Showing posts with label commercial art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercial art. Show all posts

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Logo Design. Global Brands

Logo Design. Global Brands 
Language: English 
Köln: Taschen, 2024. 
601 pages, 7 unnumbered pagres : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. 
ISBN: 9783836576758, 3836576759 
Summary: "Following up on the best-selling 'Bibliotheca Universalis' logo manual, this second volume focuses on corporate identity" emblems. "In a globalized world, more and more symbols convey values such as trust, quality, or reliability. This catalog comprehensively" compiles images from categories of "distinctive brands. From airlines and groceries, sportswear and computers, museums, and magazines, to car brands, music labels, pharmaceuticals, and internet portals, this" volume "offers around 4,500 brand logos including ... country, as well as brands and companies", and occasionally designers and/or year of origin. A "reference book for anyone interested in ... branding ..."--Amazon

The Package Design Book

The Package Design Book 
Language: English 
Koln: Taschen, 2024. 
575 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. 
ISBN: 9783836555524, 3836555522 
Summary: "Packaging is a highly underrated art form. As the first thing a consumer sees when looking at a product, it can make or break a sale. Every year, the Pentawards celebrate the art of the package by recognizing the world's most groundbreaking and influential designs. Designers compete in five main categories — beverages, food, body, luxury, and other markets — and no fewer than 50 sub-categories." -- Amazon

The look of the book : jackets, covers, & art at the edges of literature

The look of the book : jackets, covers, & art at the edges of literature 
by Peter Mendelsund, David J. Alworth 
Language: English 
California: Ten Speed Press, 2020. 
289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. 
ISBN: 9780399581021, 0399581022 
Summary: "Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more. As the outward face of the text, the book cover makes an all-important first impression. The Look of the Book examines art at the edges of literature through notable covers and the stories behind them, galleries of the many different jackets of bestselling books, an overview of book cover trends throughout history, and insights from dozens of literary and design luminaries. Co-authored by celebrated designer and creative director Peter Mendelsund and scholar David Alworth, this fascinating collaboration, featuring hundreds of covers, challenges our notions of what a book cover can and should be." -- Inside cover
Reviews: Publishers Weekly; New York Times Book Review; Kirkus Reviews

Monday, July 21, 2008

Sensacional : Mexican street graphics

Sensacional : Mexican street graphics
NC998.6.M6 M4613 2002
Mena, Juan Carlos
Sensacional : Mexican street graphics
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2002.
347 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 1568983468 (pbk.)
$25.00 (trade cloth)

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

1000 Retail Graphics: From Signage to Logos and Everything for In-Store

741.6
NC997 .O54 2007
1000 Retail Graphics: From Signage to Logos and Everything for In-Store
320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport, c2007.
ISBN: 9781592533367 (pbk.)
$40.00 (trade paper)