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This book is great - it is broken down into logical sections, all with incredibly practical advice. The interviews with professionals at the rear are particularly helpful, as are the case studies. The case studies are a wee bit outdated now in terms of style, but the information is still relevant. Its great that the book establishes the need to do market research, as this is an area often overlooked.

Note that this is not a glossy coffee table book - most of the pics are black and white and it is definitely a resource book for learning the basics.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in hospitality design.

With 27 years of restaurant experience I know the importance of design to the success of a restaurant. What is often overlooked, however, is that the kitchen and dining spaces have to work together. The authors of Successful Restaurant Design are the first to point out the importance of a holistic approach to restaurant design. Their insights into the design process are a must read for anyone planning a new restaurant or renovating an existing facility. The chapter of interviews offers readers design tips from leading designers and restaurateurs. And the case studies offer a straighforward way of understanding simple solutions to complex issues. This book belongs in the library of every restaurateur and designer interested in keeping up with front and back of the house design.

This book is a masterpiece in both design and content. It is timely and applicable to all designers, but especially those studying in a university and/or art school environment. Each spread is a gem as is the cover. All aspects of the book are visually intriguing and the book teaches visually about good design while the content combines the need for quality design to be integrated with environmental ethics. It is a must read for all designers, or those who hope to enlist in the field in the years ahead. I will be recommending it to all of my students.

very important book on a crucial topic. while this is a very worthwhile contribution to any library, it is essential reading for anyone in the field of design or advertising.

This book is head and shoulders above the Eissenberg book (O'Reilly). Kurt Cagle is a serious developer, and the book shows it, with advanced examples that explore all aspects of programming. It would have been nice to have a .zip file that had all the examples in it, but that's a minor nit.

Finally an SVG Bible for the Web. I have worked with SVG for just under 2 years and had to learn SVG from the W3C documents and lots of "experiments". I have only reviewed half of this book so far and found a wealth of knowledge on using SVG on the Web. It's examples are solid and well organized.

This book can be used by the novice and the experienced to add the coolest vector graphics to their Website. This book is well balanced for all levels. It has earned a well respected slot next to my computer...

It took me a while to aquire this book, and it was definetly worth the wait.

If you're like me and you're a huge Kevin Smith fan, purchase this book. You'll never have to look for old issues of "Oni Double Feature" again. If you're like me, you were to young to know that there were comic book companies outside of the big 4 when tales such as "Walt Flanagan's Dog" and "Clerks: Holiday Special" came out. I didn't even know that there were Bluntman and Cronic books made for the release of J&SBSB. Search no further, they are all in this book.

The story "Where's the Beef?" is short, but it parts the tale of how Dante and Randal went from Quick Stop to Mooby's.

In conclusion, buy this. You will not regret it. (Unless you purchase it for $30+, then you might.)

Over the past year or so, I have been on a bit of a Kevin Smith kick, watching his movies and reading the two books he's written. So it's no surprise (at least to me) that I picked up Tales of the Clerks, a compilation of comic books featuring characters related to his movies, particularly Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks 2 (which is to say, not Jersey Girl). And since I am a Kevin Smith fan and he wrote all the stories within, it is also no surprise that I really enjoyed this book.

Tales of the Clerks is divided into three roughly equal parts. The first part follows Dante and Randal, the actual clerks. For fans of the movies, the two key stories are "Where's the Beef" which relates how the two wound up working at Mooby's (in Clerks 2) and "The Lost Scene" which explains a scene from Clerks where the pair needed to suddenly flee a funeral home. There are also three other stories about them.

The second section follows Jay and Silent Bob, and is really one long story of their adventures between Chasing Amy and the following movie, Dogma. Part of this tale would eventually be incorporated into Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The third section are the tales of Bluntman & Chronic, the alter-egos of Jay and Silent Bob, which provide a sharp parody of superhero comics.

From my brief description, it should be clear that if you are unfamiliar with Kevin Smith's movies, you are unlikely to really enjoy this book. On the other hand, if you are a fan, this is a necessary item to add to your collection.

I love this book for two reasons. First, I get to expose my children to literature from a culture they have never experienced. This book gives me an opportunitiy to teach them cultural awareness and tolerance at a very early age. Second, I get to expose them to universal life lessons and teach them how these lessons bind all of mankind. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Chidebelu-Eze is uncompromisingly overt in his quest to teach. The lessons are clear, fun, and understandable to even the youngest children. My 3-year-old loves them. Children's books are full of opportunities to teach children letters, numbers, colors, shapes, animals, and such. Shouldn't we add moral lessons to this list as early as possible? This book can make that happen.

This is an excellent book written for children that teaches key Christian principles that they can apply to every day life. The illustrations are great and stories I'm sure your kids will always remember. I look forward to seeing more publications from the author.

