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""Success through Failure" is an insightful and accessible foray into design. The book is a page-turner, with an intensity that builds as you read. I found myself waiting for discussions of various topics--from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the space shuttle--only to find them before me several pages... More

The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the last 30 years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of ci... More

This unique reference features more than 500 outstanding photos of landscape elements in various seasons, times of day and perspectives. Forests, fields, beaches, waterfalls, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, mesas, deserts, canyons and more are featured. Seven step-by-step demonstrations by a variet... More

The 30th annual guide featuring the best design ideas from around the globe. Contains work from 43 states and 30 countries, covering such categories as consumer ads, annual reports, book jackets, and CD packaging.... More

In this compelling and original work, art historian James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history, likening the medium to alchemy. For, according to Elkins, the painter, like the alchemist, seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium. 2... More

In this book, Jean Martin shows how to produce superior flower paintings full of intense color, variation in paint quality and luminous light. Her imaginative set-ups are unique and the paint is applied in an expressive way. The result is an appealing, expressive composition that can only be achieve... More

Packed with 1000+ art definitions, hundreds of photographs, paintings, mini-demos, diagrams and drawings. This is the most comprehensive artist's reference available.... More

Animal artist Susie Wynne demonstrates how to paint just about any animal in gorgeous color and detail. The 150 color photos show her successful techniques in action, making it easy for all animal lovers to reproduce a beloved pet on canvas.Animal artist Susie Wynne demonstrates how to paint just ab... More

This text introduces students in all the visual arts to color theory, the physiology and psychology of color perception, and the physics of color. It also offers tips for putting that knowledge into practice in a variety of media, from painting and other fine arts to interior design, architecture, f... More

"[This] title boasts lavish, full-color examples and illustrations of techniques...a pleasure for the eye as well as [an] important resource.....Woods...presents many examples of images that may stand on their own merits or become the basis for studio work....Whether sea- or cityscape, the accompany... More

This updated and expanded second edition offers the latest findings and practices for library automation in the 21st century. With a practical, systematic approach, Bilal covers the entire spectrum of steps and activities involved in the automation process. Although this text does not prescribe a sp... More

An apple. A tube of mascara. A CD. A ski binding. All these things are products for sale -- requiring innovative designs that will imprint the manufacturer or the product in the consumers' mind. But finding a compelling, visual way to do so when working with non-standard design spaces is one of the ... More

The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix serves as an introduction to one of the most important and most complex artists of the nineteenth century. Providing an overview of his life and career, this volume offers essays by leading authorities on the artist's pictorial practice, the stylistic range over ... More

Reception of English: Cultural responses in Telugu Documents is a collection of various text types written in English by Telugu writers along with English translations of Telugu texts. The documents included in this collection span over two hundred years of the Telugu-English interface with the earl... More

With over 300 full-color photos on 176 pages Store Presentation & Design showcases the very best in store visual merchandising... demonstrating how the creative use of design, architecture, lighting, fixturing, and merchandise presentation and display can turn selling space into sales This book illu... More

Sketches Scribbles Drawings Includes his early sketches from 1968, the black and white drawings for his reverse paintings from 1980, his China, Japan, London and Oxford sketches, drawings of nature, and figure studies. The volume opens with a thoughtful introduction by K.G. Subramanyan, reflecting o... More