Gigposters.com is an internet resource for rock-show poster art. This volume highlights various examples in their collection, including 101 perforated and ready-to-hang posters for bands like Radiohead, Wilco, Vampire Weekend, the Decemberists, the Shins, Arcade Fire, Sleater-Kinney, and more.

Describing himself as a visual jackdaw , master designer Alan Fletcher has spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps that take his fancy. This work distills this collection into a quirky and entertaining feast for the eyes and the mind.

The follow-up to the highly successful Paper Pilot and Paper Captain, Paper Astronaut is the perfect gift for model-builders from five to seventy-five. The Rolls-Royce of interactive cut-out books, published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969.

From how to be more creative and how to stay on top creatively, to the ins and outs of running a design business, to the challenges of working in-house, this book helps those interested in graphic design decide on the right path for their career. It also helps give them the tools to make it into the career they want.

Brings fresh meaning to the term 'album art'. This book features the records, in a plethora of colors, shapes, and forms. It showcases over 400 records. It features artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen, the Beatles, Prince, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bon Jovi, and many others.

The Conference of the Birds , written in the 12th century by the Persian poet and mystic Farid ud-Din Attar, tells how the birds of the world gather in order to search for a mythological king, the Simorgh. This book includes stories from this work, illustrating the Arabic name of each bird in Jali Diwani calligraphy, an ornamental cursive script.

This is one-of-a-kind useful inspirational source of creative ideas for graphic designers and advertising professionals involved in the design or creation of promotional novelties.

The business card presents a unique design conundrum. Constrained by budgetary and size restrictions, how do you present a person, or a business as identity, and contact details, all in a very small space and still have some fun? This title features over 200 innovative interpretations of the humble business card, from around the world.

This book is filled with images of the most exquisite traditional woodblock-printed paper a prized art of the Edo style that has been handed down through the generations.

Covering the 1920s to the 1960s, this book features vintage ads, postcards, brochures and photographs as well as period 'Top 10' lists covering surf superstars, songs and surfing spots.

Offers over 2000 logos as well as special case study features on brand identities such as MTV, CCTV, and the Metropolitan Museum's Berlin branch. This title presents a collection that brings an insider's prospective to the art of designing successful logos.

Features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, children, toilets, and work), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar. This title can also help you learn things that could save your life the next time you travel.

Offers a visual history of the automobile, decade-by-decade, through over 500 print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. This book highlights the technological innovations, major manufacturers and dealers, influential historical events, and the influence of popular culture on car design.

Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, this work shows that graphic design can also cut to the emotional core. It covers twenty years of the author's graphic design and features images from the studio archive as well as specific influences and reference points for his projects and ideas.

Shows how design is about much more than what's bought at high-end stores or the modern look at IKEA. This book casts an eye on everything from roller bags, bras, toilet paper and stuffed animals to parenting, piles, porches and potted plants.

Sunny and her friends - sous chef Rivka Chavez, winemaker Wade Skord, and valley wine merchant and bon vivant Monty Lenstrom - offer an insider's take on the foodie culture of Napa as they try to help Sunny stay out of trouble.

Whether your goal is to design your own marketing materials, launch a visually compelling blog, or just have some fun creating your own CD covers, this book presents the fundamental elements of design and design principles, as well as instruction on how to apply those elements and principles to a variety of projects.

Packaging is one of the most important factors in brand success - the way a product looks and feels can dramatically influence a consumer's decision. This work presents readers with 100's of templates for containers, boxes, and packages that are not only functional, but attractive and well designed. It is suitable for graphic designers.

A collection of design essays that approaches design culture in a literary and personal way from up and coming design writer, author and critic David Barringer.