As a student who is interested in pursuing illustration, this book is a golden gem for it is a rather thorough journey that is fun to dive into. While many other books similiar to this would simply showcase all the artists' body of work, this book reveals the creative struggle that James McMullan went through with each poster to create an image that met his client's needs. Reference photographs of his models and early color and pencil studies depict the story that is accompanied with each poster that describes McMullan's process. Sometimes an early draft of one of his posters didn't hit the nail with the director of the play: the character depicted in the image needed to look older and more angry, less naive. Whatever the case, McMullan would have to go back and rework. And in some cases, he might even start over with an entirely new idea and take a different road with the poster. With each poster, there's a different story, a different process, a different challenge. And none of the posters that are shown in here have been neglected for the book reveals it all. Above all, I appreciate James McMullan's conceptual talent with his posters that manage to create an image that defines the play as a whole. With this book, it is a pleasure to find the process behind these posters as well as being able to gaze upon their beauty.

Rarely is one able to glimpse into the world of a well-known illustrator. But, in this book, the illustrator James McMullan, takes us into his studio and explains just how he has created the 36 posters, over a 30 year period, for New York City's Lincoln Center. The full-page reproductions of McMullan's posters combined with his lucid prose makes this a beautiful and highly engrossing book. When I went to buy McMullan's book the bookstore clerk said, "this is the most gorgeous book in the store." Indeed, he was right.

This book was delivered in a US Mail Sack and was just short of causing my Postie to have a hernia. My reason for buying this magnificent Tome was because on my first visit to Turkey I was impressed with the quality of their ceramics and pottery. So I sought a guide. At an arcade in Marmaris I found the shop keeper himself had a copy of this work. So I made a note and purchased it. On reading the introduction etc. I was staggered at how little time it took the author to collate this work.
It covers a massive amount and is well worth acquiring if you are interested in Turkish Culture and Craftmanship.

I wasn't particularly interested in Turkey prior to reading this book. I was, however, interested in the writing of an ethnographic study of the folklife of potters, weavers, and other artisans. By the time that I finished reading Glassie's rich description of the life and work of the people of Turkey, I found out why he was so amazed at the quality of artwork in this exciting land. To begin to understand the work of the potter, the weaver, the calligrapher, and the woodworker in Turkey, Glassie takes the reader on a pilgrimmage into the Islamic nation. The words, narrative, and rich photographs are the physical manifestations that bring the reader into a shared sense of presence with the artists. By the time I finished reading this fine book, I came to feel as if I was actually experiencing the sense of peace and presence that inspires master artists in Turkey. As I closed the book, I found that I not only was more intrigued by Turkey and Islam, I had gained a glimmer of a shared experience of working as an artist in this nation. Glassie inspires the author by showing that printed words and reproduced photographs in a book can provide a sense of the presence that is evoked when one admires woven rugs, woodwork, and ceramic plates. Through ink he provides a glimmer of the light that shines out from the ceramic glaze covering the pot of a master artist -- or usta -- in a Turkish ceramic studio.

In the early eighties Aaron Burns, boss of the International Typeface Corporation suggested to Ed Gottschall the idea for this book. It was published in 1989 which will give you an idea of how long this monumental type study took to produce. To sum up twentieth century typography in one book would seem a project too far but I think Ed Gottschall has succeeded. He has managed to capture the typographic feel of Europe in the early years of the last century and then brought it up to date (least to the mid-eighties) with typography in America, Europe and the Far East. Incidentally the early years include the inputs of European fine arts and the Bauhaus.

The book is actually in three parts, the history of typographic design to Seventies then there is a long section dealing with actual typefaces and the beginnings of computer setting followed by the final section on typographic design from 1970. It is basically a visual book, handsomely designed by Mo Lebowitz, with hundreds of color and black and white illustrations. I think it is worth saying that this is not a design problem solving book in the practical sense but a stimulating history of type and how designers used letterforms to communicate ideas.

If you work in the creative design areas of print this book will certainly interest you. Incidentally it's worth searching around the web for some inexpensive copies of the book.

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This book is a hodge-podge of graphic arts and typography. It has little bit of everything: modern and historical examples of the uses of typefaces in advertising, business and the graphic arts. It is published by the International Typeface Corporation and is printed on a very dense glossy paper by Nai Nippon Printing Co. Japan. The quality of the printing is suberb; the colors and details are stunning. It is expensive and worth every cent.

if you are graphic designer or visual communication designer this is a must book for you. 200 colorful pages of recently exampale of the contomprary graphic design today and to where does its going to. clear simaple and not judging thats what make this book excelent. buy it!

If you are a graphic designer and wake up one day thinking:"Well, I feel like spending $45 bucks today", you should seriously consider this.

Edited by Roger Walton, this beautiful publication comes to rescue us from the sameness and the boring "commercial type book" type of thing. Beautifuly designed by Gabriella Le Grazie, Stefan Kraus and Iain Cadby, there's nothing else to do, but to put our hands together to this singular and unique peace.It brings together a huge variety of international work, from corporate id to experimental unpublished work. The wide range of publicated material feeds our good-type-design hunger. Lures us to create better and more exciting solutions. Its content displays, once and for all: style without content doesn't live longer in the graphic design business.

What a great way to spend $45 bucks!