Fast Cash Design . com » Graphic Design BOOKS http://www.fastcashdesign.com Learn about freelance graphic design and how to make money as a part-time/full-time graphic designer Fri, 20 May 2011 20:02:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Before & After: How to Design Cool Stuff http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/05/before-after-how-to-design-cool-stuff/ http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/05/before-after-how-to-design-cool-stuff/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:44:55 +0000 Robert Zimmerman http://www.fastcashdesign.com/?p=48289
Before and After magazine’s focus on clarity, simplicity, and elegance has won it legions of fans–fans who will welcome this second volume of the definitive Before and After Page Design by John McWade. Truly an icon of the graphic design community, his insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication is vividly apparent in this cohesive primer on page design and layout. And you could not hope for a better, more qualified teacher. McWade shows readers how to arrange and present information using today’s powerful graphics tools. Readers will learn how to…

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Often, the small, delightful details make a piece shine, similar to the way unique buttons on a white shirt can give it an entirely new look. This book explores 1,000 of these embellishments available to graphic designers across all kinds of projects, from books to brochures, invitations to menus, CDs to annual reports.

Exacting photography, which is accompanied by credits outlining the vendors and materials used, focuses on these details. This book invites designers to literally shop for ideas. Content is organized by type; if youÆre in the market for an unusual binding, turn to the bindings section to

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Designers will be inspired by the hands-on techniques covered in Handmade Graphics.. From pencils to computers, from scissor to paper, from stencils to printers, a vast array of mark-making tools are explored and illustrated with examples and exercises that stretch the limits of conventional design. Techniques include: pen and ink, markers and spray-paint, toy printing kits, stencils, found images, pin-hole cameras, fax machines and more.

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Praise for previous editions of Designing Brand Identity:

An inspiring and powerful toolkit.

The Marketer

Alina Wheeler provides a practical structure for the brand building process.

Al Ries, coauthor, Positioning

Wheeler’s book offers a cogent description of how strategy and design meet in the real world among world-class companies.

Marty Neumeier, author, The Brand Gap

A valued reference book for all members of the branding team.

Communication Arts

Product Description

Who are you?

Who needs to know?

Why should they care?

How will they find out?

In a densely crowded marketplace, corporations, organizations, and even individuals look for ways…

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This very popular design book has been wholly revised and expanded to feature a new dimension of inspiring and counterintuitive ideas to thinking about graphic design relationships. The Elements of Graphic Design, Second Edition is now in full color in a larger, 8 x 10-inch trim size, and contains 40 percent more content and over 750 images to enhance and better clarify the concepts in this thought-provoking resource. The second edition also includes a new section on Web design; new discussions of modularity, framing, motion and time, rules of randomness, and numerous quotes supported by images and biographies.

This…

]]> http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/03/the-elements-of-graphic-design-second-edition/feed/ 0 The Story of Graphic Design: From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/the-story-of-graphic-design-from-the-invention-of-writing-to-the-birth-of-digital-design/ http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/the-story-of-graphic-design-from-the-invention-of-writing-to-the-birth-of-digital-design/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:23:05 +0000 Patricia Hooper http://www.fastcashdesign.com/?p=44377 The Story of Graphic Design: From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design


This comprehensive illustrated history begins with the origins of the alphabet itself and carries the reader through the first handwritten books, the invention of printing in the Renaissance, the explosion of graphic styles (and printed media) in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the impact of digital technology on design today.

Like E.H. Gombrich’s magnificent Story of Art, The Story of Graphic Design is a compelling narrative that explores the evolution of styles under the pressure of social, cultural, and technological change, accompanied by a comprehensive selection of illustrations of key works in typography…

]]> http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/the-story-of-graphic-design-from-the-invention-of-writing-to-the-birth-of-digital-design/feed/ 0 The New Graphic Design School: A Foundation Course in Principles and Practice http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/the-new-graphic-design-school-a-foundation-course-in-principles-and-practice/ http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/the-new-graphic-design-school-a-foundation-course-in-principles-and-practice/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:40:10 +0000 Sandy Dalrymple http://www.fastcashdesign.com/?p=44279 The New Graphic Design School: A Foundation Course in Principles and Practice


The principles and practice of graphic design

Graphic Design School is a foundation course for graphic designers working in print, moving image, and digital media.

  • Practical advice on all aspects of graphics design-from understanding the basics to devising an original concept and creating successful finished designs.
  • Examples are taken from all media-magazines, books, newspapers, broadcast media, websites, and corporate brand identity.
  • Packed with exercises and tutorials for students, and real-world graphic design briefs.

This revised, fourth edition contains specific advice on how to…

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This book, the most comprehensive and basic working tool available to the design professional, encompasses every area of expertise required in the practice of contemporary interior design.

Architects, interior designers, drafters, specifiers, and designers and manufacturers of building materials, furnishings, and equipment for interiors will find essential specification data and thousands of fully metricated, dimensioned drawings of interiors and the components of interiors. The range is vast: materials that range from hinges for cabinet doors to ceramic tiles for tub enclosures; drawings of standard and custom millwork for hundreds of specific interior applications;…

]]> http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/interior-graphic-and-design-standards/feed/ 0 How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/how-to-think-like-a-great-graphic-designer/ http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/how-to-think-like-a-great-graphic-designer/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:13:37 +0000 Brian Scott http://www.fastcashdesign.com/?p=43793 How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer


In a series of illuminating and entertaining conversations, twenty-one of today’s most influential and revered designers discuss, celebrate, and analyze their craft. Adeptly interviewed by brand consultant and talk show host Debbie Millman, these designers reveal their early influences, day-to-day rituals, enthusiasms, aspirations, and failures. For pop-culture enthusiasts as well as longtime designers, students and those just starting their careers, this book will prove an invaluable guide to the history, controversies, milestones, and everyday foibles of working, living, and thinking as a graphic designer. How to Think Like a Great Graphic…

]]> http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/02/how-to-think-like-a-great-graphic-designer/feed/ 0 The Big Book of Graphic Design (Big Book (Collins Design)) http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/01/the-big-book-of-graphic-design-big-book-collins-design/ http://www.fastcashdesign.com/2011/01/the-big-book-of-graphic-design-big-book-collins-design/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:36:15 +0000 Randy Sprock http://www.fastcashdesign.com/?p=43012 The Big Book of Graphic Design (Big Book (Collins Design))

    The Big Book of Graphic Design is the independent, international, and indispensable collection of graphic design from around the world.

    The work is grouped into seven categories:

    Corporate design
    Design for the arts
    Design for music
    Design for education
    Editorial design
    Self promotion
    Unpublished.

    So, if you’re looking for some ideas when designing a company brochure, go to Corporate Design. Need a theater poster? Look in Design for the Arts. Got a new band that could use some CD packaging? Browse through…

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