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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Claudia Walde spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from 30 countries. Each artist received the same brief: to design all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet within the limits of a single page of the book. The result is a unique typographical sourcebook featuring over 150 specially designed, original alphabets exclusive to this book.

Скачать книгу (размер 799 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 158) Аннотация: Publishing the results of the most recent annual World Press Photo Contest, this exceptional book contains the very best press photographs from the year 2010 pictures submitted by photojournalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world. Universally recognised as the definitive competition for photographic reporting, it has been described by Michael Rand as the…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In this new book from one of the great authorities on graphic design, some 100 of the worlds leading graphic designers open up their private sketchbooks, giving the reader an unparalleled insight into their creative development, design philosophies and visual influences. Samples range from typographical explorations to fully fledged illustration ideas, from scrappy scribbles and eccentric…

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