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A useful guide on contemporary Japanese illustration.
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Starting from these 4 main Japanese color features: retro sense, minimalism, kawaii (cute) and avant–garde, this book categorizes popular Japanese popular color schemes. It aims to provide a panoramic view…
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The book comprehensively interprets Japanese layout design from theory to practice. With 6 major creative styles, 76 distinctive layout design strategies and 18 Japanese layout design masters, Japanese Layout Design…
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Book design is not only integrating text, graphics, color and other content, but also expressing a unique sense of design, so to perfectly present the book content and design form…
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The theme of BranD No. 58 is Tell Me White . The content revolves around white and blank space in design, which can simplify the design and allow us back…
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The Issue 54 of BranD magazine uses Come and Wrestle: Designer vs. Hanzi as title, aiming at providing readers with the design thinking and application of Hanzi. The process of…
In this issue, the BranD team invited four emerging Chinese artists: Yan Cong, Xiang Yata, Wang Mengsha and Lu Shan. Through the art power, BranD hopes to release readers’ imagination…
Enter the inner circle of design with Symbols in Graphic Design as your guide
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The most comprehensive look at the state of modern printing techniques ever assembled.
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ART IN BOOK VOL.2 looks into three aspects of book design- materials, structure and technique. It covers crucial factors of book art, as paper, binding, color, printing technology, etc., showcasing…
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In it we could find out why and how artists created childlike lines and colors, torn and rubbed the paper, or collected trash from streets. Through interviews with the designers…
This book digs into chaotic art heritage in human history, and features the most exciting graphic designs distinguished with chaotic styles, which have been broken down into four different approaches…
Since a long time ago, there has always been some artists who resort to a fierce visual language to release their emotional powder kegs. In this book, we will look…
This book presents carefully-selected New Year pictures created during the 20th century, and categorizes them into the following chapters: portraits, celebration events, military affairs and national defense, International affairs, folk…
This book presents carefully-selected Chinese propaganda posters created during the 20th century, and categorizes them into the following chapters: leaders, politics, International affairs, military affairs and national defense, economic construction…
This book strives to present the most commonly recognized elements of otaku life by introducing the cultural background and artistic presentation of comics, video games, cosplay and garage kits.
Illustrated with images and infographics, this book aims to trace the relation between beer culture and design, touching on the history of beer and its visual art. Meanwhile, it features…
This book presents over 500 traditional Japanese motifs, ranging from Ukiyo-e, ghost stories and Noh plays to traditional patterns, etc, with introductions of their cultural backgrounds. It also showcases outstanding…
Under the Skin examines tattoos from three different angles, through the work of more than 37 artists.
It shares with you book design philosophy of LU Jingren (the Chinese book design master) and Stefan Sagmeister (the design rockstar) and Hubert & Fischer. The book also unfolds the…
Good food could never be perfect without a savory design.This book showcases restaurants, cafes, coffee houses, bakeries and dessert shops around the world, including their visual identity, interior, tableware, uniform…
Color plays such an important role in visual effect, psychological influence, and brand characteristics that color marching is essential for a brand designer. This book arms readers with the basic…
It is about the thought processes behind these decisions, solving these problems with the turn of each page as well as balancing the harmony between text and images. And these…
A collection of outstanding package design taken from across the globe, from simple but effective designs to those more intricate and elaborate.
This new book aims to be the definitive resource for aspiring typographers with profiles and interviews of ten internationally renowned typeface designers on the state of typography
Though computer rendering has been a huge boon to designers, drawing by hand is still indispensable when it comes to developing ideas and presenting concept art. Creative Sketching in Product…
The exquisite creations embody our best artistic endeavors, and offer a glimpse of the greatness of the civilizations that produced them. Their sheer beauty and charm are enough for us…
This book will lead readers to explore the distinctive style of void in graphic design world, to look closely at its history and development and to discuss its characteristics.
This book introduces the interesting history and the typical patterns of visual illusion with rich images, taking readers to explore the mysterious world of illusion art. For beginners, they also…
SKETCH LIKE A PRO explains profound sketching techniques in simple language. Starting from the basic training perspective and ratio, drawing techniques such as lines and presentation techniques, and followed by…
This book is an exciting array of graphic design works from around the world, including brand identity, packaging, poster, etc. Every designer has been invited to share their insights into…
2020 is approaching. Science and technology, community and education are changing people’s lifestyles. And design continues to try solving human’s problems in life. BranD is not going to make any…
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The Elegant East is both a collection and a guide to how Chinese cultural elements can integrate and develop under modern interior design context. In this book, Tai show-cases the…
The book has included infographic designs for different fields, in different creative approaches, and from different parts of the world. It explores the effective way to communicate by combin-ing text…
This book exemplifies the critical roles that color plays in branding and marketing, and introduces the basics of color theory. Meanwhile, with useful charts of rich color schemes, the book…
This book brings readers detailed instructions of tools and paper, and practice techniques for paper quilling Providing 25 examples of elegant and exquisite style, from potted plants to flowers, Yi…
Apart from analyzing the most classic typefaces and showcasing the well-chosen popular typefaces, it also features some best examples of typography, providing perspectives on thedynamism of typographic design.
The origin of coffee dates back thousands of years.The book is a collection of coffee brands and interior designs of coffee house, showing the power of a good design over…
After the publication of BranD Issue 54 whose theme is Come and Wrestle: Designer vs. Hanzi, we came up with the idea to have interviews with designers from different cities…
A visual reference on history of geometric design and its application in brand identity, package design and graphic design in the 21st century.
This is a guidebook for beginners, including the step-by-step introduction of how to draw the stylized body and fabric textures and the basiccoloring knowledge, there’s quite abit of text to…
This book introduces the history and development of mascot and how it is applied today. Meanwhile, it instructs the reader how to create adorable mascots, from idea to final. A…
This book offers a glimpse into the culture of paper art and its mysterious creation, by introducing paper art from different aspects- from the invention of paper to various kinds…
Focusing on design thinking, the book showcases an array of distinguished logos, which fall into four categories: typogra-phy, plants, animals, and geometry. As a practical guide, it also introduces the…
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This book breaks the boundary between culture, art, and design by means of integrating the historical and cultural knowledge of Chinese characters with graphic designs. It will enable designers to…
Layout design plays an active part in almost all forms of graphic design, covering newspaper,books, magazines, brochures, posters,web page and so on. This book breaks down layout basics and principles…
