Drawing the Human Head offers detailed insights into how emotions and feelings are reflected in people's faces and how they can be depicted. It is a systematic and structured textbook for learning the skills necessary to draw the human head, and a useful manual for anyone who is eager to learn to draw or to gain further illustration skills. It was written for art students at schools, art academies and universities, and its texts and images have been designed to be understood by both younger and older adults. The book can also be used as a self-study tool.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 215 x 297 mm

Publication Date: 01-08-2017

Designers and students structure their portfolios following their instincts and according to their own professional development. A portfolio principally contains print designs, which are used to plan, organise and document the designer’s personal experience, work samples and skills. These selections are collective representations, through which designers seek to highlight their best accomplishments for the purposes of appreciation and promotion. This is precisely the object of this unique book: to present a selection of samples of the best works by young designers from all over the world. Fresh, inventive and full of original and ground-breaking ideas that use new materials and experimental techniques, Portfolio Design aims to offer not only visual delights but also invaluable references and solutions for those who are looking for inspiration in producing an eye-catching portfolio of their own.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 285 mm

Publication Date: 22-10-2018

By way of ten different works produced using a wide variety of techniques, the book analyses the process of creation, offers tips, ideas and solutions. Each chapter includes a step by step process and details of all the tools and materials necessary for the production of a particular technique. In its final section Exploring Collage & Mixed Media Techniques studies the different possibilities of reproducing the finished works, and offers clear and simple explanations to create a small, domestic photographic set and how to light your photographs to highlight certain aspects of your work and obtain the desired result. The book is addressed to professionals and lovers of the graphic arts who wish to delve into new possibilities by exploring their own tools and knowledge.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 120

Dimensions: 210 x 255 mm

Publication Date: 05-09-2019

A fashion design tutorial by Daniela Bambatti, Versace's chief design illustrator, the book is an idea of couturier Favio Marconi who, impressed by her drawing style and the precision with which she captures the flow of fabric over the body, convinced her to put it into print so fashion students and fashion designers could profit from her mastery. In her tutorial, full of drawing and colouring tips, Bambatti reveals her fresh and innovative style, halfway between fashion sketching and illustration.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 215 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 01-08-2017

Knitwear Fashion Design aims to help fashion students to understand the basic design elements in knitwear and learn how illustrate them. Whether handmade or industrially- produced, deconstructive or avant-garde, knitwear has now become a staple collection piece every season and its resurgence as a key fashion item has rekindled a trend and a keen interest in this once very traditional craft. Developments in modern techniques, the revival of traditional craft skills and a new appreciation of couture craftsmanship have put knitwear back into the fashion spotlight. This practical book begins with a thorough exposition of basic yarns and threads, picot, mohair’s, knots, together with a brief description about their structure and illustrations for each example. Together with a thorough presentation of a variety of patterns and complements ending with the most common knitwear types, it is documented by a range of suitable poses in movement based on contemporary apparel. Offering an extensive overview about yarn types, garment, accessories and finishes this book also teaches how to transform and renovate basic pieces. Various attractive designs are shown as well as the stitches needed to create and illustrate these garments such as cable, Aran, jacquards, ribs etc. Whether hand knitted or industrially produced the book is a glorious celebration of the new vogue in knitting, showcasing examples of knitted pieces from fashion great designers. Encouraging the reader to be innovative, this book is sure to be an inspiration for anyone working with or interested in knitted textiles and garment illustration.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 220 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 01-07-2017

This pattern colection has been developed as a useful working tool and a source of inspiration for graphic, textile and interior design professionals and students. The book includes bold, eye-catching coloured classic vintage designs. All designs in vector format are included in the CD-ROM or can be downloaded.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 264

Dimensions: 210 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 01-05-2017

Takeout food is a booming business, with more and more restaurants providing not only in-house table service, but also dishes to be eaten elsewhere. However, providing suitable packaging for their food that allows diners to enjoy the restaurant experience at home represents a real challenge, for both restaurants and designers.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 01-06-2017

After the great success of our title Unpack Me! we present this new volume on international packaging design reminding that the presentation and look of a product can instantly upgrade its image and make the difference between a sales hit and a flop. Unpack me again! presents a rich selection of innovative, funny and creative packaging designs through showcasing a wide variety of the best projects by the most advanced, international packaging design studios. The editor Wang Shaoqiang is professor and graduate supervisor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China) and editor of the Design 360 magazine.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 01-05-2017

This visual reference book shows, with over twelve hundred full-color fashion photographs, a wide range of possibilities, styles, and trends in today's fashion.Gianna Pucci's (style.com, vogue.it) compilation of fashion and runway shoots capture with great sensibility the stylistic hallmarks of fashion trends.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 220 x 240 mm

Publication Date: 01-11-2016

Minimalism emphasizes extreme simplicity of form. By diminishing the number of graphic elements, the strength of each element is enhanced; or, as Mies van der Rohe famously said, less is more. Known for their simple and unassuming rules, both Nordic and Japanese design schools are the most outstanding representatives of this extending trend, used by more and more graphic designers in their creative fields, be it branding, editorial, communication or packaging, to name just a few. Simplicity collects over 100 works by graphic designers all over the world, who apply minimalism in their works to infuse them with an elegant simplicity and a clean style. It aims to be an indispensable guidebook for designers who are looking for new ways of expression, and also a leisure book for readers who wish to learn more about the beauty of all things simple.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 13-03-2017