How Books imprint: 228 books
The Creative Professional's Guide to Money
How to Think About It, How to Talk About it, How to Manage It
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2011
The Creative Professional's Guide to Money teaches creatives everything they need to know about the financial side of running a creative business.
Creatives - which include anyone promoting their own creative services (designers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, interior designers,...
The Art of Illustrated Maps
A Complete Guide to Creative Mapmaking's History, Process and Inspiration
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
While literally hundreds of books exist on the subject of "cartographic" maps, The Art of Illustrated Maps is the first book EVER to fully explore the world of conceptual, "imaginative" mapping. Author John Roman refers to illustrated maps as "the creative nonfiction of cartography," and his book...
Shut Your Monkey
How to Control Your Inner Critic and Get More Done
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Hear that voice inside your head?
The one that nitpicks all your new ideas?
That's your monkey.
This hypercritical little critter loves to make you second-guess yourself. It stirs up doubt. It kills your creativity. But it can be stopped. And acclaimed author Danny Gregory is here to show you...
The Designer's Guide To Marketing And Pricing
How To Win Clients And What To Charge Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Do what you love and make money!
The Designer's Guide to Marketing and Pricing will answer all the common questions asked by designers trying to stay afloat in their creative business - and also successful designers who want to put a little more thought into their operations. Whether you're...
The Strategic Designer
Tools & Techniques for Managing the Design Process
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
The design profession has been asking itself some important questions lately. How do designers deal with the increasing complexity of design problems? What skills do designers need to be competitive in the future? How do designers become co-creators with clients and audiences? How do designers prove...
by W.H. Mumfrey
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The End is Nigh!
Nuclear holocaust, supervolcano, asteroid impact, mega tsunami, alien invasion, zombie outbreak? Will the world end with a whimper or a bang?
W.H. Mumfrey covers it all. From doomsday predictions that have occurred throughout history, to how the Mayans might have really...
Photo Idea Index - People
Ideas and Inspiration for Creating Professional-Quality Images Using Standard Digital Equipment
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Rethink, revitalize and reinvent the way you shoot portraits.
Photo Idea Index: People is a photography book unlike any other. Rather than focusing on the "how to" aspects of digital photography, author Jim Krause focuses on the "what if" aspects. You'll learn how to use your camera to photograph...
Selfies
Self-Portrait Photography with Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Selfies by Haje Jan Kamps is ultimately a celebration of the culture of social networking, the world where you aren't anybody until you have a photo of yourself, and what that photo says is critically important. Whether you're an artist soul, or you want to show your smoldering hot side, this cheeky,...
The Design Activist's Handbook
How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
We Want You!
Will you join the ranks of design activists?
Doing good is too important to think of as work better left to those fictitious "other" designers. People more famous. More talented. More connected. Richer. Younger. Braver. (Insert your own mental roadblock here.) In truth,...
The Creative Process Illustrated
How Advertising's Big Ideas Are Born
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
Finally, answers to the question: How are big ideas born?
Creative directors, art directors and advertising copywriters are some of the great artists and thinkers of our time. Considering the scope and power of their influence in our culture, that's not such a crazy idea.
Take an intimate...
Photo Idea Index - Things
Ideas and Inspiration for Creating Professional-Quality Images Using Standard Digital Equipment
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Discover the things around you through the eye of your camera
Photo Idea Index: Things is a photography book unlike any other. Rather than focusing on the "how to" aspects of digital photography, author Jim Krause focuses on the "what if" aspects. You'll learn how to use your camera to explore...
The Designer's Web Handbook
What You Need to Know to Create for the Web
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Make the Web Work for You
You know how to design. But you can increase your value as a designer in the marketplace by learning how to make that design function on the web. From informational sites to e-commerce portals to blogs to mobile apps, The Designer's Web Handbook helps any designer...
The Book of Rules
The Right Way to Do Everything
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Become a productive member of society!
Which way should the toilet paper be dispensed from the roll? Who goes first at an intersection in a grocery store? What is the proper placement of ketchup on a plate? When is it appropriate to dress your pet in clothes that match your own?
If you've...
The Physics of Brand
Understand the Forces Behind Brands That Matter
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Welcome to a brand-new way of thinking about branding.
The Physics of Brand is an exploration of how brands evolve in time and space. Drawing on experience working with companies such as Patagonia, General Mills, Target, and more, this book provides an exciting new systems approach to branding....