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The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers

History of Art & Design

This comprehensive reference work provides indispensable information about typographers, journals, movements and styles, organizations and schools, printers, art directors, technological advances, design studios, graphic illustrators and poster artists.

50 Products: Innovations in Design and Material

Industrial / commercial art & design

When the creation of the tools we all use in our everyday lives is placed in the hands of today's imaginative, adept designers, the results will range from the adorable to the plain-Jane, the light-hearted to the sober. A range of their efforts over the past decade is presented in 50 Products: Innovations in Design and Materials, a summary of utilitarian objects which offer more than the expected feature of function.

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Wood Bender's Handbook

Woodwork

You don’t need expensive machinery or exotic hand tools—just apply these proven techniques to your favorite projects. Try cold, dry, or kerf bending, laminating, or hot-water, steam, and hot air bending. With each method come wood recommendations from one of the world’s acknowledged experts. Handy charts show the bending qualities of the 25 most important woods and the effects that can be achieved.

Industrial Design A-Z

Industrial / commercial art & design

If you take even the slightest interest in the design of your toothbrush, the history behind your washing machine, or the evolution of the telephone, you’ll take an even greater interest in this completely updated edition of Industrial Design A– Z.

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Dynamic Light and Shade

Drawing

This book, illustrated with drawings in pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and brush and ink, shows how to interpret subjects in terms of light and shade. Hogarth demonstrates how a dark silhouette on white paper can communicate form and space.

This Means This, This Means That

Graphic design

Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of fire, to the symbols buried within art and literature. Semiotic theory can, however, appear mysterious and impenetrable. This introductory book decodes that mystery using visual examples instead of abstract theory.

Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design

Model Making

Building prototypes and models is an essential component of any design activity. Modern product development is a multi-disciplinary effort that relies on prototyping in order to explore new ideas and test them sufficiently before they become actual products. Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Designers illustrates how prototypes are used to help designers understand problems better, explore more imaginative solutions, investigate human interaction more fully and test functionality so as to de-risk the design process.

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Engineering Drawing + Sketchbook

Drawing

Engineering Drawing remains the leading Australian text for students studying engineering drawing and graphics. The 8th edition is in line with the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package, competency-based training courses and current Australian standards. Building on Boundy's meticulous and trusted approach to his subject, there is a CAD corner feature, question banks, problems and reference tables. Presented in a step-by-step format, Engineering Drawing offers maximum accessibility and convenience.

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Woodwork Step by Step: More than 100 Tools and Techniques with Inspirational Projects to Make

Woodwork

Find out how to use more than 100 tools and techniques to create beautiful wooden furniture pieces.

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The Artist's Illustrated Encyclopedia

Drawing

Presents more than one thousand art terms and descriptions, and includes sidebars and illustrated examples.

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