Libros de Historia y crítica del diseño, página 4 de 94

DURAN, AMALIA ; FERNANDEZ, KIKEUna herramienta para que tanto diseñadores profesionales como aficionados impulsen su creatividad y optimicen su tiempo. Con este libro tienen en sus manos una herramienta con la que poder mejorar el acabado de sus trabajos, ya sea utilizando los estampados tal como estan o generando con cada uno de ellos tantas variaciones como su creatividad les permita. Partiendo de la base de las 75 texturas presentadas en soporte informatico (vectorial y bitmap) no solo podran realizar cambios en el colorido y tamaños del estampado, sino ademas aplicarles diversas variaciones, añadiendo o quitando elementos a su voluntad.

The best visual design works designed from December 2005 to December 2006 globally. More than 200 case studies and over 420 individual visual works. Brief texts explore the concept of each work in depth. Contributors of Brand Vision 2007 come from designers and design institutes and companies across Europe, U.S.A. and Japan, Korea and India. Including:PARK (Russia), HesseDesign (Germany), Smidswater(Holland), Grapefruit (Roumania), ShinMatsunaga (Japan), Akiko Sekimoto (Japan), Interbrand (U.S.A). The designers work internationally with interdisciplinary design practices in logo design, brand images visual design, typography and vector graphics.

Una introducción clara a aquellas cuestiones que conciernen a la legibilidad y compresión de los textos y la importancia de la tipografía. El detalle en la tipografía constituye una introducción concisa y sucinta a todas aquellas cuestiones que conciernen a los caracteres, las lineas y los parrafos, así como a todos aquellos elementos que resultan imprescindibles en la legibilidad de un texto impreso. Un diseño adecuado e interesante hará las delicias de lectores; cuando los detalles no son idóneos, la lectura resulta cansada. Quien desee que sus impresos no sean únicamente contemplados, sino también leidos, ha encontrado en este opúsculo una guia imprescindible. Apareció por primera vez en 1987, se ha traducido a seis idiomas y gozó de un éxito indiscutible en las zonas germánicas. Ahora vuelve en una edición completamente renovada y ampliada con numerosos ejemplos prácticos.

Here is a lively and lighthearted survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts - from letterpress to slab serifs and beyond - play in contemporary graphic design. Written and compiled by the world''s leading graphic-design historian, the book provides hundreds of examples, as well as informed texts that will entertain, edify and inspire a new generation of students and practitioners to appreciate that the past contains typographic riches for the future.

Photographer Alex MacNaughton continues to traverse London''s streets looking for the best graffiti. His first collection of photographs was eagerly snatched up by street art enthusiasts last year. Now featuring 150 new images all taken in 2007, his latest book is full of colour and life. Political, funny, angry or just plain weird, in stencil or spray paint, the images here present a London simmering with artistic passion. (...)

El diseño siempre es un interminable círculo vicioso que nos hace retroceder en el tiempo atraídos por las rarezas más antiguas. No sólo ocurre en el mundo de la moda, en la que la ropa de segunda mano es cada vez mas valiosa entre los mas fashionistas, sino que cada vez mas tambien ocurre en el mundo del arte y del diseño. En este libro encontraremos trabajos inspirados en los estilos retro y vintage, en campos tan diversos como el packaging, el diseño de mobiliario, la ilustracion, el comic, la moda, la escultura, el diseño de producto, la fotografia, el collage o el arte reciclado. Un interesante y divertido titulo para aquellos que piensan que cualquier tiempo pasado es mucho mejor.

Tras el rendido homenaje a la muñeca española de los años 70 y 80 con la edición de 'Toyland Made in Spain' (Astiberri, 2011), llega una segunda entrega con 'Toyland Made in USA', un repaso al mundo de la muñeca norteamericana, desde las deliciosas vintage de los años 50 (aunque haya muñecas de casi los origenes, de principios del siglo XX) hasta las fashion dolls de mas rabiosa actualidad.

TheAgeof Enlightenment was to "shine" rather differently for the Romanian provinces. Politically speaking, Moldavia and Wallachia,located at what are referred to as the gates of Orient, are under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. This brings with it very strict administrative control, which nevertheless allows the Phanariot rulers (their name comes from Phanar, a neighbourhood in Istanbul) a certain degree of internal autonomy. At the beginningofthe eighteenth century (1711-1716), Constantinople is the main point of reference for rulers, boyars, craftsmen and merchants, who import designs, styles, manners, music and modes of socializingfrom there. Vienna, Paris, London, even Constantinople are far, far away... and although in theory the distance can be covered in a few days and nights, people, especiaIly the aristocracy, do not seriously consider making the journey to the West. There is no official policy in this regard, but fear of being considered "traitors" sets a limit which must not be overstepped. Leaving aside the fear factor, Ottoman civilization has a lot to offer, perhaps much more than the West. Fascinated by luxury, opulence and wealth, boyars get carried away by the mirage of Scheherazade and offer, at least to the outsider, a fairy-tale image that will outlive the dawn of Romanian modernity.

When Federico Fellini first began shooting his film in the Via Veneto, he probably never imagined that he would create a new era in fashion and in world cinema. At the end of the 50s, Rome had become a crossroads, witnessing the transit of international stars, famous singers, actors, emerging stars, starlets, the sex symbol industry, politicians, princes, princesses and billionaires. With these players, Italian nights became the symbol of a ?sweet and lazy? way of life, made up of fashion and gossip, paparazzi and tabloid scandal, relationships and forbidden love. From Rome to Portofino, from Capri to Venice, the Italian jet set was the epitome of this phenomenon. A new photographic book tells the story of those Italian years and its unforgettable icons, from Fellini to Anita Ekberg, Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor, Brigitte Bardot and Soraya. Documenting, amongst other things, striptease and elite parties, the book includes 600 rare images rediscovered and selected from Scalarchives in Italy and Europe to accompany the text by Italian journalist Marco Gasparini. ILLUSTRATIONS: 600 *

ActualidadConspiracy Studio / Carol Golemboski / Christian Montenegro / Jim Denevan / Diego Bianchi / Malkit Shoshan / Federico Maggioni / 75B Akroe / Kolle-Bolle / Bureau Bruneau / ECAL / Artworklove / Estudio Dorian / Jean-Baptiste Levee / Paul Ferragut / Studio Output / JonathanBrechignac / Studio EEMFondo&FormaPure&Applied / Laurent Fetis / Albumes ilustrados / Jost Hochuli / La Futura / Champ fleury / RUDE BRITANNIA / Felix Pfaffli / Sergio Membrillas / Olivia Grandperrin / GrayovalTexto(s)Book Show / Critica del diseño / Excoffon Editorial