Art Resources > Graphic Arts
About our collection
The library is endeavouring to build up a collection of current, up-to-the-minute books on graphics, to meet the demand from designers and students in this area. These are the new titles we have recently added to the collection. It's not always easy keeping up with what's absolutely current though, so if you have any suggestions please let us know through our online suggestion to buy form.
Recent items
March 2010
Lichtenstein posters- Jurgen Doring, Claus von der Osten. 2008
- Sean Adams. 2009 (Amazon)
- Roy Lichtenstein's art is most recognisable for its trademark Benday dots and two-dimensional planes, cartoon-like qualities that placed him at the forefront of the American Pop Art scene. With its heavy emphasis on America's consumer culture, Lichtenstein's style lends itself easily to the poster genre. This volume opens with his earliest poster, designed for his first exhibition at the Leo Castelli gallery in 1962, and closes with his last, which he completed in the year of his death. An additional section features reproductions from the Claus von Olden collection and includes posters and flyers that were produced all over the world using Lichtenstein's iconic motifs. The works reflect Lichtenstein's prolific imagination and ability to adapt his vision to the promotion of music and film festivals, theatrical performances, museums, restaurants, public service messages, as well as his own exhibitions. An essay by Jurgen Doring, curator of the exhibit for which this volume was created, expounds upon Lichtenstein's development as an artist who blurred the boundaries between low- and highbrow art. The book also includes an illustrated biography of the artist. {Amazon)
Robin Williams handmade design workshop : create handmade elements for digital design- Carmen Sheldon and Robin Williams. 2010
- Over the course of the last several years, the DIY market has exploded spawning magazines, books, movies and fueling the growth of the online, handmade marketplace. In Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Designs, best-selling author Robin Williams and Carmen Sheldon take designers away from their computers and show them, step-by-step, how to use traditional artist's tools to create handmade elements for their digital artwork. The authors provide a wealth of new ideas to jump-start creativity and get graphic designers thinking in new ways. Each how-to is illustrated with tons of photos to show how to use paints, inks, textures, modeling pastes, and more to create handmade materials that can then be scanned in and used to create one-of-a-kind print projects or web sites. Examples of finished projects and Web sites are featured throughout the book to provide both instruction and inspiration for designers to use in their own projects. (Amazon)
Made & sold : toys, T-shirts, prints, zines and other stuff- Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek at FL33. 2009
- Indie artists, designers and illustrators are doing it for themselves! Tough times often lead to greater creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Where once designers might have produced a set of postcards to promote themselves or simply for fun, demand for individual design has led to an explosion of quirky and covetable products for sale via the Internet. Self-initiated projects, such as T-shirts or button designs, are fast becoming businesses in themselves. This book showcases over 500 of the cutest and most exciting graphic products by over 90 practitioners from around the world, including: books, magazines and zines; toys; posters, prints and canvases; fonts and typographic 3D products; clothing; and accessories. (Amazon)
Seymour : the obsessive images of Seymour Chwast- introduction by Steven Heller ; essay by Paula Scher. 2009
- A revolutionary of visual culture, Seymour Chwast is one of the most influential illustrators of the last half century. Filled with hundreds of his distinctive illustrations, Seymour is a career-spanning volume, sure to be an indispensable addition to the libraries of illustration buffs, pop-culture aficionados, and Chwast's die-hard fans. As co-founder of Push Pin Studios, Chwast has produced a body of illustrations humorous, ironic, political, and utterly unique that are as inspirational to designers and illustrators today as they were when they first came on the scene over sixty years ago. Seymour is a spectacular and extensive tribute to a monumental figure in American illustration. (Amazon)
Worldwide graphic design. Asia. - 2009
- This is a stunning visual showcase of the very best design trends and initiatives from Asia. "Worldwide Graphic Design" is a visually exciting series that showcases a wide cross-section of the freshest, most innovative, and often surprising new graphic design trends and ideas from around the world. From Israel at the west to Japan at the east, this new volume perfectly captures the enormous diversity of styles, scripts, forms, and visual languages to be found across Asia. (Amazon) NOTE: Also available is the Australia & New Zealand edition
200 projects to get you into fashion design- Tracy Fitzgerald and Adrian Grandon. 2009
- ... this heavily illustrated volume presents a comprehensive course in clothing design, which includes detailed instruction for creating a fashion portfolio that will get students started on rewarding careers. The book's 200 projects train aspiring fashion designers in - Researching for fresh ideas - Figure drawing with pencils, inks, markers, paints, collage, and more - Using different fabrics for garment designs - Applying details, such as collars, pockets, trims, and fastenings - Making skirts, dresses, and shirts, and customizing garments - Styling, choosing, and photographing a fashion model - Designing a promotional package and presenting finished work to buyers. The book's added features include: a resources section listing instructive Web sites, museums showing fashion and textile displays, and lists of important fashion journals that students should include as part of their regular reading and research. More than 350 color photos and drawings. (Amazon)
Useful Dewey numbers
| Subject: | Dewey number: |
|---|---|
| Computers & design | |
| Web design | 005.72 |
| Computer graphics | 006.6 |
| Computer animation | 005.72 |
| Technology | |
| Commercial art, advertising | 659.13 |
| Printing and typography | 686.2 |
| Design | |
| Illustration and graphic design | 741.6 |
| Industrial and product design | 745.2 |
| Modern design | 745.444 |
| Prints and graphics | 769.9 |
Magazines
- Ampersand
Quarterly Design and Art Direction (D&AD) members magazine. - Eye : the international review of graphic design
Stylish English publication. Also see this magazine's Eye magazine website - Illustration
An American graphic arts magazine. See also the Illustration magazine website - Juxtapoz
Funky new magazine featuring kitsch, psychedelic, and popular art. See also the Juxtapoz magazine website - Parkett
Published in Switzerland, this (3 issues a year) magazine concentrates on European and American contemporary art. Each issue covers several important artists and is produced in close collaboration with those artists. For information on individual issues see the Parkett magazine website
