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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 491 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From his early seventies dispatches as a fledgling critic for The Village Voice on rock 'n roll, movies, and television, to the literary criticism of the eighties and nineties that made him both feared and famous, to his must-read reports on the cultural weather for Vanity Fair, James Wolcott has had a career as a freelance critic and an intellectual nearly unique in our time. This collection features the best of Wolcott in whatever guise-connoisseur,...
42) Sample this
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.
Author
Series
Publisher
New Riders
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 243 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Language
English
Description
'Dialogues with Creative Legends: Aha Moments in a Designer's Career' explores the relationship of creativity and business, told through a series of interviews with influential visual designers and business leaders. Interviewees include key creative and business leaders of the late 20th century such as graphic design giants Paul Rand and Herb Lubalin, through to influential industrial designers George Nelson and Victor Papanek.
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (186 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
This book "features a series of in-depth case studies exploring a range of both universal and unique design methods. Chapters investigate typical creative strategies--Research, Inspiration, Drawing, Narrative, Abstraction, Development, and Collaboration--examining the work of twenty-three graphic designers from around the world."--Page 4 of cover
48) Civilizations
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. The nine-part series reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduces viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures.
Author
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xii, 275 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Although some movie studios offer tours, few guests from outside the Hollywood community have ever been witness to the artistry, politics, and scandals that routinely go on behind the soundstage walls and away from the carefully orchestrated scenes visible to them from their tram carts. Bingen takes you inside the greatest and yet most mysterious movie studio of them all: Warner Bros. The studio lot functions as a small city and is even more fascinating,...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life"--
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Creative integration of type and image is the basis of compelling graphic design, yet very little practical information exists for understanding and mastering this challenge." "This book gives designers the practical know-how to combine type and image for dynamic effect to create tension and meaning in design. Type, Image, Message inspires through excellence by exhibiting great design work and then investigating the processes in simple visual terms."...
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 online resource (191 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
"An annual series celebrating the work of top logo designers on the innovative Logolounge Web site ... the Logoloung Web site (www.logolounge.com) showcases the work of handpicked top designers as well as up-and-coming talent"--Bakc cover
Author
Publisher
Rockport
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([203] pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Anatomy of Design dissects fifty examples of graphic design piece by piece, revealing an array of influences and inspirations. These pieces represent contemporary artifacts that are well conceived, finely crafted, and filled with hidden treasures. Some are overtly complex. Others are so simple that it is hard to believe there's a storehouse of inspiration hidden underneath. The selections include all kinds of design work including posters, packages,...
55) Figuring
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 578 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of historical figures from four centuries--artists, writers, and scientists, most of them women, who changed the way humans understand, experience, and appreciate the universe.
Author
Publisher
Peachpit Press
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"In this fun, fast-paced introduction to the most iconic designers of our time, author John Clifford takes you on a visual history tour that's packed with the posters, ads, logos, typefaces, covers, and multimedia work that have made these designers great."--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Language
English
Description
This revolutionary guide is not only the first to look at how typography in design creates a call to action, but it also explores type and image as language. The book is packed with arresting imagery from around the world that influences human behaviour.
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 698 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
" Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated, the volume covers interiors, furniture, textiles and dress, glass, graphics, metalwork, ceramics, exhibitions, product design, landscape...
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