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Space Planning Basics, 2nd ed. Infiltrate: The Front Lines of the New York Design Scene
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ISBN: 0471434396
Author: Mark Karlen
Completely revised to address changes in industry practice and new technologies, Space Planning Basics, Second Edition presents all the necessary tools and know-how to effectively create design programming for both small and large space planning projects.

The author's step-by-step space planning approach demonstrates how to use matrices and diagrams to fully visualize the space analysis process, including how to apply bubble diagrams and block plans for establishing a workable spatial organization. With a focus on existing structures, this comprehensive book presents material in a realistic context to create a hands-on guide that helps develop applicable skills and provides accessible information for solving day-to-day issues in the real world. 		ISBN:9063690444
Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design The Artist's Complete Guide
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Authors: Anna Gerber, Anja Lutz
ISBN: 9783899551525 		Author: Maria Canal
ISBN: 0764158139
African Watercolors Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style
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Author: Hazel Sloan
ISBN: 0007143842 		Authors: Dakota Mitchell, Lee Haroun
ISBN: 9781581808070

No two artists are alike and this book helps artists discover their own individual style. Finding Your Visual Voice allows artists to tap their potential with insights from accomplished painters, demonstrations, and a visual index at the end of each chapter designed to direct the reader to the style of art they want to create. Artists will be guided through three phases of self-discovery where they will learn information about the painting process, determine exactly what they want to express through their art, and finally identify the specific skills needed to accomplish their artistic goals.
Life Drawing Class Convergences: Message, Method, Medium
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Author: Lucy Watson
ISBN: 0823027678

This brief, accessible guide will appeal to amateur artists encountering figure drawing for the first time. Watson presents each chapter as a class in which she introduces basic concepts such as measuring angles, plotting positions, perspective, light and tone, and so on. Also included in each section are suggestions for pose lengths, lists of materials, and clearly explained, illustrated step-by-step instructions. Throughout Watson includes examples of her and other professionals' work in a wide range of styles and media. More ambitious projects follow the classes, and a directory of media finishes the text. Watson's introduction is brief, and while her text seems geared toward the beginning artist, some basic information, such as preparation and care of drawing materials (sharpening techniques, for example), is lacking. Still, the book's attractive format and clear, concise directions will appeal to many artists who are looking for a basic, friendly introduction. 		Author: Robert Atwan
ISBN: 0312250746
RSVP: The Directory of Illustration and Design 30th anniversary ed. Archetecture, Animal, Human: The Asymmetrical condition"
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Authors: Richard Lebenson, Kathleen Creighton
ISBN: 1878118145

The 30th and last edition of the annual classic 		Author: Catherine Ingraham
ISBN: 0415701074

The issues of the organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate and natural/technological are of paramount importance in the field of architecture both in current discussions about digital architecture and in classical debates from Vitruvius onwards. This book investigates the complex relationship of architecture to biological life, providing theoretical and historical underpinnings for a variety of contemporary debates in and around architecture. With discussion focussed on the Renaissance, the eighteenth-century and the late twentieth-century, this book will have a broad appeal to those with interest within and beyond architecture.
Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete & Commentary Type & Typography: Highlights from Matrix, the Review for Printers & Bibliophiles
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Manufactured by the American Concrete Institute Authors: Phil Baines, Andrew Haslam
ISBN: 0971568766

The definitive guide for every designer who works with type and layout. Discover a roadmap that helps you navigate among the bewildering variety of typefaces available, as well as scores of no-fail techniques for using type as a meaningful element of design.
The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide, 3rd ed. Adobe Creative Suite 2 Bible
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Author: Monona Rossol
ISBN: 1581152043

Most artists are at least vaguely aware of the dangers their profession poses, and several high-profile lawsuits have led to complex regulations regarding the handling of art materials. These concerns are ably addressed by Rossol's manual, a standard in the field. A chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist, Rossol is also the founder and president of ACTS (Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety). Her use of the word "complete" in the title is not misplaced; other books in the field, such as Michael McCann's Health Hazards Manual for Artists, don't come close. Four exhaustive sections cover regulations and specific hazards, artists' raw materials, precautions for individual media, and reproductive risks to artists. Fully equipped with appendixes on sources, governmental agencies, and an annotated reference list, this vitally important volume is essential for any art collection. 		Authors: Ted Padova, Kelly Murdock
ISBN: 0471754765

