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Deisgn and Layout
by David Dabner

Publisher Batsford
Edition Hardback

The function of design is to communicate – whether it's about a product, concept or company. Every designer faces the problem of how to choose the right combination of elements to communicate tjhe message in the most stylish, original and effective manner. This stimulating book includes many professional examples and hundreds of illustrations. It is an accessible and enjoyable aid for professionals and beginners alike.

Price: £14.99

A Visual Language
by David Cohen

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

This is a practical approach to the theory of visual language, taking the basics of line, shape, tone, colour, texture, form, scale, space and light and discussing how to use them. The first half of the book talks about how artists can use these elements to create their own visual language and how this can be applied to develop their own work. This text is illustrated with the ceramic work of David Cohen. The second half of the book is divided into sections, each written by a prominent crafts person, expounding on how they have developed and used their own visual language. These craftspeople are: Alison Kinnaird (glass engraver), Jack Cunningham (jeweller), John Creed (metalworker), Graham Stewart (silversmith), Anna King (artist), David Grant (potter), Alison McConachie (glassblower) and David Cohen (potter).

Price: £16.99

300 Years of Industrial Design
by Adrian Heath, Ditte Heath & Aage Lund Jensen

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

This is a pictorial overview of the development of design and materials in the past 300 years, which have produced a wealth of innovative industrial design. Items such as the garden trug and bicycles, the Wedgwood teapot and milk bottles were all developed during these centuries and yet are still in use today. In this book, the authors look over this timespan and select examples of fine wood, glass, metal and ceramic designs on a decade by decade basis. They put each design into the context of the time it was developed and illustrate each item with scale drawings, photographs and catalogue entries from the period. It gives a picture of their interrelationship and highlights the importance between different design disciplines.

Price: £28.00

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