House Industries: The Process Is the Inspiration

Author: House Industries
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0399578102
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
A standard-bearer of American design since 1993, House Industries answers the burning question, “Where do you find inspiration?” with this illustrative collection of helpful lessons, stories, and case studies that demonstrate how to transform obsessive curiosity into personally satisfying and successful work. Presented in House’s honest, authentic, and often irreverent style, and covering topics ranging from fonts and fashion to ceramics and space technology, this beautifully useful 400–page volume offers a personal perspective on the origin of ideas for creative people in any field. Most important, this book shows that there’s no sense in waiting for inspiration because inspiration is already waiting for you.

Ideas and Inspirations

Author: Gwen Marston
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615245811
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 69

Book Description
This is a book for grownup quilters. It's a book for the many accomplished quilters who are not looking for yet another project book with pages of detailed elementary instructions on how to make someone else's quilt. Rather, it's intended for quilters who are seeking ideas and inspiration for their own work. In my quilt related travels, I've had the pleasure of meeting many such veteran quilters. This book was also developed to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of my Beaver Island Quilt Retreats (BIQR). Quilters who come to these retreats come with the expectation that they will be provided with an abundance of ideas which will help them design their own original work. The new works in this book were made specifically to provide ideas and inspiration to support the 2008 BIQR theme of making abstract quilts in solids.

House Industries

Author: House Industries
Publisher: Gestalten Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
CD-ROM contains: "five original fonts ... created exclusively for this book plus a few ... sound bites."

The Smashing Idea Book

Author: Cameron Chapman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119977428
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
Presents a collection of design ideas and more than seven hundred examples from websites to help create an effective Web site.

Home

Author: Jordan Staggs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998914923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
VIE's first edition of a luxury commemorative coffee-table book produced and curated by VIE. The book will including homes throughout Northwest Florida and beyond that have been featured in previous issues of VIE, as well as interiors, gardens, cuisine, and other home-related topics.

Quilt Local

Author: Heather Jones
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 168335558X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
The renowned Ohio quilt artist draws on places and objects in her daily life to craft beautiful modern quilts, encouraging your own creative journey. For Heather Jones, inspiration can be anywhere. For her debut book, Quilt Local, she designed a collection of twenty quilts, each inspired by objects and places close to home—country roads, cityscapes, street signs—the landscape of her existence. Then, in a fascinating exercise in color theory and design play, she reworked each one in a second palette to show what a striking difference just a few basic changes can make. Pattern by pattern, Jones takes readers behind the scenes of her process, sharing photographs of her sources of inspiration, sketchbook pages, and the finished quilts. In addition, she offers an accessible lesson in color theory as it applies to quiltmaking. “Jones, founder of the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild, translates architecture into quilt patterns that have ‘a strong visual component’ . . . The simplicity of her designs is well suited for beginners, while the modern aesthetic will attract more experienced quilters.” —Publishers Weekly “The author takes quilters inside her studio for a firsthand look at her process for designing and piecing . . . Modern quilters who enjoy a minimalist style are likely familiar with Jones’s work and will appreciate the insights into her process. The presentation is reminiscent of Denyse Schmidt’s Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration.” —Library Journal

The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Author: Sean Adams
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683350022
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
A guide to the cultural, historical, and social meanings of twenty-seven colors, plus examples of successful usage of each as well as options for palette variations. The Designer’s Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at twenty-seven colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian—whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer’s Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.

Art Therapy

Author:
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
ISBN: 9781782434375
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This beautifully illustrated journal is the perfect gift for creative people everywhere, people who like to use colouring and drawing as a means to focus the mind and de-stress.

All Groan Up

Author: Paul Angone
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310341434
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and A Freaking Job! is the story of the GenY/Millennial generation told through the individual story of author Paul Angone. It’s a story of struggle, hope, failure, and doubts in the twilight zone of growing up and being grown, connecting with his twentysomething post-college audience with raw honesty, humor, and hope.

Visualizing Architecture Volume 4

Author: Alex Hogrefe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991382927
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
An architecture portfolio designed by Alex Hogrefe describing 4 original projects with a focus on unique representational techniques and styles.