The Big Book of Design Ideas

The Big Book of Design Ideas
Author: David E. Carter
Publisher: Collins Design
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2000
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780688179861

This major new reference contains an assemblage of visual concepts from around the world. Categories include designs for annual reports, books, calenders, catalogs, editorial layouts, exhibits, labels and tags, letterheads, menus, outdoor advertising, packaging, posters, promotion materials, shopping bags, T-shirts, and more. 900 color illustrations.

The Big Book of Graphic Design

The Big Book of Graphic Design
Author: Roger Walton
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2007-11-06
Genre: Graphic arts
ISBN: 0061215244

This anthology features material from established and emerging major designers and is filled with hundreds of examples that are forging new graphic ground across a complete range of visual media. For ease of reference, illustrators' work is categorised as follows: Editorial: Magazines and books, Stationery: Corporate and personal, Corporate: Identity and brochures, Advertising: Editorial, billboards, and posters, Music: Record sleeves, CD covers and posters, Exhibitions: Installations and signage, Packaging, Websites. It contains a visual index for quick reference and designers' contact details.

Big Book of Small House Designs

Big Book of Small House Designs
Author: Don Metz
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-09-19
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1603762825

75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes. Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated townhouse in the city to a Santa Fe ranch. The designs include site drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, section drawings, perspective drawings, and exploded views. A brief introduction to each home describes its setting, the philosophy behind the design and its intended use, materials used, recommended landscaping, and more. Many of the homes come with money-saving and environmentally sound features such as solar panels and water heaters, wood stoves, ceiling fans, airlock entries, wind power alternatives, and natural gas heaters.

Book of Ideas

Book of Ideas
Author: Radim Malinic
Publisher: Brand Nu Limited
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2018-09-07
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0993540015

Book of Ideas series Vol.2 - suitable for art and design students, freelancers, art directors, graphic designers and all other creatives looking to grow their career. Book of Ideas - vol.2 continues what designer and creative director Radim Malinic started in the first edition, offering yet more indispensable advice on making it in the creative industries. Chapters cover issues ranging from creativity for good, how to decode our own creative DNA, embracing limitations, using humour and how to entertain the right wrongs . It discusses how to improve design work through more skilful use of language, and in doing so, how to stir the right reactions and present well-rounded creative projects with confidence. Among the ideas and the work illustrating them, Book of Ideas - vol.2 offers holistic guidance on better understanding yourself as a creative and how to approach your life and work in a mindful, smart way to make you a better designer, creator and thinker, at any point in your career.

The Big Book of Garden Designs

The Big Book of Garden Designs
Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-01-31
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780376031891

With more than 120 garden plans designed to fit every imaginable landscape situation, this new volume guides readers through the issues that perplex everyone planning a garden.

The Big Book of Logos 4

The Big Book of Logos 4
Author: David E. Carter
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2006-05-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0060891947

The fourth book in David E. Carter's perennially bestselling Big Book of Logos series was the largest yet, and is now available in paperback! The Big Book of Logos 4 shows what's new and compelling in the world of logo design, providing endless inspiration for graphic designers in the critical ‘idea-generating' phase. This collection showcases effective logo design from around the world; the variety of styles and techniques on display cover the complete creative spectrum.

Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces

Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces
Author: Maxwell Ryan
Publisher: Potter Style
Total Pages: 888
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0307985067

Whether you inhabit a studio or a sprawling house with one challenging space, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, co-founder of the most popular interior design website, Apartment Therapy, will help you transform tiny into totally fabulous. According to Maxwell, size constraints can actually unlock your design creativity and allow you to focus on what’s essential. In this vibrant book, he shares forty small, cool spaces that will change your thinking forever. These apartments and houses demonstrate hundreds of inventive solutions for creating more space in your home, and for making it more comfortable. Leading us through entrances, living rooms, kitchens and dining rooms, bedrooms, home offices, and kids’ rooms, Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces is brimming with ingenious tips and ideas, such as: • Shifting the sense of scale through contrasting colors • Adding airiness by using transparent collections • Utilizing the area under a loft bed for a kitchen and mini-bar • Tucking an office with chic vintage doors into an unused bedroom corner In each dwelling Maxwell points out what makes the layout work and what adds style. Most of the “therapy” involves minor tweaks that can be accomplished on a limited budget, such as dividing a room with sheer curtains, turning a door into a desk, or disguising electrical boxes with art displays. An extensive resource guide, including Maxwell’s favorite websites for buying desks, open storage solutions, and much more, will help you turn even the tiniest residence into a place you are always happy to come home to.

The Big Book of New Design Ideas

The Big Book of New Design Ideas
Author: David E. Carter
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2005-08-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0060833092

How do creative people create?Where do they get their ideas?For many, "brainstorm" sessions are a starting point. But huge numbers of creative people go through creative annuals or other books showing large amounts of work by top creative people. (Author David Carter calls this process "solitary brainstorming.") The Big Book of New Design Ideas was created for this specific purpose. Each piece was selected based on its potential to trigger an idea in the mind of the reader. Look at the logo section: you'll see a lot of different techniques there. Suddenly, you see a logo that "triggers" an idea. And that idea may have nothing at all to do with the one you just saw. That's pretty much how this book works. For everybody who uses the works of others to inspire their own ideas, this book is the one that should be on the shelf.

The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts

The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts
Author: Crafts Media LLC
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1609002466

The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts, -Life's fun days are the focus of more than 450 cards, gift bags, boxes, albums, frames, party accents, and more from Paper Crafts magazine.

The Big Book of Lofts

The Big Book of Lofts
Author: Antonio Corcuera
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007-03-27
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0061138274

Decorating a loft has never been easier with this comprehensive guide. The Big Book of Lofts features more than 600 different design ideas covering every part of the loft...and then some. The Big Book of Lofts is divided by square footage, with sections titled "small", "medium", "large", and "extra large". Each section opens with text describing the decorating challenges unique to loft design, followed by full–color design ideas showcasing hundreds of different solutions to outfit every size space with a range of current interior style methods. The styles featured focus on the most popular used by today's best interior designers, including New Rococo, Minimalism, New Rustic, Retro and Contemporary. Photographs are accompanied by captions explaining the different approaches from each designer and architect. Whether it's one part of the loft or the entire space, The Big Book of Lofts is the ultimate reference for every homeowner ready to redecorate.