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VJ: Audio-Visual Art and VJ Culture: Includes DVD 7 reviews
D-Fuse
Laurence King Publishers, 2006
Show Pony for the VJ scene
This book was several years in the making, and I admire the dedication of those involved in getting it to print.
Unfortunately, that means that in such a rapidly-moving field, it's a bit out of date. Several of the acts featured have disappeared off the radar by now, and there are some quite glaring omissions - such as the EyeWash DVDs, Resolume software (currently used by around a third of ...
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Badge / Button / Pin2 reviews
Gavin Lucas
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Wear it with pride
An interesting book for all counter-culture button fans. Advertising buttons have been around for years, especially prevalent during election time but the contents of this book are more to do with points-of-view rather than product pitching.
The five chapters with five hundred images (Decorative, Promotional, Packs, Websites and Art with ) cover the topical trends in a very visual way with ...
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Play Pen: New Children's Book Illustration3 reviews
Martin Salisbury
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
A rewarding purchase
A gorgeous and effortless read showcasing interesting and varied children's book illustrators from around the world. The layout is simple and clean, with biographical info about each illustrator and then three pages of their work (or in some cases, five pages). Despite a pithy (but short) introduction, this is far from an academic text. It will, however, get you thinking about the nature of ...
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Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design11 reviews
Chris Lefteri
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Great book
The book is great for people who are interested (or involved) in the manufacturing or production of goods. As an Industrial Designer, I'm taught a lot of the processes, but it's still great to have a book like this one handy for any project.
However, it does not delve very deep into each process, instead it gives a brief 1-2 page summary of each method. The part that I like, however, is that ...
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Sticker Bomb2 reviews
Studio Rarekwai
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
Great Book
This book is full of such colorful and amazing stickers. I covered my whole laptop with these stickers! I will buy another book just to keep and look at.
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1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them: A 21st-Century Sourcebook1 review
Jennifer Hudson
Laurence King Publishers, 2006
Excellent Book
This book is excellent if you are interested in Interior or product design this is perfect.
Great photographs and some information on the products, the best part that it gives you the websites for each item (1000) so you can use this as a great reference.
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Concrete 2 Canvas: More Skateboarders' Art1 review
Jo Waterhouse
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Gorgeous stuff!
This is an amazing little book, filled with so many diverse images and it is so enlightening to see the work of amateur artists!
If you are looking for a book that shows artworks that almost verge into Outsider Art, then here it is.
So many wonderful images from so many fascinating artists, who perhaps didn't ever realise they were!
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Cover Art By: New Music Graphics1 review
Adrian Shaughnessy
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
real indies
There are other wonderfully inspiring album cover showcases, but none that so intimately describe the relationships of designers with indie labels - many of whom also carry the mantle of label proprietor. [Finally I feel like I'm not a complete freak after all]. And what covers! As much as stefan sagmeister will always be the artist who took design for that most hated packaging standard - the CD ...
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300% Cotton: More T-Shirt Graphics1 review
Helen Walters
Laurence King Publishers, 2006
outstanding book on contemporary t-shirt design
As a big t-shirt lover, I picked up this book a couple weeks ago. The content features an impressive range of international shirt design and shirt designers. Nice mix of high-end graphic work, conceptual/arty stuff, etc.
Book is very well designed, also. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves t-shirts or just contemporary design in general. (The first two in this series, 100% Cotton and 200% ...
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The Architecture of Yemen: From Yafi to Hadramut1 review
Salma Samar Damluji
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
What a Book Can Be
This book, from the distinguished Laurence King publishers, is more like a magical talisman than a book. It has the power to enchant a child, and convince them that authentic fantasy worlds still exist and thrive, far more spectacular than any disneyland. It will shock an adult unfamiliar with the architectural splendors of Yemen, or excite those who already thought they knew about this far off ...
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Sketch! Dalek (Sketchbooks)1 review
Dalek
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
Great sketchbook
I'm an artist and I love Dalek's work. Initially, I thought that this was a book of his work, but was not annoyed when I realized it was a sketch pad. Why would I pay $7 - $15 for a sketchpad that DOESN'T feature his work? It's a good sketchbook, and inspires me everytime I look at it. I may have to buy several more.
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One Off: Independent Retail Design1 review
Clare Dowdy
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
Great book!
I love this book--and the publisher has a lot of other interesting books as well. This book gave me great ideas for my retail space and design in general. Both the images and text are well done. Highly recommended for anyone interested in retail design, or other design fields. Very inspirational!
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100 Years of Fashion Illustration 9 reviews
Cally Blackman
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Great overview!
As a lover of fashion illustration, with book shelves and file drawers filled to capacity, I highly recommend this book. I like the small size and the fact that it includes examples from all eras. My only complaint, and this may be a personal preference, is that there was not one example of the work of George Stavrinos, a masterful draftsman who did work for Bergdorf Goodman, The NY Times, ...
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Materials, Process, Print: Creative Ideas for Graphic Design1 review
Daniel Mason
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Incredible Book
Materials Process and Print provides a great library of resources for any designer to draw from. Not only do they give an in depth description of the processes available, but they show examples of those processes in use. I've referenced it for a number of projects already and have gotten great results.
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Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change1 review
Robert Kronenburg
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
FUNDAMENTAL
This book is fundamental for me because I'm PhD candidate and my thesis is about Flexible Spaces
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Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture: Includes CD-ROM8 reviews
Virginia McLeod
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Sets the standard
I've purchased one too many architecture books that have cool buildings with nice photos, overly self-indulgent artistic descriptions, and really not much else that is useful. Despite its title, I was expecting this book to be similar to those other ones, if only perhaps a small step forward in terms of the quality of the information.
This book is a giant leap forward compared to most ...
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Micro: Very Small Buildings1 review
Ruth Slavid
Laurence King Publishers, 2009
Definitely worth it...
I bought this book after I spied it at a local bookseller, then hopped on to Amazon.com to order it. It basically covers all formats of different compact spaces for use privately, public, accommodation and interactive. It's a great little book and with a lot of conceptual and cleaver ideas for small spaces. Some of them are way out there and others are practical, but I would definitely recommend ...
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Interior Architecture Now1 review
Jennifer Hudson
Laurence King Publishers, 2007
Great book full of ideas
The coverage is diversified, and yet coherent. Many other similar titled books are like scramble of photos sewing bits and pieces together; this one doesn't. The 55 designers' works are well presented with good selection of high quality photos. The book design is also top-notch. It is a great book full of ideas.
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Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey1 review
Nurhan Atasoy
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
IZNIK
This was the greatest book I ever read about the Ottoman potery. This book shows all the pictures of the ceramic arts from 15th and 16th century. It has also gives all the information and the history about Ottoman pottery. I am in business that produce decorative accessories. Therefore this book helped me a lot for my business too. If you interest in too see some of the designs from that book ...
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Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture1 review
Virginia McLeod
Laurence King Publishers, 2008
A useful resource for design details
Detailing is difficult for young design professionals. College education does not cover enough detail design, the only ways to learn how to develop details are: 1) learn through working experience in design offices; 2) teach yourself by reading good books.
"Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture" can alleviate this problem. It is a book on design details, not construction details. It ...
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