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Creating a Successful Graphic Design Portfolio by Irina Lee
ISBN: 9781474213875

Publication Date: 2021-02-11

The book focuses on the practical aspects of creating a great portfolio such as what potential employers or clients look for in a portfolio, how to present yourself, dealing with criticism, replying to tough interview questions and more. A unique chapter called 'Portfolio Workshop (or Portfolio Clinic)' includes sample spreads from portfolios (good and bad) with critiques and helpful commentary from leading designers. The author also includes templates for cover letters, CVs, etc. Finally, a 'Toolbox' section will include sample prompts for frequently asked interview questions and a short section on running your own freelancing practice. All in all, everything to encourage and advise the new designer.
Essential guide to graphic design for beginners : how to sharpen your skills and techniques by Robin J Ortega
ISBN: 9798732465396

Publication Date: 2021

This book covers everything you need to know to begin successfully freelancing as a designer, including how to set up your business, deal with legal and financial issues, find clients, and work with them effectively.
The Fundamentals of Graphic Design by Gavin Ambrose; Paul Harris; Nigel Ball
ISBN: 9781474269971

Publication Date: 2019-10-17

The Fundamentals of Graphic Design has been fully updated to reflect the changes in today's technologies and graphic design practice. With a new section expanding the coverage of digital design tools and new material on social media, apps plus more on design for the Web, the book gives students a unique overview of what graphic designers do and how they work, historical influences on the field, and coverage of design thinking and the production process.
Reading Graphic Design History by David Raizman
ISBN: 9781474299411

Publication Date: 2021-03-11

It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction and typography, often addressing issues of class, race and gender. David Raizman's innovative approach intentionally challenges the canon of graphic design history and various traditional understandings of graphic design. He re-examines 'icons' of graphic design in light of their local contexts, avoiding generalisation to explore underlying attitudes about various social issues.
Visual Dialogues 101 Graphic Design Fundamentals by Karan Gupta
ISBN: 9798718251517

Publication Date: 2021-03-07

A picture really does speak 1000 words. 90% of information out there in the world transmitted to our brains is visual. Visual images are processed 60,000 times faster than long form text. 67% of business owners across the globe expect that visual design will be even more important to the success of their businesses over the next decade. The world around us is changing at an exponential pace. Our attention spans are reducing to micro-seconds day by day as we are fed content through innumerable sources around us from the television to our smartphones. Our lifestyles are inclined towards visual aesthetics more than ever before. We view the world more through our camera lenses than our other senses. Part of it is sad but most of it is revolutionary. Visual design has never been a more powerful tool offering us freedom and opportunity to inform, express, evoke, educate, promote and make our lives more interesting than ever before. Graphic design has been around us since the inception of time. From symbols on walls, paintings in caves, carvings on artifacts to the modern-day packaging, posters, brochures, advertisements, social media, web layouts, app designs and a lot more, visual design has been true to its purpose of creative communication.

Find books on Graphic Design (Typography).

Digital Type Design for Branding
Call Number: Z246 .B67 2018 Nambour, Southbank

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Designing for Print Production
Call Number: Z246 .L88 2009 Cairns
Printing Things
Call Number: TS171.95 .P74 2014 Southbank
Printing Technology
Call Number: Z246 .P74 2014 Southbank

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The 2021 Type Trends Lookbook by Francesco Canovaro; Debora Manetti; Cosimo Pancini; Isabella Ahmadzadeh; Sofia Bandini; Shrishti Vajpai; TypeCampus Team
ISBN: 9798503211160

Publication Date: 2021-05-12

The Type Trends Look Book 2021 is not only a detailed and useful explanation of the main tendencies in typography but also a collection of examples to inspire the readers, showing type at work in bridging cultural values and commercial effectiveness. Divided into four purposeful sections, our Type Trends Look Book is here to help designers choose the fonts they need for their artwork.
The Designer's Dictionary of Type by Sean Adams
ISBN: 9781419737183

