Experimental Formats & Packaging

Experimental Formats & Packaging
Author: Daniel Mason
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9782940361892

New Mini Format! Experimental Formats & Packaging examines exciting design problems, such as how to make a book that does not look like a book, and how to create packaging that can be taken into new design dimensions while still fulfilling its essential, functional role. While both formats and packaging are notoriously difficult areas in which to be innovative and revolutionary, the authors have brought together examples that combine awareness of process and materials and creativity without compromising other methods of communication. Over 100 illustrated case studies reveal the ideas and philosophies behind each project, while an extensive directory of materials and processes, plus a range of basic box templates, provides an invaluable grounding to encourage a more experimental approach to design.Experimental Formats and Packaging combines the content of two highly successful titles in one great value book. **North American Rights Only**

Experimental Formats & Packaging

Experimental Formats & Packaging
Author: Roger Fawcett-Tang
Publisher: Rotovision
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2004
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9782880467999

Experimental Formats/Experimental Packaging combines two highly successful titles from the same series. Experimental Formats examines the shape and size of the designed page and reveals how decisions made at this initial stage of the design process have a huge impact on the finished design. Today with so much information being projected through screen in a conventional horizontal format, it is appealing to see shapes that are more unusual and more stimulating. Provides examples of how contemporary designers are pushing the boundaries in this area and explores exciting questions such as how to make a book that does not look like a book. Experimental Packaging features examples by designers who break all the conventional rules by creating unique pieces of structural art. New concepts are illustrated with templates and diagrams. There are ten templates included, adaptable for use with some of the unusual materials featured in the book.

Experimental Packaging

Experimental Packaging
Author: Daniel Mason
Publisher: Rotovision
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2001
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9782880465094

Experimental Packaging is contains what contemporary packaging can achieve while adhering to the strict conventions of being recognizable, informative, immediate, textural, functional and dependable.

The Big Book of Packaging Prototypes

The Big Book of Packaging Prototypes
Author: Edward Denison
Publisher: Rotovision
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 2888930986

Provides a visual catalyst for the creation of packaging designs. This book demonstrates the huge variety of packaging possibilities. It includes photographed finished models. It details the principles of packaging, along with the issues and challenges faced by contemporary packaging designers.

Basics Design 01: Format

Basics Design 01: Format
Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2012-05-21
Genre: Design
ISBN: 2940447322

One of the fundamental topics within graphic design, format represents the physical point of contact with the user. Basics Design 01: Format examines established format standards and demonstrates how a creative approach to format selection and presentation space can produce dramatic results in both print and digital media. New material in this edition includes a new chapter, focusing on on-screen, online and moving image, and much of the content has been updated and restructured.

Experimental Formats

Experimental Formats
Author: Roger Fawcett-Tang
Publisher: Rotovision
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9782880468071

The book examines every aspect of designing the printed form, from single page to commercial package.