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The library is endeavouring to build up a collection of current, up-to-the-minute books on graphics, to meet the demand from designers and students in this area. These are the new titles we have recently added to the collection. It's not always easy keeping up with what's absolutely current though, so if you have any suggestions please let us know through our online suggestion to buy form.
Recent items
February 2011
175 fresh card ideas- Kimber McGray. 2010
- 175 Fresh Card Ideas is packed with ideas for all occasions - from kid-friendly themes and milestone birthdays to holidays, bridal and baby showers and sweet sentiments - so you'll never be stuck without a design idea for any card-giving occasion. More than 50 cards include step-by-step instructions and each chapter features a gallery brimming with more inspiration (Amazon)
Cut it, paste it, sew it - Chisa Itou. 2010
- Cut It, Paste It, Sew It offers both insight into the materials, techniques (both familiar and experimental), and inspiration from a collection of 10 international artists who bring their own distinct style and methodology to the art of collage. The book covers all types of materials including paper, fabric, wood, and found objects. It shows the artists at work in their stu (Amazon)
Juxtapoz : handmade- 2010
- Handmade is a carefully curated book in the ongoing Juxtapoz series which collects handicrafts that transcend the cliches of the contemporary movement. These objects are indeed works of art, created with lashings of passion, whimsy and humor. Subject matter varies from foodstuff to robots and materials run the gamut from cardboard and paper to cloth, porcelain, metal, wool and yarn. All have been molded, etched, knitted or stitched into surprising shapes and forms from a knitted TV Dinner to a miniature streetscape. These are works that have crossed the boundary between craft, design and contemporary art, many worthy of exhibition in galleries and museums (Amazon]
Kustom graphics 2- 2010
- With all new art and plenty of new artists, this is the essential source book for anyone into kustom, lowbrow, tattoos, rock n roll, and burlesque (Global Books in Print)
Space invaders- Jaklyn Babington. 2010
- Off the street and into the gallery. This exciting book looks at work from the past five years by some 35 contemporary artists from around Australia. Playful, edgy, clever, satirical and political, street art has significantly altered Australian visual culture over the past decade and has announced the arrival of a new generation of contemporary artists(Amazon)
Wine labels : on bottle design- Eduardo del Fraile. 2010
- What hides behind a wine bottle label? Can such a small piece of paper transmit the essence of a wine which has been matured during long years? Behind the design of each label nearly always lies a short story. Wine Labels gathers a collection of selected labels which will become a delicacy title together with the world's best wine labels, designed in the past two decades (Amazon)
Useful Dewey numbers
| Subject: | Dewey number: |
|---|---|
| Computers & design | |
| Web design | 005.72 |
| Computer graphics | 006.6 |
| Computer animation | 005.72 |
| Technology | |
| Commercial art, advertising | 659.13 |
| Printing and typography | 686.2 |
| Design | |
| Illustration and graphic design | 741.6 |
| Industrial and product design | 745.2 |
| Modern design | 745.444 |
| Prints and graphics | 769.9 |
Magazines
- Ampersand
Quarterly Design and Art Direction (D&AD) members magazine. - Eye : the international review of graphic design
Stylish English publication. Also see this magazine's Eye magazine website - Illustration
An American graphic arts magazine. See also the Illustration magazine website - Juxtapoz
Funky new magazine featuring kitsch, psychedelic, and popular art. See also the Juxtapoz magazine website - Parkett
Published in Switzerland, this (3 issues a year) magazine concentrates on European and American contemporary art. Each issue covers several important artists and is produced in close collaboration with those artists. For information on individual issues see the Parkett magazine website
