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Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Graphic design
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Over the past half century, computing has profoundly altered the
ways stories are imagined and told. Immersive, narrative, and
database technologies transform creative practices and hybrid
spaces revealing and concealing the most fundamental acts of human
invention: making stories. The Digital Imaginary illuminates these
changes by bringing leading North American and European writers,
artists and scholars, like Sharon Daniel, Stuart Moulthrop, Nick
Montfort, Kate Pullinger and Geof Bowker, to engage in discussion
about how new forms and structures change the creative process.
Through interviews, commentaries and meta-commentaries, this book
brings fresh insight into the creative process from differing,
disciplinary perspectives, provoking questions for makers and
readers about meaning, interpretation and utterance. The Digital
Imaginary will be an indispensable volume for anyone seeking to
understand the impact of digital technology on contemporary
culture, including storymakers, educators, curators, critics,
readers and artists, alike.
Graphic Design in Urban Environments introduces the idea of a
category of designed graphic objects that significantly contribute
to the functioning of urban systems. These elements, smaller than
buildings, are generally understood by urban designers to comprise
such phenomena as sculpture, clock towers, banners, signs, large
screens, the portrayal of images on buildings through "smart
screens," and other examples of what urban designers call "urban
objects."The graphic object as it is defined here also refers to a
range of familiar things invariably named in the literature as
maps, street numbers, route signs, bus placards, signs,
architectural communication, commercial vernacular, outdoor
publicity, lettering, banners, screens, traffic and direction signs
and street furniture. One can also add markings of a sports pitch,
lighting, bollards, even red carpets or well dressings. By looking
at the environment, and design and deconstructing form and context
relationships, the defining properties and configurational patterns
that make up graphic objects are shown in this book to link the
smallest graphic detail (e.g. the number 16) to larger symbolic
statements (e.g. the Empire State Building). From a professional
design practice perspective, a cross section through type,
typographic, graphic and urban design will provide a framework for
considering the design transition between alphabets, writing
systems, images (in the broadest sense) and environments.
Anjum Katyal's work is the first comprehensive study on the life
and contribution of Habib Tanvir to Indian theatre history. A
playwright, director, actor, journalist and critic, Tanvir is
perhaps best known for the play Charandas Chor. However, his real
significance in the history of post-Independence Indian theatre is
that he signposted an important path for the development of modern
theatre. His productions with Naya Theatre using Chhattisgarhi folk
actors established how one could do modern theatre integrated with
age-old-yet equally contemporary-folk culture on a basis of
equality. Habib Tanvir: Towards an Inclusive Theatre explores
various important aspects of Tanvir's theatre philosophy and
practice as he experimented with both content and form. Starting
with his early life and work, Katyal charts his professional
trajectory from Agra Bazaar to Gaon Ka Naam Sasural, when he was
searching for his true form, to Charandas Chor, which portrayed the
eventual maturing of his style, and beyond, to cover his entire
oeuvre.
Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing is a step-by-step workbook for
learning technical drawing and flat sketching skills. With more
than 500 hand-drawn and CAD-rendered flats and 100 photos of
finished samples showing how a sketch translates to a 3D garment,
the book covers a range of garments and construction details used
to communicate fashion designs for portfolios and production.
Abling and DaCosta progress from basic design construction details
such as darts, gathers, and trims to essential garment styles
including skirts, tops, dresses, pants, jackets and coats. The book
includes unique coverage of presentation of flats in a portfolio
and critical step of preparing flats for a technical package and
productions. Downloadable figure templates and flats library are
available online. This book is an essential resource for fashion
designers to learn technical drawing skills that effectively
communicate fashion design concepts. Features * Shows front-view
and back-view flats, select side-view and 3/4-view flats, plus
variations for menswear and childrenswear * Covers basic CAD
techniques, how to use the pen tool, and methods for translating
hand-drawn flats to digital drawings * Guest Artist features
showcase professional designer styles for flats to inspire
creativity * Practical format includes lay-flat spiral binding and
drawing practice pages with grids and figure templates Fashion
Flats and Technical Drawing STUDIO * Download figure templates and
basic garment flats that can be used in different CAD programs or
printed out for reference or practice * Access extra drawing
exercises and project using women's, men's, and children's flat
figure templates * Review concepts with flashcards of essential
fashion vocabulary Teaching Resources * The Instructor's Resources
include sample course syllabi, test questions, visual quizzes and
grading guidelines.
Strategies for the design process considering emotions. How does
design make the indestructible character of a drill tangible? Why
does a brand become a trusted friend? And what emotions should
intelligent gardening tools actually radiate? The accurate
communication and design of emotional worlds remain one of the
greatest challenges for companies and professional design.
Designing Emotion offers practical support here. Based on current
research from neuroscience and psychology, the book presents tools
for systematically analysing emotions and controlling them through
precise use of form, colour and material. In addition to case
studies and interviews, this edition offers insights into the
design practice of successful companies. Provides professional
design instruments for influencing emotions Includes a folding
poster for the use of "emotion grid" With illustrative product
analyses
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