The World in Time of Marie Antoinette (The World in the Time of)

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Excellent inspirations and reference book for the designer.......2000-06-19

If you've ever had a client that said, "how fast can you design a logo for me?" or, "can you 'whip up' some business cards for me by next monday?" then you know what it's like to have an unrealistic deadline and also be drained of your creative juices.

This book shows some of the best business cards and letter heads you've ever seen. They can really get those creative synapses firing away and get you inspired to develop a new layout you would have never thought of otherwise. I have this book on my reference shelf and I consult it quite a bit. Some (but not all) of the letterheads and business cards identify the type of paper and the cost associated with production which can be very insightful and prevent you from being "too inspired" and go beyond budget.

Book Description

Designers help companies choose how they want to be represented in their business collateral-do they want bright orange, splashy stationery to express their energetic business practices? Do they want a conservative typeface to show they are an established, credible corporate presence? Letterhead systems are integral to how companies express their identity, and designers are faced with the challenge of constantly finding new approaches to this common identity dilemma.

Designed to "jump start" designer's creative juices, this collection of the latest, hottest letterhead, business card and logo design from 96 design firms provides them with a bounty of inspiring visuals, plus industry-tested advice on creating identity systems that work. They'll find solutions and advice that will enable them to satisfy their clients while designing powerful, effective new identity systems.

Cheryl Dangel Cullen is a writer and public relations consultant specializing in the graphic arts industry. She is author of The Art of Design and more than 10 other titles from Rockport Publishers, Inc. Cullen has contributed articles to HOW magazine, Step- By-Step Graphics, Graphic Arts Monthly, American Printer, Printing Impressions, and Package Printing & Converting, among others. Her PR firm, Cullen Communications, provides public relations programs for clients in the graphic arts, printing and paper industries. She lives in Frankfort, Illinois. Amy Schell is an Associate Editor with HOW Design Books. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fresh Ideas in Letterhead & Business Card Design 2 (Fresh Ideas)
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Fresh Ideas in Letterhead & Business Card Design 2 (Fresh Ideas)
Gail Finke , and Lynn Haller
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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ASIN: 0891345892

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All consistent 5-star ratings means this is the BEST!

After You've Read The Rest, Use The Best!

Really nice deal!!!

Design It Yourself Logos Letterheads and Business Cards

Very general

Design It Yourself Logos Letterheads and Business Cards: A Step-by-Step Guide
Chuck Green
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1564967689

Book Description

There are two things that make Design It Yourself: Newsletters unique among design books: First, it is specific not general. Designer and author Chuck Green steps you through the process of producing a newsletter—from creating a plan and choosing a style to illustrating your message and finding a printer. He not only tells you exactly how to do it, he steps you through the process with a series of in-depth checklists to ensure you won't miss a single detail.

The second distinction is that it provides layout recipes you are free to copy. While most design books present other people's work as inspiration with the understanding you won't copy designs outright—this book include professional-quality newsletters designed specifically for you to use in any way you choose. You are free to, in fact encouraged to, borrow any idea you find in whole or in part.

Chuck's highly detailed, idea-rich layouts include the type of information designers need to know: Comprehensive page layouts and dimensions, the names and sizes of typefaces, specific color palettes, sources for graphics and photographs, and lots of insightful production tips and design inspiration.

The combination of easy-to-understand instructions, extensive design and production guidance, and detailed recipes makes Design It Yourself: Newsletters an essential new type of hands-on reference for anyone eager to create a compelling, information-rich news and marketing publication.

Customer Reviews:

All consistent 5-star ratings means this is the BEST!.......2003-02-11

Who is this book for? Non-designers trying to design their own logos, letterheads & businesscards.

How good is it? It's the best I've come across. And I've gone through hundreds of them. This book helped me design a logo and stationary for more than one business, got my creative juices flowing, gave me a lot of ideas - that I would've never thought about otherwise - and to top it all, gave me STEP BY STEP instruction on how to achieve simple but very elegant, clean & professional results!

The design of the book itself makes you want to buy it the very first time you look at it - very well organized, simple, elegant. Inspires confidence.

Does it deliver the goods as promised? SURE!

Another of Chuck's books that I read ages ago and is highly recommended and valuable even today: The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book. It still sits on my desk/bookshelf, and I go back to it often to get new ideas.

Finally, Chuck's web site - ... - is equally impressive, a treasure chest of ideas & resources for budding or amateur designers exploring the world of design.

Request to Chuck if he reads this - please let us have more of these in a series - Design It Yourself Logos 2, 3, 4... etc. PLEASE!

Bharat Suneja

After You've Read The Rest, Use The Best!.......2002-09-19

I've read literally hundreds of design books and frankly find most of them to be long on theory and have precious little to offer by way of concrete learning and real-world usability. This book (and The Design-It-Yourself Newsletter also by Chuck - which I also own) doesn't overburden the reader with "fluff." It's a pleasure to find a book that tells me what I should know and need to know rather than what some "expert" wants to tell me. These books are practical, useful, clear, and easy-to-follow. Do yourself a favor and invest a very reasonable sum in this book (or any of Chuck's books for that matter), and you will be a better designer for it.

Really nice deal!!!.......2002-08-16

Most of the books of the same kind, you'll find 500 pages just with theory, things that you should do and you shouldn't. This one is just plane and simple, if you are an expertise graphic designer, it will show you really cool and fresh ideas.
If you are a designer with no background education, it will guide you step by step in the process of creation.
For the price you pay and the content you get, this book is one of its kind.

