Bloomsbury Visual Arts imprint: 136 books
by Nik Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Idea generation is arguably the most vital part of the advertising process - and can be the most demanding. This book provides an essential introduction to the process of generating creative advertising ideas and concepts, and looks at the various obstacles that can stop ideas from forming - before...
The Fashion Forecasters
A Hidden History of Color and Trend Prediction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The fashion business has been collecting and analyzing information about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century - activities that have long been shrouded in mystery. The Fashion Forecasters is the first book to reveal the hidden history of color and trend forecasting and to...
Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research
Investigation for successful creative solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Design Research shows readers how to choose the best method of research in order to save time and get the right results.The book makes readers aware of all the different research methods, as well as how to carry out the most appropriate research for their graphic design projects. All stages of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Practice-Based Design Research provides a companion to masters and PhD programs in design research through practice. The contributors address a range of models and approaches to practice-based research, consider relationships between industry and academia, researchers and designers, discuss initiatives...
Paris Fashion
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco†? Chanel, Christian...
Fashion Pattern Cutting
Line, Shape and Volume
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Designed to boost draping confidence and design creativity, Fashion Pattern Cutting is a step-by-step guide to the pattern cutting process, from finding inspiration for a fashion-forward design through to creating the finished product.
- Clear visuals show each step from mood board to patterns...
Interaction Design
From Concept to Completion
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Interaction Design explores common pitfalls, effective workflows and innovative development techniques in contemporary interaction design by tracking projects from initial idea to the critical and commercial reception of the finished project.
The book is divided into six chapters, each focusing...
by Kathryn Best
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
The book explicitly places the principles and processes of design within the context of a business or enterprise, explaining how design management can relate to the cultural, environmental, political and social impact of an enterprise. It emphasises the inter-disciplinary nature of design management,...
by Ezio Manzini
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Each of us develops and enacts strategies for living our everyday lives. These may confirm the general tendency towards new forms of connected solitude, in which we work, travel and live alone, yet feel sociable mainly by means of technology. Alternatively, they may help to create flexible communities...
Sculptural Photographs
From the Calotype to Digital Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This is the first monograph exploring how, throughout its history, sculpture has provided a model to conceptualize photography as an art of mechanical reproduction. While there is a growing body of work examining how photography has contributed to the development of a Western 'sculptural imagination'...
Fashion-ology
An Introduction to Fashion Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the difference between clothing and fashion, through to an examination of 21st century subcultures, and the impact...
by Gavin Ambrose, Mr Paul Harris
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
From the basics such as working with typography through using images and working with color, exploring different pre-press techniques and the processes involved in bringing a product to press and with a resulting pleasing end product, the authors present everything that the reader needs to know in...
Mediated Messages
Periodicals, Exhibitions and the Shaping of Postmodern Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Mediated Messages presents a collection of original writing exploring the role played by the media in the development of postmodern architecture in the 1970s and 80s.
The book's twelve chapters and case-studies examine a range of contemporary periodicals and exhibitions to explore their role...
Flow
Interior, Landscape and Architecture in the Era of Liquid Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Flow combines cutting-edge scholarship with practitioner perspectives to address the concept of 'flow' and how it connects interiors, landscapes and buildings, expanding on traditional notions of architectural prominence. Contributors explore the transitional and intermediary relationships between...