Adobe(r) Bridge, Photoshop(r) CS2, Illustrator(r) CS2, InDesign(r) CS2, GoLive(r) CS2, Acrobat(r) Professional 7, and Version Cue(r) CS2 are developed and revised to provide more consistent integration between Adobe's flagship creative design tools. This is the "big picture" book that teaches you how to use new features in the Creative Suite 2 programs as intended. You'll learn to integrate and manage workflows that will make you not only a better designer, but a more productive one.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Adobe Creative Suite 2
* Use Adobe Bridge as a central navigation tool for file management, organization, and editing
* Synchronize color settings in Adobe Bridge or other CS2 programs for consistent color management
* Import native file formats in InDesign layouts and dynamically edit changes
* Export Illustrator files as multi-page documents
* Use new features in Version Cue for creating document versions and alternates
* Use new features in Illustrator for auto tracing photos and painting vector graphics
* Use new features in Photoshop for merging several photos shot with different exposures to increase dynamic range
* Prepare files and flight check results for commercial prepress and printing
* Enable PDF documents for commenting so clients can markup design proposals using the free Adobe Reader
Adobe Photoshop 6.0: Studio Techniques Hawthorne on Painting
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Author: Ben Willmore
ISBN: 0201716127

If you're ready to go from blindly following step-by-step instructions to "Aha, I finally GET Photoshop!" this is the place to start. In these pages, world renowned Photoshop instructor and best-selling author Ben Willmore writes in his signature style–intuitive, crystal clear, and in-depth–helping you gain the deep understanding needed to master Photoshop's most essential features. Complex concepts like Curves and Channels are broken down into easy to digest metaphors and descriptions, and features new to Photoshop CS2–such as Bridge, Smart Objects, the revamped Layers Palette and Camera Raw dialog box, as well as the awesome new Warping and Vanishing Point features–are all covered in the depth they deserve, making it possible to quickly adapt them into your daily workflow. Whether you’re a photographer, designer, production artist or hobbyist, the knowledge you gain in this book can dramatically change the way you think about Photoshop. 		Author: Hawthorne
ISBN: 048620653

Collected from notes taken by students at famous Cape Cod School; hundreds of direct, personal aperçus, ideas, suggestions.
Recording Conceptual Art Michael Taylor: A Geometry of Meaning
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Author: Patricia Norvell
ISBN: 05202200110

Recording Conceptual Art features a highly provocative series of previously unpublished interviews conducted in early 1969 with some of the most dynamic, daring, and innovative artists of the tumultuous 1960s. The nine individuals--eight artists and one art dealer--are now known as major contributors to Conceptual art. These fascinating dialogues, conducted by Patricia Norvell, provide tantalizing moments of spontaneous philosophizing and brilliant insights, as well as moments of unabashed self-importance, with highly imaginative and colorful individuals 		Author: William Marmus
ISBN: 9781555952624

Richly illustrated, this monograph offers the first thorough look at the career of Michael Taylor whose sculpture not only involves the elements of visual perception of light, lines, color and shapes, but the intangible element of human emotion.
Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds A Dog's Life
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This fascinating book is about creativity in business and management. The authors have interviewed well know creative people in a number of fields to identify how creative methods work, including the drivers and influences upon creativity, creative inspiration, creative problem solving and creative influences. Their analysis shows that while there are common themese and methods, creativity will also solve problems with uncommon results and deliver the unexpected. This book will be of interest to anybody trying to better understand creativity. By Peter Mayle with Illustration by Edward Koren
After so many books by our two-legged "best friends" that try to decipher our "secret lives", it's so nice to have someone of our kind tell it like it really is. A dog's life can be very a good one indeed, especially if you are as lucky as the hero of our story to find an aimable human companion like Mayle. In this charming, if at times too cutsey, memoir, Boy, a shaggy but highly intelligent canine of mysterious lineage (we never use the politically incorrect "mutt"), recounts his humble beginnings with his 12 siblings, his abandonment by his mother and later by his unpleasant owner, and his wanderings through the Provencal countryside until he is adopted by the Mayles. Judging from Edward Koren's drawings, what Boy lacks in devasting good looks is made up by his plucky personality.