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Book Looking Closer 2

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Bierut
  • Publisher : Allworth
  • Release : 1997-04-01
  • ISBN : 9781880559567
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Looking Closer 2 written by Michael Bierut and published by Allworth. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking Closer 2 offers more of the best recent writing on graphic design, covering new and important issues in design language, education, intellectual property, new media, the state of the business, and the place of design in society. The collection presents a stimulating look at how design issues are affected by and affecting changes in contemporary culture. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Book Looking Closer 5

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Bierut
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2010-06-29
  • ISBN : 1581158165
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Looking Closer 5 written by Michael Bierut and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals. Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury, Alice Twemlow, Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand, William Drenttel, Michael Bierut, Michael Dooley, Nick Curry, Emily King, and more. Among the important themes discussed: design as popular culture, design as art, politics, aesthetics, social responsibility, typography, the future of design, and more. Students, graphic designers beginning their careers, and veterans seeking fresh perspective will savor this anthology gathered from some of today’s top graphic design writers and practitioners, as well as commentators from outside the profession. From the series that helped launch the design criticism movement and was the first to anthologize graphic design criticism from key sources, this volume promises to be the most provocative of all! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Book Looking Closer 4

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Bierut
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-02-15
  • ISBN : 1581159587
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Looking Closer 4 written by Michael Bierut and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most stimulating installment yet in the acclaimed Looking Closer series! This enthralling collection of essays assembles some of the most intriguing critical commentary published in professional and general interest design magazines from 1997 to 2000. Over thirty contributors, including Rick Poynor, Kathy McCoy, Lorraine Wild, Veronique Vienne, Jessica Helfand, and others discuss such important contemporary themes as the rise and fall of the dot.coms and its influence on salary expectations, the ongoing controversy over the First Things First Manifesto, the call for greater responsibility in the design profession, and the antibranding protests that ignited demonstrations during recent World Trade Organization meetings. From current events to design principles, and aesthetics to ethics, graphic designers everywhere will savor this anthology of fresh perspective. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Book Look Closer  Draw Better

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kateri Ewing
  • Publisher : Rockport Publishers
  • Release : 2019-03-05
  • ISBN : 1631596225
  • Pages : 131 pages

Download or read book Look Closer Draw Better written by Kateri Ewing and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture your subjects on paper like never before. Look Closer, Draw Better will transform the way you see the subjects of your artwork, lighting the way with practical techniques in a range of mediums. Are you looking to make a leap in the quality of your artwork? Are you looking for new perspectives on the art of drawing? Or maybe you want to bring more poetry and presence to your work. Look Closer, Draw Better will help you reach your goals with projects that explore graphite, charcoal, ink, and watercolor wash, emphasizing techniques that Kateri Ewing has refined over years of practice and teaching. Ewing teaches by training your eye to see subjects clearly in contour, line, and shadow, while you learn to make marks with tools that are expressive of what we really see. Her focus is on nature—birds, flowers, and plants that can be closely observed. Discover the techniques for capturing the delicacy of feathers, the natural blemishes on a piece of fruit, the veins and velvety texture of a leaf—all the tiny details that enhance the realistic quality of a drawing. Ewing takes you carefully through every step. Let Look Closer, Draw Better inspire and transform your artistic eye.

Book Take a Closer Look

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel Arasse
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2013-09-08
  • ISBN : 1400848040
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Take a Closer Look written by Daniel Arasse and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative "fictions," each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cleverly and gracefully guides readers through a variety of adventures in seeing, from Velázquez to Titian, Bruegel to Tintoretto. By demonstrating that we don't really see what these paintings are trying to show us, Arasse makes it clear that we need to take a closer look. In chapters that each have a different form, including a letter, an interview, and an animated conversation with a colleague, the book explores how these pictures teach us about ways of seeing across the centuries. In the process, Arasse freshly lays bare the dazzling power of painting. Fast-paced and full of humor as well as insight, this is a book for anyone who cares about really looking at, seeing, and understanding paintings.

Book Look Closer

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Ellis
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2023-06-06
  • ISBN : 0425280861
  • Pages : 497 pages

Download or read book Look Closer written by David Ellis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon and Vicky couldn't seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing's for sure... absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a killer. When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb, Simon and Vicky's secrets begin to unravel. A secret whirlwind affair. A twenty-million-dollar trust fund about to come due. A decades-long grudge and obsession with revenge. These are just a few of the lies that make up the complex web...and they will have devastating consequences. And while both Vicky and Simon are liars, just who exactly is conning who? Part Gone Girl, part Strangers on a Train, Look Closer is a wild rollercoaster of a read that will have you questioning everything you think you know.

