Synopsis
The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set provides readers with an enhanced understanding of over 1000 professional design terms, illustrated with historical and contemporary examples throughout. These four books represent a comprehensive compendium of design terminology and will be useful to all designers, visual arts lecturers and students. The variety of illustrations and photographs serve as a source of inspiration, as well as an ideal memory stimulus for visual learners. The box set comes neatly presented in a slipcase and contains four Visual Dictionaries - Pre-press and Production, Typography, Graphic Design and Illustration. From 'linocut' to 'lithography', 'pilcrow' to 'kerning' and 'crop' to 'creep', The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set will prove a fun and useful resource to design enthusiasts.
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About the Authors
Gavin Ambrose is an author, educator and practicing graphic designer whose client base includes the art sector, galleries, publishers and advertising agencies. He has written and designed numerous books on graphic design, branding and packaging.
He currently teaches the Graphic Design BA at the University of Brighton.
Paul Harris is a freelance writer and editor whose work appears extensively in magazines and journals in the US and UK.
Mark Wigan was subject leader for illustration at Camberwell College, UK, and later for Graphic Design at the University of Salford, UK. He is currently a lecturer in illustration at Hull College, UK.
From the Back Cover
The language used within design-related disciplines can often be mystifying and confusing; The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set will provide the reader with an enhanced understanding of over 1000 professional design terms, supplemented by historical and contemporary illustrations throughout.
The box set comes neatly presented in an arlin-covered slipcase and contains four key design-related Visual Dictionaries Pre-Press and Production, Typography, Graphic Design and Illustration.
Over 250 professional terms are defined and contextualized within each title; from linocut to lithography , pilcrow to kerning and crop to creep , the Visual Dictionary Design Box Set will prove an invaluable and enjoyable resource to design enthusiasts.
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