Welcome to our book review site www.go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Creativity Lessons For Web Designers
"Creativity" is a term that often partakes of something mysterious and nearly magical — something that we are blessed with, something like an ambivalent, secret power that one moment strikes us unexpectedly, and then puts us on hold when we desperately try to come up with an idea. But the infamous creative spark isn't as random as we might think. This eBook is a collection of creativity lessons that may help you overcome a creative trough. Our authors provide some general insights into the process of creativity, discuss some interesting aspects, such as why it is important to also have a life outside the Web, and also present useful hands-on tips on how to develop fresh approaches to given...
Typography Best Practices
Web design is not just about a flamboyant or simply beautiful website appearance. This book is about small — but crucial — details, in a specialty that is all about details. Whether you're interested in determining the right paragraph layout or typographic details, observing the correct typographic etiquette or making the other small decisions that will dramatically influence how your website is perceived, many answers will present themselves in this collection of articles. TABLE OF CONTENTS -The Perfect Paragraph -Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette -Why Subtle Typographic Choices Make All The Difference -A Closer Look At Font Rendering -The Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type -Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page -Avoiding Faux Weights And Styles With Google Web Fonts
Typography: Practical Considerations And Design Patterns
Typography is a very powerful design element. Whenever we have a typographic system in place, we can use it to structure content, communicate ideas and even enhance meaning. However, employing it in a way that masters that delicate balance between being unobtrusive (catering for a pleasant reading experience) and engaging enough (keeping the reader’s interest on a page) can be quite a challenge. With the help of this eBook, you can learn how to train and sharpen your eyes to recognize specific typographic details which will be sure to guide you in your own projects and make it easier for you to make design decisions. After an initial stroll through type terminology and classification, this...
Legacy of Typography
Typography is everywhere. If you walk out the door, you will be hard pressed to find any element of our daily lives that doesn't involve or rely on typography. The prevalence of typography is not limited only to the analog world. This eBook introduces historical and cultural aspects of type and how they relate to the Web industry. Find out about changing fads in type, about the complexities of Japanese characters and about typographic applications for different situations. You are sure to learn something that you didn't know before from our great authors. TABLE OF CONTENTS - Japanese, A Beautifully Complex Writing System - Respect Thy Typography - Typography Carved In Stone - Industrial-Strength Types - Legitima Typeface: An Experience Of Fossils And Revivals - When Typography Speaks Louder Than Words - Weird And Wonderful, Yet Still Illegible - Font Wars: A Story On Rivalry Between Type Foundries - Hands-On Experience: The Rehabilitation Of The Script
Prospect.1 New Orleans
As the accompanying publication to the largest exhibition of contemporary art ever assembled in the U.S., the Prospect.1 New Orleans catalogue is one of the most sought-after art books of 2008-09. Featuring new illustrated essays on New Orleans and its place in twenty-first century America by Prospect.1 organizer Dan Cameron, art historian Barbara Bloemink, journalist Lolis Eric Elie and curator Claire Tancons, the book also includes a fully illustrated section on each of the 81 participating artists, who include William Kentridge, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Fred Tomaselli, Cai Guo Qiang, Sanford Biggers, Tony Fitzpatrick, Amy Sillman, Malick Sidibe, Clare E. Rojas and Monica Bonvicini, among ma...
Create Impact with Type, Image & Color
Discover the secrets of communication for good graphic design Being able to communicate effectively and persuasively through the mediums of visual and verbal methods is a fundamental concept of design. Create Impact with Type, Image and Color breaks down the specifics of the different levels of communication into what grabs attention first, what is accessed next and what, on various levels, follows on. Through case studies and practical exercises, it looks at the basic principles of design, as well as essential design considerations and the importance of aesthetics, providing a complete overview of all areas of communication. Through inspiring examples, it investigates the ways in which information is received by its audience within a variety of print and screen contexts, and the practical exercises allow the reader to develop what they have learnt. All of this serves to provide the designer with the methodology and the practice to design for maximum effect.
Digit
None
Graphic Eye
"Detail-oriented and aesthetically demanding, graphic designers are avid collectors, intrepid travelers, and omnivores of popular culture. They have unique ways of looking at the world. In The Graphic Eye, Stefan Bucher - himself a renowned designer - has assembled a stunning collection of personal photographs from an all-star lineup of the best and brightest designers working today." "From micro details to monumental cityscapes. funny vignettes to found fashion, the images offer an intriguing sneak peek into the inner worlds of these visual creatives. Through the designers' inspirations and obsessions - found type, rare objects, organic colors, graphic shapes, manmade textures, quirky style...