Publication Date: 2019-04-02

The Designer's Dictionary of Type follows in the footsteps of The Designer's Dictionary of Color, providing a vivid and highly accessible look at an even more important graphic design ingredient: typography. From classic fonts like Garamond and Helvetica, to modern-day digital fonts like OCR-A and Keedy Sans, author and designer Sean Adams demystifies 48 major typefaces, describing their history, stylistic traits, and common application. Adams once again provides eye-catching illustrated examples, this time showcasing the beauty and expressiveness of typography, as employed by the world's greatest designers. Organized by serif, sans-serif, script, display, and digital typefaces, this book will be a vital guide for designers, teachers, or students looking to gain a foundational understanding of the art, practice, and history of typography.
Graphic design : Australian style manual
Italic by Hendrik Weber
ISBN: 9783721210095

Publication Date: 2021-04-20

The use of italic letters to accentuate has become common practice in the computer age. They convey movement and dynamics, addresses the emotional experience of reading and reminds of handwriting. This lively characteristic, which once resulted from the movement of the hand, is visibly lost when words are simply tilted by a mouse click.In order to impart basic knowledge about italics, the author has gathered design patterns of italic scripts and presents the tangible form, characteristics and functions of "italic nature". In addition, he deals intensively with the historical development of italics. This monograph is the first detailed treatise on this typographical topic, and is aimed in particular at all those who deal with letters professionally or privately.
Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die by Andrew Krivine
ISBN: 9781911641360

Publication Date: 2020-03-26

Praise for the Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die exhibition: "A fascinating look at how punk and new wave music met the eye" New York Times "An absolute joy" Financial Times The largest unique collection of printed memorabilia from the punk and post-punk movements. Andrew Krivine began collecting punk memorabilia in 1977 when punk exploded onto the scene. Since then, Andrew has amassed one of the world s largest collection of punk graphic design and memorabilia. This book features a carefully curated selection of over 650 posters, club flyers, record covers and adverts from the collection. Together they represent the prime years of punk which changed the world of graphic design forever with its do-it-yourself aesthetics. The artworks are put into context by graphic design experts, academics and commentators.
Typography Now by SendPoints (Editor)
ISBN: 9789887928393

Publication Date: 2020-04-01

Typography Now will guide its readers to understand, create, and use Latin, Chinese and Japanese typefaces in the increasingly interrelated world. The fundamentals will provide readers knowledge to understand and identify different types. For getting reader acquainted with making types, the book has topnotch and esteemed type foundries introduce their design process and techniques.
What the Font?! - a Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi Ashiya
ISBN: 9781645056393

Publication Date: 2020-11-17

A unique and engaging tool for learning about design using anthropomorphized Western fonts! When the designer in a small production company disappears, Marusu is forced to take over the job of creating logos. Unfortunately, Marusu is a sales rep who doesn't know the first thing about fonts. Luckily, Helvetica, the personification of that font, appears to guide Marusu into the world of typeface and design.

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Find books on Visual Design.

Hidden Persuasion by Marc Andrews
ISBN: 9789063695316

Publication Date: 2019-07-16

Visual messages are omnipresent in our daily life. They are constantly attempting to persuade us to buy, learn and act. Some are more successful than others in influencing our behavior and choices. What is the secret power of these messages? How do they succeed in changing our behavior? This book analyzes advertising beyond the persuasive power of the imagery itself. It explains the psychology behind 33 effective influence techniques in visual persuasion and how to apply them. The techniques range from influencing essentials to more obscure and insidious ones. The reader will gain deep insights into how visual means are constructed to influence behavior and decisionmaking on an unconscious level. All techniques are supported by rich visual references and additional information on the psychology of behavior change. This publication is not just an eye-opener for professionals and students in the communications and design field, but also for anybody who wants to understand how our behavior is influenced unconsciously by advertising, social campaigns and governmental messages. The book is co-authored by leading figures in social infl uence and visual persuasion. It is designed as an accessible modern reference book for creating and understanding persuasive visual imagery. It will open your eyes, we promise!

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