Design It Yourself Logos Letterheads and Business Cards.......2002-03-28

I recently purchased this book at a local bookstore on my lunch hour. It was so difficult to eat lunch with my new treasure and then have to return to work. Right after dinner that evening I sat down in a comfortable chair and just read and read until I went through the entire book. I just couldn't put this book down. It was wonderful, interesting and very informative. The recipes were great and I will incorporate their use in my at home graphic design business. I have been doing graphic design for about 8 years and cannot get enough to read on the subject. I am self taught and this is just the kind of book that will help those who are just like me, or even give fresh new ideas to those who are experts. Thanks Chuck! I need more of this -- got any more like this coming?

Very general.......2002-03-12

Not that detailed but great if you are not going to sit down and read an involved design book. Quick tips.

Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards 6 (Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards)

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An "A"++
I was better than CATS
Great Book

Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards 6 (Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards)

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An "A"++.......2003-03-06

I found the words to be spelled correctly and the pictures to be pretty. I would highly recomend this book to anyone seeking these qualities from a book.

I was better than CATS.......2000-06-28

This book is great, full of great vision. I especially liked the yellow business cards from Art Director "Tedd Asbill". It was better than CATS! I would read it again and again.

Great Book.......2000-06-13

I love this book. The art is presented in a beutiful fashion. Clean, crisp printing on wonderful paper. I only wish that they included statements from each designer. But over all a great book.

Creative Edge: Letterhead + Business Card Design (Creative Edge)

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DePaulian
To each their own . . .

Creative Edge: Letterhead + Business Card Design (Creative Edge)
Lynn Haller
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ASIN: 1581801521

Book Description

Depicting the right sense of attitude, service and market position with just a tiny image and type is a major challenge. Yet great letterhead and business card design is crucial because it showcases a designer's--or client's--business in a glance. Where else must a design idea be conveyed so economically, focusing on the brilliance of the concept, uncluttered by coupons, price lists, graphs, or photographs?

Designer's will find advice and examples that illustrate superb uses of image, type, color, graphics, paper, size, format and printing. They'll also get guidelines for meeting the needs of their clients, creating high impact designs on a low budget and using special production techniques, including thermography, letterpress and die cutting.

* Features award-winning work from today's hottest designers
* Provides a reference for contemporary designs that stand above the rest

Customer Reviews:

DePaulian.......2004-08-06

If you want step-by-step instruction on how to design a letterhead, this book isn't for you, but if you want to see lots of letterheads and business cards that push the artistic boundaries and that will inspire you to rethink your options when designing, then you've love this book. The captions are more in-depth than those of other books of this kind, and consist of quotes straight from the designers themselves on what
they did, and how they did it--way better than just telling you what you can see for yourself.

To each their own . . ........2002-03-17

This book is great if you are looking for some inspiration or finding out which programs can be used to do what. However; this book was not written (and I use the term "written" loosely) for someone with less than 5-6 years of design under their belt.
Fortunately, I am one of those people, nonetheless, I still didn't care for this book. There wasn't enough verbal-meat to sink your teeth into and say "Oh, that's how that was done." The authour would rather keep you guessing.

Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design 4 (Fresh Ideas)

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Ideas are timeless and useful for more than just Letterhead.
Great Idea Source book

Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design 4 (Fresh Ideas)
Gail Deibler Finke
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Ideas are timeless and useful for more than just Letterhead........2004-01-13

There is something about this book that is intriguing. I purchased it a year and a half ago and I find it to be one of the most inspirational books to turn to when I want ideas for print design, web graphics, or just something refreshing to look at. It has everything from colorful modern corporate design, to dark, industrial Nine Inch Nails type of artwork.

I constantly use this for reference and I highly recommend it for anyone designing Letterhead, Business Cards, or people who want a book to flip through for artistic inspiration.

Great Idea Source book.......2000-07-21

Another great book from the series. Loads of ideas varying in imagery, logos, paper types and printing techniques. Definitely eye-opening on the amount of design options on all business cards, letterheads, and don't forget the envelopes ... always picked up in our studio for ideas and to kick those those creative juices into action!

Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards 5 (Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards)

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Ideas
simplicity

Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards 5 (Print's Best Letterheads & Business Cards)
Karen Chambers
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Customer Reviews:

Ideas.......2003-05-12

A bit pricey for it's size but still it is full of good examples of well designed letterheads and business cards. I found some new ideas in this book that I haven't seen yet.

simplicity.......1999-02-11

it has many minimal yet innovative designs. i like the style. clean, simple, effective. good picture book. however it can use a more analytical side review for teach piece.

Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design (Fresh Ideas, 4)

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Book Description

Letterhead and business cards are staple projects for graphic designers, who are continually searching for fresh ideas. This book presents more than 100 inspiring examples from studios around the country and the world--designs that communicate a strong business identity in creative and cost-efficient ways.

Book Description

Identify provides practical advice for designers and their clients on creating effective corporate identity.

This is a practical guide that combines sound advice on researching, commissioning, briefing, designing and producing a basic identity system -- logo, letterhead and business cards -- with a survey of the most successful identities from around the world. Identify also examines related issues such as trade mark legislation, and comes with a comprehensive glossary of terms.

For anyone developing corporate identity, from small businesses to charities and educational institutions, marketing departments and designers should find this book invaluable.

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