Author: Nigel Holmes
Publisher: Rac Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
A paper reprint of the 1985 first edition. Holmes, executive art director for Time, details the design process he used to create over 50 symbols for the magazine. Includes his successions of sketches. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Designing Pictorial Symbols
Author: Nigel Holmes
Publisher: Rac Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
A paper reprint of the 1985 first edition. Holmes, executive art director for Time, details the design process he used to create over 50 symbols for the magazine. Includes his successions of sketches. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Rac Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
A paper reprint of the 1985 first edition. Holmes, executive art director for Time, details the design process he used to create over 50 symbols for the magazine. Includes his successions of sketches. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1100 Pictorial Symbols
Author: Rudolf Modley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486998266
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Immensely useful in conveying ideas without words, these powerful black-and-white images present visual messages for professional and private occupations. Numerous themes include animals, sports, healthcare, transportation, and much more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486998266
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Immensely useful in conveying ideas without words, these powerful black-and-white images present visual messages for professional and private occupations. Numerous themes include animals, sports, healthcare, transportation, and much more.
Handbook of Pictorial Symbols
Author: Rudolf Modley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048623357X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Pictures more than thirteen hundred pictorial symbols representing nearly every facet of human experience, and arranges public symbols according to service and facility and by local and national systems
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048623357X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Pictures more than thirteen hundred pictorial symbols representing nearly every facet of human experience, and arranges public symbols according to service and facility and by local and national systems
Handbook of Designs and Devices
Author: Clarence Pearson Hornung
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486201252
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A practical reference for those in the applied and fine arts, this collection offers 1,836 sophisticated unit designs based on circles and circle segments, lines and bands, triangles, squares, rhomboids, pentagons, hexagons, scrolls, frets, loops, and other geometrical elements. Draws from Japanese, Egyptian, Classical, and Islamic originals as well as modern motifs.Reprint of the revised second edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486201252
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A practical reference for those in the applied and fine arts, this collection offers 1,836 sophisticated unit designs based on circles and circle segments, lines and bands, triangles, squares, rhomboids, pentagons, hexagons, scrolls, frets, loops, and other geometrical elements. Draws from Japanese, Egyptian, Classical, and Islamic originals as well as modern motifs.Reprint of the revised second edition.
Symbols, Signs and Signets
Author: Ernst Lehner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141160
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
1,355 signs, seals, symbols: Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Germanic, Byzantine, Renaissance, Aztec, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, others. Astrological, alchemical, magical, early Christian, masonic, heraldic, crests, goldsmiths' marks, watermarks.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141160
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
1,355 signs, seals, symbols: Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Germanic, Byzantine, Renaissance, Aztec, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, others. Astrological, alchemical, magical, early Christian, masonic, heraldic, crests, goldsmiths' marks, watermarks.
Dragons
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486423107
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
125 black-and-white images based on motifs in a wide array of sources: fairy tale collections, medieval French and Celtic manuscripts, Japanese and Chinese artwork, and more. Smoke-and-fire-breathing dragons, scaly creatures of the sea, powerful beasts endangering the lives of mariners, Celtic dragons with interwoven body parts, and much more.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486423107
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
125 black-and-white images based on motifs in a wide array of sources: fairy tale collections, medieval French and Celtic manuscripts, Japanese and Chinese artwork, and more. Smoke-and-fire-breathing dragons, scaly creatures of the sea, powerful beasts endangering the lives of mariners, Celtic dragons with interwoven body parts, and much more.
1,000 Icons, Symbols, and Pictograms
Author: Blackcoffee Design Inc
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 9781592535323
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Pictorial symbols are, in some respects, superior to words as a form of communication. If well-designed, they can be understood by people of all different cultures and can be recognized by children literally years before they learn to read. As a result, symbols are of the utmost importance to graphic designers and their ever-present challenge to create effective visual communication for their clients. This mini-collection of designs drawn from 1000 Icons, Symbols + Pictograms provides a catalog of ideas for designers to look to for inspiration
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 9781592535323
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Pictorial symbols are, in some respects, superior to words as a form of communication. If well-designed, they can be understood by people of all different cultures and can be recognized by children literally years before they learn to read. As a result, symbols are of the utmost importance to graphic designers and their ever-present challenge to create effective visual communication for their clients. This mini-collection of designs drawn from 1000 Icons, Symbols + Pictograms provides a catalog of ideas for designers to look to for inspiration
Signs and Symbols
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
Author: Jorge Enciso
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486200841
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486200841
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Visual Language for Designers
Author: Connie Malamed
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
ISBN: 1592537413
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power. In a time of unprecedented competition for audience attention and with an increasing demand for complex graphics, Visual Language for Designers explains how to achieve quick and effective communications. New in paperback, this book presents ways to design for the strengths of our innate mental capacities and to compensate for our cognitive limitations. Visual Language for Designers includes: —How to organize graphics for quick perception —How to direct the eyes to essential information —How to use visual shorthand for efficient communication —How to make abstract ideas concrete —How to best express visual complexity —How to charge a graphic with energy and emotion
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
ISBN: 1592537413
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power. In a time of unprecedented competition for audience attention and with an increasing demand for complex graphics, Visual Language for Designers explains how to achieve quick and effective communications. New in paperback, this book presents ways to design for the strengths of our innate mental capacities and to compensate for our cognitive limitations. Visual Language for Designers includes: —How to organize graphics for quick perception —How to direct the eyes to essential information —How to use visual shorthand for efficient communication —How to make abstract ideas concrete —How to best express visual complexity —How to charge a graphic with energy and emotion