The definition of a supergraphic has changed over the last twenty years. Once, only a large decorative design on a wall or building was a supergraphic. Today it encompasses architectural delineation wayfinding and identifying signage, illustrative murals, and branding elements. A supergraphic can take the form of an enormous logo on the side of a building, a wall of multi-colored squares, or an oversized restroom symbol. Digital technology now allows for interaction and screen-based media on ...

Fine Specimens is an inspiring showcase of contemporary type and the promotional graphics foundries create to promote their font releases, punctuated by insightful essays by typography experts from around the world.

Incorporating both formal details and welcoming elements, a sophisticated and balanced look tailored to a sense of home, as shown through the portfolio of Foley & Cox

We think, feel and talk in metaphors. Why not use them for design?

Feeling down? Cheer up! We use metaphors every day and often without being aware of it. Many metaphors are more than figures of speech. They reflect basic bodily experiences and help to structure our thinking and experiences of the world. 'Happy is Up, Sad is Down' is a collection of 65 metaphors with research facts and applications in product and interaction design, information graphics and advertising.

Metaphors show how to...

Nieuwe uitvoerige monografie over Wim Crouwel: grafisch ontwerper en tentoonstellingsvormgever, die met zijn bureau Total Design het gezicht van naoorlogs Nederland bepaalde. Zijn modernisme kwam tot uiting in talloze affiches en catalogi voor het Stedelijk Museum, in postzegels en experimenteel werk zoals een opzienbarend computeralfabet. Crouwel riep in de jaren zeventig kritiek op maar geldt tegenwoordig als cultfiguur en inspiratie voor velen.

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A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date . . . but by color.

The first complete monograph on the provocative work of influential Italian designer, architect, and critic Alessandro Mendini

Born in Milan in 1931, Alessandro Mendini created vivid, boundary-pushing, eccentric work that sits in an aesthetic universe of its own. He was at the heart of Italy’s Radical design movement in the 1960s and 1970s and, later, Postmodernism, championing a sensitive and intellectual approach to design; he edited Domus magazine in the early 1980s; and he collaborated ...

The definitive monograph on Dieter Rams, one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century

There is absolutely no precedent for this book, the only encyclopaedic guide to manufacturing processes that explores established, new, emerging and innovative production techniques that have, or will have, an important impact on the design industry. With over 1,200 photographs and technical illustrations, it is the definitive reference for 3D designers, product designers, architects and engineers who need a convenient, highly accessible and practical reference that will enable them to make f...