Charlotte Rivers

This sumptuously extravagant book examines design that appeals to the senses through luxury, profusion, and excessmaximalism. After a decade in which minimalism has held sway over the design industry, many designers are now rejecting the limitations of pared-down modernism in favor of a more rich and vibrant "maximal" aesthetic. This book celebrates the qualities of maximalism, or enriched modernismits role in creating fantasy, a sense of luxury, the multi-sensory appealand teaches designe rs how to apply it by bringing together a selection of projects from around the world that typify maximalism in graphic designwhether through use of materials, print processes, layout and composition, or sheer extravagance of purpose. The book is n ot just about expensive projects for luxury brands (although of course these feature): it is about examples of print that appeal to any one of the senses in a powerful and unusual way. These include packaging, magazines, brochures, books, identity jo bs, and other forms of print work.

Part of the successful Art series, Mag-Art looks at an international collection of innovative graphic design within the continually developing area of print magazine design and packaging. From mass-market to exclusive, limited edition magazines, Mag-Art explores both the creative inspiration behind the work—the artwork and photography, typography, paper stock and materials, printing techniques, finishes, and formats—and the practical considerations of magazine production—inclusion of essential advertisements, navigation, credits captions, and budgets. Mag-Art analyzes format, pagination, layout, art direction, production values, and style, and reveals emerging trends in the industry, what makes a magazine successful, and how good design works. This definitive volume will arm designers with the tools to create innovative magazines that are covetable, collectible objects.

Stunning showcase of the world's most innovative book designs Following the success of CD-Art, DVD-Art, Mag-Art, and Poster-Art, Book-Art showcases an international collection of exemplary and innovative book design. From mass-market publications to gloss

The latest instalment in RotoVisions successful Art series, Logo-Art showcases an international collection of exemplary and innovative logo design. Rather than simply examining logos as branding or marketing tools, Logo-Art looks at logos as aesthe tic objects, exploring both the logistics and creative inspiration behind the design. The book is grouped by design application, and chapters include travel and tourism, food and drink, music and entertainment, fashion and lifestyle, home appliances and products, charities and services, and business and commerce, making this a unique resource for graphic designers, artists, art directors and design students alike.

Features the best in international invitations, greetings, and business cards. Following the success of the previous titles in the Art series, Promo-Art features the best in international card design, from business cards designed according to strict brief

Taking font creation back to basics, this comprehensive book explores innovative ways to design contemporary lettering of all kinds, examining everything from classic design examples to 3D and illustrated fonts, digital lettering and radical conceptu al alphabets. "Handmade Type Workshop" is ideal for anyone looking to move beyond existing typography and fonts to create, explore and use original or customized letterforms

Book-Art showcases an international collection of exemplary and innovative book designs. From mass-market publications to glossy coffee table and exclusive artist's books, Book-Art explores both the creative inspiration and the logistics behind the work

Now available in paperback, Poster-Art explores the exciting area of poster design in what is an essential examination of everyhting that goes into making a poster whta it is. It looks at how the colour, artwork and typography are used to achieve a s uccessful design, which must be attention grabbing, succinct, convincing and memorable. Poster-Art showcases an international collection of graphic design in this continually developing area. From mass-market designs to exclusive, limited-edition wor ks, the book explores both ...