Design & Decorative Art Books

I could not put this book down. I read it in one sitting. Not only is it a great read, the format of passages interspersed with lost lyrics, photos, and artwork is fantastic, and made it much more of a multi-dimensional experience than merely...
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Why do we feel such admiration and respect for idiots that use drugs, get hooked, waste a few years of their life, waste money, treat others like garbage and then go to rehab? Whats the deal? How many other "stars" have followed the same formula....
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Casual fans of Motley Crue probably know Nikki only as the mediocre bass player of the durable 80's glam-punk metal band that's more famous for their hijinks outside the studio than in it. But this would be a mistake, because as any fan who reads...
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I've been working in marketing research for over 20 years and am constantly challenged to present complex information to managers -- quickly, efficiently, accurately, ...and visually. This book completely reoriented my approach to this task, and...
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Good graphics but not cutting edge
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I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book.

As a graphic designer and a minimalist: I love the way this book looks and I love the graphics Tufte's team has created.

Yet: the minimalist in me also dislikes Tufte's...
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I needed a primer so that I could publish my own newsletter using Microsoft Publisher. This was perfect. There are plenty of more advanced books out there. This was right for the beginner.
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I dont think this book is good at all. It is too simple, even for a novice...
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This book is good for beginners only.Give good advice that you learn in design school
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one of my favourite books ever. It's visually beautiful and inspiring. A must for any graphic designer!!
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If you're a graphic designer looking for practical content on how to better present your infographics - look elsewhere. The book was filled with beautiful, but useless information. If you're after information theory, the book hits the mark - but...
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The book is expensive,thin, and misses the point. The illustrations for the book are never labelled, so you have no idea where the text refers to the illos! How can a book by a "designer" be that bad?! Some of the examples of good or innovative...
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Harley-Davidson motorcycles hardly seem, at first thought, the appropriate topic for a glossy coffee-table type book. Having carefully cultivated a rebel image, Harley has for decades revelled in such perceptions, while customarily watching monied...
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Perhaps Harley is going to publish an after-market book to correct all of the flaws in this book. Probably in chrome. I originally bought the book hoping to do some resarch on historic color schemes for a new bike, and in that quest I found the...
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Incredibly helpful and straight-forward. I am already rethinking my wardrobe and how it makes me look. I showed it to my friends and they all want to own one also...even some of my guy friends (for their girls, of course!).
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I read all the other reviews before ordering this book and compared them with reviews on several books on this topic. I am disappointed with this book. There is nothing new here. A Vogue Magazine would have been better worth my time and money....
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If you already have a sense of Self, your own style, and know how to look in a mirror when you get dressed, you won't need this guide, and it won't help you develop a quirky, stand-out-from-the-crowd style, which can really come only from within....
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Richard Williams is a man who is largely responsible for the revival of the art of animation in the early 1970s. Williams had Disney animator Art Babbitt and Warner great Ken Harris working in his studio in London and training a new generation of...
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I bought this book as it was a required text for my Animation 101 course. While it's interesting because it was written (and drawn) by the creator of Roger Rabbit, it's quit boring if you are not enthusiastic about animation. It focuses on drawing...
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Not bad, anything in 3D like this is a great help.
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As a graphic designer, I'm aware we dislike the rules, and we love and embrace creativity. Therefore, this book for those who dislike rules is a good option, it just gives information, presented in a extremely organized way, as tools for...
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Much of Universal Principles of Design lacks depth. The reason for this is that the text needed more colloboration than it appears to have asorbed. For something that aspires to be a sort of objective compendium, the topics (and particularly the...
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Forget most of those other graphic art fools from this generation who have books out now, this guy is the real deal. Although his art has it's obvious roots in classic graphics of prior generations, Fairey takes his work seriously and takes it to...
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The book arrived with a damaged cover. The top-left corner was pierced with something. We're trying to return it.

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