The once denied and misunderstood subcultures, such as otaku/geek culture, are now making their ways to the mainstream and significantly influencing the trends and directions of arts. Otaku Life is trying to present otaku elements in the context of arts, design and culture. By exploring its cultural background and most concerned issues, this book strives to get otaku elements known in a profound yet artistic way.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 31-01-2019

Smart technology is rapidly changing the way we interact with the world through products. The trend for decades now has been towards ever smaller, better designed technology that is more focused on user experience and lifestyle. Most designs are now available in multiple colors or finishes, offer different features between models or are customizable to a customers needs. Smart Product Design looks at the latest innovations in smart home, health and wellbeing, sports and fitness, business, travel and more. Featuring almost 100 products with details and concept sketches as well as interviews with some of todays leading designers on their inspiration, concept design and philosophy, and how they balance aesthetics with functionality.

Bind: hardback

Dimensions: 220 x 265 x 25 mm

Just one single element of a companys brand identity, a logo is rarely changed when established. For this reason good design must balance current trends with classic appeal all the while reflecting the values of the client for whom its expression becomes synonymous. Branding Element Logos illuminates the art of logo creation in the hands of skilled designers who rarely get it wrong. Through interviews with eight design studios from around the world, concept sketches and renderings, we are allowed a window into the creative process and the deliberation that goes into a successful logo. From fields as disparate as food and beverage, fashion, information technology and culture, our view is broadened to encompass the diversity of the marketplace and the possibilities of implementation.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 280

Dimensions: 215 x 265 x 25 mm

A historical as well as design-oriented perusal of brand logos, Logo Style gives context to the rapidly growing field of logotype design. Chapters within are organized by style as well as the eras that influence them; decorative, which takes inspiration from vintage styles and trends, modern, drawing from the minimalism of the modernist movement, postmodern, with its namesake's irreverent slant, and digital, featuring designs heavily influenced by the pixelated, slick, and colorful trends that sprang out of the Information Age. All include a broad survey of individual logos, as well as case studies of designers and projects rendered in each of the distinctive styles. Logo Style demonstrates how timeless logos influenced by centuries of design history are applied over entire identities to create a unified brand image, while still standing uniquely on their own.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 224 x 284 x 30 mm

An art form unique in the world, tattoos are as varied in style and form as the living bodies they adorn. Under the Skin examines tattoos from three different angles, through the work of more than 37 artists. First the book explores cultural history, including tribal, Japanese and American traditional tattoos. Next is a survey of individuals and their tattoos. What is the inspiration behind each design? What does each tattoo mean to the person who chose it? Third, and finally, Under the Skin catalogs the visual language of tattoos, looking at six major artistic styles ideally suited to human skin.With its combination of detailed photographs of ink on skin and lovingly reproduced flash art, Under the Skin makes an excellent introduction to the history and craft of tattoo, and a worthy addition to any ink aficionado s library.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 26-06-2018

Compared with traditional design emphasizing on the functionality of products, designers today turn an eye on the ergonomic aspect to meet the increasing need of people today requiring more scientific and comfortable products. To echo this double-need, this book introduces the basic knowledge of ergonomics with rich illustrations, aiming to explain the discipline in a more accessible way. It further enhances the reader s understanding by displaying case studies and abundant product designs combined with useful ergonomic diagrams.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 210 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 01-06-2018

Collage is such a flexible artistic medium that no matter what skills you master and what materials you use, you will be able to create amazing collages. All the things we know in drawing or painting, such as perspective, color, and composition can be thrown away. The only limitation is your imagination. This book traces collage as a technique back the ancient China, as an artist pursuit to the 20th century when Cubists established its utmost position in modern art and Surrealists pushed it forward to depict the subconscious world, and as a way of teasing during the Pop Art movement. For beginners, this book also includes a whole section for collage creation and displays a large number of collage works.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 01-06-2018

Color plays a significant role in design. It can make a design work more impressive, appealing and distinctive. For designers, it means the basic skill in combining colors. This book includes basic color theories that help readers gain a better understanding of color. It also delves into the psychology of color, along with color associations and applications in commercial designs. Featuring referential color schemes and creative projects with color codes as well as color talk, this is an essential manual of great practicality and inspiration.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 272

Dimensions: 230 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 31-07-2018

The exquisite creations embody our best artistic endeavours and offer a glimpse of the greatness of the civilisations that produced them. Their sheer beauty and charm are enough for us to marvel at, let alone the large sum of resources, efforts and time poured into making them. In this book, we hope to follow our predecessors' footprints in the endless pursuit of exquisite beauty, and to explore the possibilities of how this style might blaze new trails in today's graphic design world.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 180 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 22-06-2018

If visuals could scream, wail or attack, what would they be like? Maybe you can find the answers in this book. Since a long time ago, there has always been some artists who resort to a fierce visual language to release their emotional powder kegs. These visuals are shocking, stinging, terrifying, or even depressing. Unsettling as they are, we believe that such visual fierceness offers unique aesthetic value and can inspire generations. In this book, we will look into this extreme visual language, and try to find out how our early predecessors as well as our contemporary visual artists created the most striking images.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 185 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 22-06-2018