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With the Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries came a revival of interest in the classical arts of Ancient Greece and Rome. Although the sculpture and architectural ornamentation during the Renaissance tended to be complex, two-dimensional patterns were often more subdued.

It has been suggested that retailers have four key weapons in their fight to survive and prosper in their highly competitive world: logistical strength, brand power, customer service and store environment. Retail Graphics explores how retailers use graphics in particular to build and maintain a brand profile, support customer services and integrate with the whole store experience. Exterior, interior signage, merchandising and display are among the different types of retail graphics examined in the book and there are case studies from a diverse spectrum of retail sectors. Featuring the work of some of the best designers from around the world, is essential reading for anyone interested in this fascinating area of the retail world.

What design scene is as diverse or cosmopolitan, richer in influences and references, as packed with new trends and original ideas, as teeming with talent and ambition than the UK? To stand out in this overcrowded arena, British graphic designers have had to make their work ever more clever and polished, better informed. This fuels the distinctive, refined styles of such artists as Mark Farrow, Sea, Spin, Browns, Fuel, James Joyce, Zak, Studio 8 and Bibliotek. With such a wealth of talent and material, the main question in compiling a book on the best of new British design is not what to put in, but what to leave out. Stylistic novelty and visual distinctiveness are our key parameters, rather than background or reputation. RGB features artists from highly diverse backgrounds, from household names to the newest young talents. RGB captures the UK’s explosively vibrant and unpredictable realm of graphic design, in 250 pages packed with exciting visual material.

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The Rococo is a predominantly French style of the mid-18th century. Both in style and chronologically, Rococo fits in between the boldly ornamental Baroque and the elegant and joyful Romanticism. One the typifying elements of the Rococo is the use of exquisite bouquets as an ornamental detail.

The 5th edition of the Spanish Graphic Design yearbook is dedicated to the different categories in Graphic Design - editorial, packaging, corporate identity, logos, posters, catalogues, exhibitions, etc. - also including a New Media section featuring websites, video and multimedia projects. The jury members for this years' selection have been: Sergi Arévalo, Laura Armet, Ricardo Bermejo, Ramón Castillo, Oyer Corazón, Pilar Gorriz, Marc Guardiola, Enric Jardí, Jose Mª Morera, Alfredo Olmedo, Ibán Ramón, Sebastián Saavedra and Tilman Solé.

Clad in white, this year's Select H sticks to its 3-volume format introduced in its last edition, dividing the book into three blocks: Graphic Design, New Media (DVD inclusive) and Schools.

Its daring, innovative design, outlined from its very first issue, Select A, offers a format which is smaller than usual, to emphasize its thickness, while every project featured is presented on a double-page spread.

Select is considered a book of reference in the world of Graphic Design and an essential guide for keeping up-to-date with Spanish creativity, year after year.

Contributors to Select H's selectors team have been: Alberto Salván, Diego Feijóo, Enric Batlle, Astrid Stavro, Xose Teiga, Marga Castaño, Tavo Ponce, Gonzalo Zaragoza, Raquel Pelta, Marina Vilageliu y Hernán Ordoñez.

Selected is not an award, but rather, as its name suggests, it is a "selection" of the best European design projects completed within year 2009 by graphic studios, designers and students from across Europe.

The projects are chosen by a team of renowned professionals - Selectors - from various fields in the visual communication and graphic design industries, who meet to make a selection of the best work pieces among all the entries received. Only the projects which are chosen from their expert point of view are ultimately included in the book.

The annual is presented with an original design and in a special format, smaller than the average yearbook. The book is divided into three different categories (Graphic Design, New Media and Schools) and each project is featured individually on a double-page spread. Instead of being numbered, each edition of Selected is assigned a letter, in alphabetical order, which is also the initial of the font face used in the book. Namely, the first volume in the series, Selected A, refers to the font face AkzidGroBe. This is Index Book's special way of paying homage to typography as an iconic element in design.

It's undeniable: sex is everywhere: advertisements, fashion, art, film, music and television. All proliferating the "sex sells" adage. SEX DESIGN is a great looking, graphic, and entertaining book presenting an exciting selection of designers and their work on the pursuit of pleasure. Included are both product and graphic designs, objects relating to sex, hearts, love, provocative ads using sex as an enticement, phallic architecture, sex toys, and lots of sexual innuendo.

This amusing collection is amassed from sources around the world, from a diverse group of designers who are happy to cross the line into risqué territory. From the subliminal to the overt, SEX DESIGN takes a look at the way this subject has become ingrained in popular culture and brings ingenious new meaning to the word "erotica".

Sign Graphics delves into the world of graphic signage and wayfinding, which can be found anywhere from retail stores, museums, theaters, and libraries to airports, subway stations, highways, and public spaces. Signs everywhere attract us with their stunning visual image, while presenting us with a coherent message. This book features sections on "Graphic Identity," which explores visual representations of companies and their corporate image; "Interior Artworks," which examines beautifully designed signs, murals, and posters in interior spaces; and finally "Environmental Signs," which presents eye-catching signage applied to outdoor landscapes, creating a powerful visual presence. Complete with an extensive array of beautiful, color images, Sign Graphics is a detailed look at cutting-edge sign and wayfinding designs from top creators and sites around the world.

The world is full of sings and symbols. Their language is universal, it has to be easily understood and unambiguous, intelligible in every region and culture. Still there is enough room for variations and innovation. „Signs, Symbols & Pictograms“ presents new designs for a great variety of purposes.

В этой книге представлено несколько сотен разнообразных силуэтов многих веков, видов и стилей, начиная со старинных восточноазиатских и заканчивая силуэтами начала 20-го века.

Они помогут вам придумать ваши собственные модели для любого случая, или вы можете просто разглядывать их как будто при свете волшебного фонаря.

В книге выбраны самые оригинальные, интересные и необычные модели силуэтов, чтобы усладить ваш взор и развить воображение.

Skeletons contains a selection of amazing line drawings of skeletons of a wide array of animals: from frogs to ostriches, from fish to mammoths, and from mice to... humans. This incredible collection of surprising, amusing, and very recognisable images is stored on the accompanying free CD-ROM in high and low resolution.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. A highly respected American graffiti artist, Dalek works extensively in the skateboard industry. He is well known for his Space Monkey pieces, which he describes as 'self-portraits in a lot of ways, and also portraits of humanity'.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks is aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. Darbotz is an artist, graffiti writer and graphic designer from Jakarta, Indonesia. As a well-known graffiti writer, he likes to blend his two lives - his commercial work and his underground work. His trademark character, Cumi, can be seen on walls all over Indonesia.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.