Rockport Publishers

Restaurants, bars, and cafes are some of the most competitive businesses in the world. Getting the marketing and branding right is essential for survival. This book will provide a catalog of creative ideas for getting restaurant graphics right. This book will offer designers hundreds of inspiring and innovative graphic options for identity, signage, installations, promotions, swag, menus, and more. As with the other books in the 1000 series this book offers designers the ultimate resource to jump start their creativity for their restaurant industry clients.

The retail industry is one of the most competitive and, as a result, challenging arenas for graphic designers. The expectation for creativity and originality is extremely high, yet the success rate of many retail ventures is quite low — so getting the marketing and branding right is essential for survival. This book will provide a wealth of graphic design inspiration from a variety of retail businesses, offering designers, retail marketers, and business owners a vast collection of innovative options. Like the other books in Rockport's 1,000 series, the pages will pop with ideas for promotions, signage, tags, advertisements, flyers, bags, logos, and ad premiums such as novelties, giveaways, and more.

A selection of content from the entire Color Harmony library offering readers the most comprehensive reference book on the usage of color available today. Included are swatches and material for designers and all types of artists looking for inspiration and guidance to ensure the right color choices for every project.

Each entry is featured in a number of illustrations, analyzed and assessed, and includes feedback about impact and audience reaction. Logos tackles perhaps the most venerated discipline of graphic design, the corporate identity and its logotype. Of course, in the world of No Rules anything goes, especially with a young generation of entrepreneurs and boutique businesses needing logos and identities to grace products as diverse as vinyl toys, home-made recordings, recycled fashion, and limited-edition products from skateboards to pet accessories. The book identifies 10 key 'rules' of logo design, such as 'keep it simple', 'make a marque that is constant and unchanging', and 'keep to primary colors or black and white'.

1000 More Graphic Elements is the follow-up to the extremely successful 1000 Graphic Elements, published in 2004 more than 70,000 copies sold worldwide. Although the first edition is still selling well, an updated version with 1,000 new graphic elements is a must-have for readers who bought the first book. Designers love the special design elements that make a design truly memorable and unique. This book brings them 1,000 more inspiring graphics.

Features the best graphic designers from around the world, providing insight into their different approaches to work.

Architecture is an art form that provides both function and beauty. Each architect brings something uniquely distinct to his or her work. Learning what makes an architectural work or the body of an architect's work unique is difficult to deconstruct. This book provides behind the scenes insight into the work of 100 top international designers through the deconstruction of 1000 architectural details and projects. An unrivaled sourcebook for ideas, this collection also provides detail and information that is not available on this level through any other source.

The Best of Newspaper Design: 30th Edition, the latest edition in Rockport's highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design's 2009 competition. Featuring work selected by a panel of judges from more than 14,000 international publication entries, this inspirational volume sets the bar for excellence in journalistic design. Bold, full-color layouts feature the best-of-the-best in news, features, portfolios, visuals, and more, and each entry is accompanied by insightful commentary on the elements that made the piece a standout winner. Every industry professional aspires to one day see his or her work in this book.

The impression given to the viewer depends on whether the fashion design drawings are well developed. Contemporary Fashion Illustration Techniques thoroughly describes the basics of fashion illustration, and covers the latest trends such as vivid images, sprightly movement, and garment material texture. After all, fashion drawing is not simply about sketching a body and face; only when you accurately reproduce the garments and their colors can the designs truly come to life.

Guides the fashion designer through the design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion — research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution, this book helps designers to develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

Analyzes how Jimi Hendrix achieved his unique sound. This book examines all of Hendrix`s equipment, providing a nuts-and-bolts analysis of each of his guitars ( including serial number, history, provenance), choice of amps, and his singular use of revolutionary effects, from wah-wahs to overdrives to bizzar-o pedals like the Fuzzface.

This latest edition in the best-selling annual Letterhead and Logo Design series will feature the most innovative and exciting work in the field from well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists. From logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, 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.

From running a market stall in Notting Hill, Freddie Mercury put together a band that became a legend — Queen. Nearly twenty years after the death of flamboyant front man Mercury, Queen remain what they were — the archetypal, larger-than-life rock band, enthroned as music royalty for ever. This book offers a visual tribute to them.

A technique and project book about creating mixed-media dolls that incorporates various found materials. Readers will learn to create a box construction doll, a wood block substrate doll, a two-sided canvas frame doll, a tin can doll, and a book doll.

A Thousand Tips by a Hundred Graphic Designers is a book that showcases work from a selection of today's best designers while providing precious tips to the graphic design enthusiast. Conceptually, the book intends to deliver a see-through depiction of every project; almost like an instruction manual, mirroring through the designer's tips the finished project with its creative, productive and organizational framework. The 1000 suggestions vary in form and function, and from the theoretical to the practical, giving insights on new materials, techniques, and tools.

