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best 2009-2010 graphic design books

Adobe Creative Suite Books

NOW AVAILABLE:
Adobe CS5 Books

Publication Date: 2010

Guides for Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop, including CS4 tips & tricks.

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Adobe CS5 books

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Adobe CS5 software
Adobe CS5 software - student editions

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Adobe CS4 books
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logo design
brochure design
poster design
ads & packaging
creativity
typography
design annuals
color & prepress

Creative Business Book
The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business (Revised)
Publication Date: September 2009

This is a go-to guide that helps graphic designers run their own shop and improve their bottom line. This revision describes current, best-practice procedures for firms of all sizes operating in an industry that is both fast-evolving and increasingly competitive.

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The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business (Revised)
Item No.: 0393732991

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A Designer's Research Manual: Succeed in Design...

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Logo Design Book
LogoLounge 5: 2000 International Identities by Leading Designers
Publication Date: July 2009

LogoLounge is a best-seller that collects 2,000 logos from designers around the world into a pictorial handbook for easy reference. It's packed with logos. It features one to six logos per page to allow designers to easily find new, fresh ideas.

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LogoLounge 5
Item No.: 1592535275

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Other LogoLounge editions
Designing Brand Identity (3rd edition)
Business Graphics: 500 Designs...
1000 Restaurant, Bar, and Cafe Graphics

MORE BOOKS ON DESIGNING LOGOS & BRANDS


Packaging and Design Templates Source Book
Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2
Publication Date: August / September 2010

This is the follow-up to the bestselling Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook. The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2 features 100 new templates. It includes innovative as well as classic packaging and paper engineering ideas across a variety of end uses. The detailed templates show how to copy, fold, construct, and complete them from widely available materials. The accompanying CD features all of the templates as copyright-free, editable EPS files. This is an invaluable resource for designers, design students, and crafters.

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Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2
Item No.: 2888931249

Also see:
Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character
Art of the Modern Movie Poster
Creative Advertising
Package Design Workbook

Green Graphic Design
Packaging Sustainability: ...Innovative Package Design

MORE BOOKS ON POSTER, ADVERTISEMENT, & PACKAGING DESIGN


Brochure Design Book
The Best of Brochure Design 10
Publication Date: April 2010

Brochure design is a perennial in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet it can be challenging to execute successfully. This collection of the world's best brochure design offers hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and armloads of advice for professional graphic designers and students alike. Using a clean, unfussy presentation, this book is a highly visual collection of ideas for everything from choosing type to photo treatments, and everything in between.

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The Best of Brochure Design 10
Item No.: 159253628X

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Brochure templates

MORE BROCHURE DESIGN BOOKS


Type Treatment Book
What is Typography? (Essential Design Handbooks)
Publication Date: July 2009

This handbook breaks down the anatomy of typography to explore tools and processes, methods of organizing the mechanics of type, and the various means of arranging and displaying type. It looks at how different media, and consequent reproduction processes, underpin every aspect of typographic design. What is Typography? also showcases an impressive portfolio from the world's foremost practitioners. This book is a key resource for student designers as well as professionals in the field.

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What is Typography? (Essential Design Handbooks)
Item No.: 2888931036

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Other books in the "Essential Design Handbooks" series

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Creative Team Book
Caffeine for the Creative Team: 200 Exercises to Inspire Group Innovation
Publication Date: April 2009

This book is a powerful tool to get your creative team thinking in new ways. These fun and inspiring exercises call on everyone in your the group to think differently, leading to fresh insights. With over 200 exercises as well as interviews with working designers, this book is your key to adding some innovation to your next team meeting. By Stefan Mumaw, the author of Caffeine for the Creative Mind.

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Caffeine for the Creative Team
Item No.: 1600611184

Also see:
Creativity for Graphic Designers

MORE BOOKS ON CREATIVITY


Graphic Design Basics
Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
Publication Date: February 2009

Adhering to certain layout and grids standards and principles is important for any job from brochures, to annual reports, to posters, to websites, to publications. However, knowing how to make certain grids work for the job at hand takes skill. This book outlines and demonstrates basic layout/grid guidelines and rules through 100 entries including choosing the a typeface for the project, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters and kerning and legibility. These essentials of grid design are critical to the success of any job.

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Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
Item No.: 1592534724

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Other design books in the "Essentials 100" series

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Graphis Annuals
Graphis Annuals
Publication Date: 2009-2010

Graphis -- the definitive showcase of design, with color images of the year’s most outstanding work:

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Graphis Advertising 2010
Graphis Design 2010
Graphis Photography 2010
Graphis New Talent 2010
Graphis Annual Reports 2010
Graphis Posters 2010
Graphis Design 2011
Graphis Posters 2011

MORE ANNUAL GRAPHIC DESIGN BOOKS


Color Management Guide
CMYK 2.0: A Cooperative Workflow for Photographers, Designers, and Printers
Publication Date: January 2009

This book offers a clear, step-by-step guide to the entire RGB-to-CMYK workflow and achieving predictable color on press. Written with exceptional clarity, CMYK 2.0 presents a detailed and rigorous approach to CMYK color, and it offers a workflow that all photographers, designers, and printers need.

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CMYK 2.0: A Cooperative Workflow for Photographers, Designers, and Printers
Item No.: 0321573463

MORE BOOKS ON PRINTING, COLOR & PREPRESS


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