Book Look Closer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Wildsmith
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1993-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780152004781
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Look Closer written by Brian Wildsmith and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A closer look at walls, fences, grass, and flowers reveals ladybugs, ants, and other insects that inhabit our world.

Book Look Closer

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  • Author : Rachel Amphlett
  • Publisher : Saxon Publishing
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 0992268559
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Look Closer written by Rachel Amphlett and published by Saxon Publishing. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Fletcher seems to have it all – perfect job, perfect life. Then in one act of extreme violence, his world is turned upside down. A bungled assassination attempt on a London street uncovers a disturbing conspiracy fuelled by organised crime and political ambition. Now, Will finds himself on the run, pursued by a dangerous enemy who will stop at nothing to protect his employer’s past

Book A Closer Look

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  • Author : Mary McCarthy
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2007-08-21
  • ISBN : 0061240737
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book A Closer Look written by Mary McCarthy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-08-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open your eyes. Open your mind. Open your imagination. Look! What do you see? Mary McCarthy's beautiful handmade-paper collages will transport young children on a journey of discovery.

Book The Financial Diaries

Download or read book The Financial Diaries written by Jonathan Morduch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries project (http://www.usfinancialdiaries.org/), which follows the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigate through a year, the authors challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save-- and they identify the true causes of distress and inequality for many working Americans.

Book Reading  Writing  and Proving

Download or read book Reading Writing and Proving written by Ulrich Daepp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on Pólya's method of problem solving, aids students in their transition to higher-level mathematics. It begins by providing a great deal of guidance on how to approach definitions, examples, and theorems in mathematics and ends by providing projects for independent study. Students will follow Pólya's four step process: learn to understand the problem; devise a plan to solve the problem; carry out that plan; and look back and check what the results told them.

Book Facing the Consequences

    Book Details:
  • Author : W.H. Schmidt
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2007-05-08
  • ISBN : 0306472163
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Facing the Consequences written by W.H. Schmidt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing the Consequences presents a perspective on US mathematics and science education that is developed from data gathered as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is the most extensive and far-reaching cross-national comparative study of mathematics and science education ever attempted. It includes comparing official curricula, textbooks, teacher practices, and student achievements for many countries (from 20 to 50 countries, depending on the particular comparison). Thousands of official documents and textbooks were analyzed. Thousands of teachers, principals, and other experts responded to survey questionnaires. A sample of mathematics teachers in three countries had their lessons videotaped. Hundreds of thousands of children in almost 50 countries were tested in mathematics and science. This report presents a closer look at US mathematics and science education through careful examination of TIMSS data. The authors believe this investigation shows how deceptive many often unquestioned assumptions about American education can be. Drawing upon many new analyses not previously reported and integrating these with previous analyses of TIMSS data, the authors develop and illustrate the argument that what happens to American students is the consequence of American beliefs that shape educational practice and the accretion of a myriad educational choices made in mathematics and science education.

Book Fantastic Four

Download or read book Fantastic Four written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2007-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the adventures of the Fantastic Four's battles with their enemy Von Doom.

Book Rain Forest

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Taylor
  • Publisher : Turtleback Books
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780613086141
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Rain Forest written by Barbara Taylor and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the variety of life found in a rain forest, including the flying gecko, poison dart frog, and curly-haired tarantula.

Book The World Around Me

Download or read book The World Around Me written by Charlotte Guillain and published by words & pictures. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step out your front door and begin a journey of discovery around the world! Fold out the richly illustrated pages of this expansive concertina book to clamber over mountain ranges, trek through jungles and sail across vast seas. Spot wildlife, visit amazing cities, experience different cultures and see famous landmarks as you whiz by. With so much to explore on this globetrotting adventure, it’s a good thing the book stretches to an incredible 2.5 meters long – you’ll get halfway around the world before you even have to turn the page! Stretch out the book's accordion-fold pages and take in the wonders of the world's cities and landmarks – traveling through over 60 countries. Then turn it over and explore the amazing diversity of creatures and landscapes on planet Earth. What can you spot on your travels? Explore even more of the world with the critically acclaimed The Street Beneath My Feet (March 2017) and The Skies Above My Eyes (August 2018), companion books from the Look Closer series.

Book Desert Life

Download or read book Desert Life written by Barbara Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the variety of life found in the desert, including the Greek tortoise, desert scorpion, and jewel wasp.

Book A Closer Look

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen DelleCava
  • Publisher : West Side Books
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9781934813492
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book A Closer Look written by Karen DelleCava and published by West Side Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Cass, a high school freshman and track star, struggles to cope with the news that she has alopecia, and may go completely bald.