Graphic Design Books

This is a great collection of characters. It's kind of expensive but I don't regret, I love this book.

This is such an interesting look at the production of Che's image. I think it is a must read book and its very well done. I loved every single page of it!

This is a beautiful, detailed collection of illustrations from vintage children's periodicals. I loved the seasonal decorations. There is even one for May day! These pictures are perfect for illustrating memory albums. Lots of fairy pictures, the entire book has a magical quality!

This beautiful work is inspiring to all who work in the area of education and childhood studies. It is a delight and offers new insights to the reader.

The Far East has inspired Western fashion, interior design and film in recent years: think cropped jeans embellished with embroidered silk, sleeveless Mandarin collar tops, Ralph Lauren's bold mix of red and pink silk bedding, or the profusion of Asian-focused films including Seven Years in Tibet. But this trend is nothing new. Eastern imagery has appeared in Western design for centuries, never really going out of style, and peaking in popularity at various points in history. Ever since the fourteenth century when Europeans first read The Travels of Marco Polo, Westerners have romanticized China and its neighbors, and Western decorative arts have been especially affected by Eastern style. In her book Chinoiserie, Dawn Jacobson explains the phenomenon in great detail. Her focus is on furniture, accessories, interiors and architecture and she highlights the Chinoiserie craze in creations ranging from Chippendale furniture to Delftware to Grauman's Chinese Theater. The illustrations are exquisite and plentiful. Jacobson's text is scholarly-this is an art history text as well as a coffee table book-and the chapters are well organized.

This has become one of my favorite Dover books. The designs are lovely, and print very clearly. I use these for making greeting cards, but also for making mailing labels. There are really a lot of very fine frames.

I've never seen such a diverse collection of Judaica. There are postcards of the Jewish people from many regions of the world, from many generations, and on many topics. Wonderful! I don't know whether to mail these or save them!

This book rocks! i really like it. In the inside, it provides graphic inspirations that i never saw before. Not just plain streches lines or boxes, but it really opens my eyes to the world of clubbing! and The good news is, You will get some new ideas for your personal website! Yoohooo!

This collection of graphic images has been an invaluable tool for me in running the 'logo design' side of my graphic design business. It has provided me with much in the way of inspiration and food for creative thought! Although much of the contributed graphics originated in Japan, I have found it most useful in my english speaking country, New Zealand. In particular it has been the cartoon/illustration types of logos that have helped me most to broaden my repertoire of graphic skills. I would be most interested in finding more of such resources, specifically focussed on logos of a similar illustrative nature. In particular I am referring to pages 145-222.

This is one of the most straightforward resources on color symbolism and usage that I have found. I did my thesis on symbolism and had to use MANY resources, this was one of most "user friendly". It would be the perfect desktop resource for a designer.