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When we speak of graphic patterns, our worn-out but recurring dichotomy between form and content becomes apparent. Often graphic patterns are relegated to the category of simple-almost indecent-pleasure. They were in style, and then they were out of style for centuries. Still, the fascination that they hold over people has never disappeared completely. By presenting graphic patterns alongside their applications, «Real Graphic Applications» offers a varied selection of beautiful motifs along with their innovative, and often ingenious, uses.

When I wake up, when I check the time, when I brush my teeth, when I get dressed, when I have breakfast, when I cross the street, when I call to say I’ll be late again, when I work, when I have a break, when I get back home, when I relax and when I go to sleep I am surrounded by graphics and illustrations. 'One Day' takes a comprehensive look at how these graphics have entered our daily lives, and adorn everything from alarm clocks to skateboards. Not only do these graphics apply beauty, life and personality to our objects, but they also create a relationship with us, when they become part of the “visual soundtrack” to our lives.

'Tempus Fugit' offers a visual feast for studios and designers exploring the concept of time. In this book — exquisitely designed by Bildi Grafiks and including an introductory essay on realtime design and sound by Robert Appleton — you will find more than 60 calendars and 50 reflections by designers, showcasing 12 exemplary cases by world design celebrities, including George Tscherny, Paula Scher, John Maeda, Kit Hinrichs, Massimo Vignelli, Ahn Sang Soo and more.

The first monograph published in Spain to show, with almost 1000 images, the brilliance and excellence of fifteen Spanish graphic artists from the period between 1939 and 1975. Publication is dedicated to those Spanish designers who by the objective quality of their work and the harmony they are in with the most recent currents in Spanish and international design, deserve this publication, which breaches the existing void with an interesting and up-to-date document. This book is intended for professionals, design historians and students.

Catalogues, books, covers, magazines, newspapers... A small homage to all those soulful publications that provide us with so much inspiration.

How long is it since you last went to an exhibition or an event of any sort? What information or amusement did you get from it? Did you enjoy it? We present our latest title «When Space Meets Art / When Art Meets Space» which offers a comprehensive taste and feel of what goes on in all sorts of events.

Welcome to a new edition of the «Around Europe» series, this time, about «Promotion». As in previous editions, this book series visits different European countries in search of the most interesting graphic design by a wide variety of studios whose work stands out for its quality. This volume offers a journey across Europe's best graphic design in the field of «Promotion» and allows you to savour the wide menu which European graphic artists are capable of offering.

»Feedback» offers a selection of the best actions in direct and interactive marketing sent directly to the general public or to a segmented audience, with the purpose of obtaning a direct response or interaction from the targeted persons. «Feedback» presents several examples of direct response marketing bringing together projects from various disciplines in a single book, including: relational marketing, direct marketing, guerrilla marketing, interactive marketing, etc. These specialities are illustrated with projects by agencies such as Mr. John Sample, Remo D6, Taxi Studio Ltd., Ros & Asociados, Villarrosàs, Herederos de Rowan, among others, based on direct marketing, together with others based on interactive marketing by agencies such as Wieden+Kennedy, OgilvyInterative, Forsman & Bodenfors, Big Spaceship, Cuatic, Minnim… The pieces of work shown here belong to clients such as Sony, Amnesty International, Electronic Arts, Fila, Starbucks, Nike, Toyota, IKEA, Mango, etc., but one may also find examples of work for more modest clients, such as self-promotion campaigns by the agencies themselves or even wedding invites. The purpose of «Feedback» is to illustrate the philosophy of integral marketing — also known as 360º marketing — to which most agencies and studios are currently turning to. That is why the book is divided in 5 chapters, i.e. «Low Cost», «Concept», «360º», «Technique» and «Strategy».

Showcasing the most progressive currents in pattern design and application, the book includes designs created specially for this book. Full-page graphics invite readers to explore the patterns in all their exhilaratingly intricate detail, while colour ways demonstrate the versatility of the designs and lavish photographs show how the patterns can be applied to breathtaking effect. A bold, beautiful anthology with a finger on creative talents to watch, this volume is a visually intoxicating treat for designers, artists and those who relish their genius.

An image speaks more than 1000 words. This book features the best silhouettes, icons and pictograms created by designers from all around the world. «Symbols» tries to isolate some graphical elements of its context and this way focus the attention in the subtle details, in the simplicity of the shapes or in the infinity of interpretations that one single idea has. Each page of this book has a different glance so it's plenty of surprises from the beginning to the end. As a last surprise you will find a CD with some of the images illustrated in the book. Go ahead and discover a new dimension.

Can the graphic identity of a restaurant transmit the aromas, colours and flavours of the dishes presented in a menu, even before the first dish arrives at the table? Is experimental cuisine a Futura font or a Times? All these questions and many more are answered in Well-seasoned which features dozens of restaurants from around the world with a graphic identity that transmits an overwhelming array of sensations to their customers. Widely documented with hundreds of photographs, Well-seasoned is an essential reference guide for those interested in the design of restaurants' graphic identities.

If you want to see the World's most famous brand images, symbols and logos, this is what you are looking for. This book is a collection of the World's most renowned industrial and corporate brand identities and symbols. Also included is a CD-ROM for easy access to the originals, to look them up or manipulate them as you wish. Divided into 200 different trade categories, more than 9,000 symbols and brand images are available from a single click. A true reference guide for designers.

Is it 3 volumes? With case? Is it black? Yes, it is «Select G»! This year we have made little changes to its presentation so the works in each category are better enjoyed: one volume for professional Graphic Design, another volume for New Technologies with a DVD and still another volume for Schools. The most daring and innovative design of the first «Select A», each work presented on a double page in a smaller format, makes the volume of the book an element of weight. «Select G» is a must source to be up-to-date on the Spanish creativity.

They are everywhere: from toys to fashion wear, character designs are so ubiquitous they are now a new species among us. New Species: Contemporary Character Design Made in Asia presents 22 of Asia's contemporary character designers whose works have won over many in Asia.

This is a complete book about packaging structures that includes about 150 original works each accompanied by a template, an explanation about the needs of the client, the designer's solution, information on the materials required, high-quality photographs of the finished work; plus a CD including all the works. The book is organised into three chapters: the first one features the easiest, cheapest and fastest works and the third the most difficult, expensive and complex.