey through the depths of her mother's mental illness. These beautiful, finely crafted poems chronicle love, loss, grief and the redemptive power of memory. The intensity of Bannett's imagery and her deft use of language cohere to form a tightly woven whole that demands to be read more than once...read more

Photographic artists and students of alternative process photography will welcome this new edition of Christopher James' The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. This significantly expanded edition is a full-color, lavishly illustrated, comprehensive resource that explores every aspect of alternative process image making. With his highly conversational writing style, James explores the techniques, processes, idiosyncrasies, history, and cultural connections that are such a significant part of the genre. Best of all, James makes it extremely accessible, providing clear instructions and practical workflow advice. The book delves into a vast menu of alternative and traditional options, among them: calotype, salted paper, cyanotype, argyrotype, chrysotype, POP, kallitype, ambrotype/wet collodion, Van Dyke, platinum/palladium, Ziatype, gelatin dry plate emulsions, carbon, gum bichromate, albumen, hand-applied emulsions, paper, alternative imaging systems, and digital negative production for alternative process image making. This book has become the unanimous standard reference text for alternative process photography, one that students love to read and work from. Not only does this definitive work make the most complex ideas easy to understand, it is conversational, comfortable, inspirational, and fun to read- a tremendous resource and a treasure trove of alternative process images. "The first edition was a stunning achievement, and one I felt that was not likely to be superceded. Five short years later Christopher James has created a very new work and a new standard. The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes: 2nd Edition is, by far, the best alternative photographic process book ever!" - Richard Sullivan, Founder and Co-Owner, Bostick & Sullivan "If I could only have one photography book this would be it." -Timothy Whelan, Photographic Books

Collects more than 250 studio-commissioned posters, lobby cards, and other promotional materials from the noir era.