Modeled on the format and presentation of Business Graphics, this book will feature a vast collection of designs for special events from around the globe. Designing for special events such as fundraisers, trade shows and conferences is becoming commonplace for many designers as the need to compete for attendance at these events increases.

The Best of Business Card Design series 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 no text — other than design credits — which provides for pages packed with business cards, showing front, back, and special elements and materials. This unrivaled resource will be sought by professional designers, corporate executives, and in-house marketing departments as an essential identity and branding tool.

This paperback edition of the 11th book in the best-selling annual Letterhead and Logo Design series features the most innovative and exciting work in the field from well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists. From logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, 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. Both design firms and their clients will find this an invaluable resource for inspiration and ideas that grab the viewer's attention and create a lasting impression.

Developed by a group of experienced designers from the apparel industry these inspired images are great for printing onto t-shirts and other clothing and accessories, CDs flyers, web pages and even as references for tattoo art. The illustrations are provided as print reference in the pages of the book and also provided on a companion CD-Rom where the files are available as both Illustrator EPS files and JPEG files, making them easy to modify and customise.

If you want a concise how-to book on graphic design that avoids all the theory and just gets down to the nuts and bolts of getting a project done, then this book is for you. It includes hundreds of projects for logos, letterheads, businesses cards and newsletters that even the most design-challenged individual can accomplish easily with impressive results. The templates are here, and all you have to do is follow the easy-to-understand recipes for executing the projects. There's no guessing involved. Project recipes cover setting dimensions for page layouts, recommendations for type and point size, colour ideas, paper information, sources for graphics and photographs and a complete production guide. This book is the one thing every non-designer can count on to create winning designs.

he information age has created unparalleled opportunities for graphic designers to showcase their work across a variety of media. However, digital technology has often denied access to the deep colour expertise that has been developed by generations of artists and designers working with physical media. Color Management is a unique, one-stop resource for designers and graphic artists in every field of visual communication, whether they are working in print, interactive, environmental, or web-based design. The book explains all the technical issues that are relevant to communicating with colour, in two-dimensional and three-dimensional environments, and in still and moving images.This books arms designers with the in-depth technical information they need about colour theory, colour systems, mixing, removal, pigments, inks, papers, and printing, and explains how human beings perceive and react to colour in every aspect of their daily lives. By unlocking expertise and demystifying theory, this book opens the door to new and bold uses of colour that communicate and entertain.

This third book in the 50 Ways series presents a whole new set of projects for creating beautifully decorated surfaces around your home — this time it's the floors and ceilings that are in for a treat. Using ordinary paint and decorative tools, as well as prefabricated mouldings and panelling, readers will be able to turn floors and ceilings into amazing works of decor. From Venetian Plaster to Stencilled Stars and Applied Motifs, you'll find a trove of floor and ceiling painting techniques you never imagined would be possible, let alone so easy. Faux Drapery, Bead Board, Floor Cloth, Wood Floors, Tile & Stone, Linoleum and even Cement Floors round out just 10 of the 50 ways.Materials for these projects are widely available at craft stores and home improvement centres, and with a wide range of project styles to choose from, this book will be a must-have source of inspiration and information for every homeowner.

Paper artists, papercrafters, cardmakers, collage artists, and scrapbookers are always looking for unique and exciting ways to embellish and enhance their work. The Art of Paper Stencils provides crafters with a range of instruction and inspiration to create beautiful stencils inspired by the cultures of the world.Paper stencil art is a traditional craft with a long history in Japan. Kanako Yaguchi, a successful paper stencil artist, bases her new techniques on the classic methods, bringing this ancient art to a modern audience. The Art of Paper Stencils includes images inspired by the author's travels to Japan, China, Thailand, France, Portugal, and the United States, along with practical and attractive home decor projects. Each project includes detailed step-by-step instructions accompanied by helpful photography.Stencils can be used in all paper crafts in a myriad of decorative ways and can be made out of any type of paper, handmade or purchased, embellished or plain.

It offers suggestions for working within budgetary constraints, analyses how to create the right feel for an identity, and illustrates how different colour combinations can enhance a logo design. A consolidated resource, Colour Management for Logos arms designers with a thorough understanding of how to communicate with and manage colour in all aspects of logo design, from issues of impact and lifestyle message, emotional responses to colour, and pre-press requirements, to technical considerations. Dealing with every major colour system, for both print and web, this book offers creative solutions for designing inspiring logos in line with print budgets and client briefs.