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What They Didn't Teach You in Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry What They Didn't Teach You in Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry

What They Didn't Teach You in Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry

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A guide for designers, covering everything they need to know about building a successful career after graduating Learn how to make your design skills pay with this enlightening, engrossing, no-nonsense guide to visual creativity in the real world. Passing on the lessons of a lifetime in graphic design practice and education, Phil Cleaver shows you how to create the best portfolio, impress at interview, develop strong client relationships, and produce great work in the studio. Enriched with quotes and advice from some of the best and brightest in the industry, this book is where you will find out what they didn't teach you in design school
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What They Didn't Teach You in Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry
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Material Matters 03: Stone - Creative interpretations of common materials Material Matters 03: Stone - Creative interpretations of common materials

Material Matters 03: Stone - Creative interpretations of common materials

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Material Matters: Stone showcases stunning creative interpretations of the common material across a variety of mediums This edition explores the compelling ways with which the unique characteristics of stone can be cleverly drawn upon or manipulated to shape the outcome of a particular project, with insights into the key techniques featured The Material Matters series illustrates the power of materials to affect human experiences and emotions by helping us build intimate connections with inanimate objects through touch and feel Whether they are used as a point of reference or the medium of creation itself, they are integral to artists and designers who seek to explore fresh outcomes, experiment with new techniques, and elicit distinct responses from their audiences
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Material Matters 03: Stone - Creative interpretations of common materials
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Design History Handbook

Design History Handbook

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This book, dedicated to the history of design from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, is committed to drawing guidelines for the development of this discipline, offering a synthetic vision of the subject and, at the same time, highlighting elements for future investigations If it's true that the history of artefacts and objects has always accompanied that of man, punctuated by turns occurring with the acquisition of technological innovations, it is in the mid-nineteenth century that we can retrace historically the professional figure of the designer, thus marking the birth of modern and contemporary design The subject is branched and composite, embracing many disciplines: in addition to the field of furniture - which often exemplifies the broadest lines of design research in an excellent way - other sectors are considered here, from technical objects to graphics, from fashion to car design. Particular attention is reserved for the influence of the art world, with all its array of thought references that has constantly permeated the birth of design projects
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Design History Handbook
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Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate

Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate

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Now available in its original edition along with critical commentary, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is the founding text of postmodernism in architecture First published in 1966, Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, widely considered the foundational text of postmodernism, has become an essential document in architectural theory and criticism.This new two-volume boxed set presents a facsimile of the original edition paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Venturi's seminal treatise The ten selected essays, a number of which were presented at a three-day international conference co-organized by MoMA to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Complexity and Contradiction in 2016, address diverse issues, such as the book's relationship to Venturi's own built oeuvre and its significance in the contemporary landscape. Additional short commentaries by contemporary practitioners attest to Complexity's enduring influence on architectural practice. Together, these two volumes expand the horizons of--and introduce a new generation to--Venturi's "gentle manifesto"
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Complexity and Contradiction at fifty: Studies toward an Ongoing Debate
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On the Road to Variable: The Flexible Future of Typography On the Road to Variable: The Flexible Future of Typography

On the Road to Variable: The Flexible Future of Typography

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On the 16th of September 2016, Adobe, Google, Apple, and Microsoft announced a new update to the OpenType specification that will allow for fonts to be variable. Through this update, designers will have the freedom and flexibility to use a wide variety of styles, ranging in extremes to include everything in between Although the technology has yet to be fully implemented, variable typography is already becoming an unstoppable force in contemporary graphic design. On the Road to Variable explores an eclectic and exciting collection of work that experiments with the modification of existing typefaces as well as the creation of new ones for a fascinating glimpse into the future of type This book is available in a vivid blue or neon orange; books are shipped to customers at random
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On the Road to Variable: The Flexible Future of Typography
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