Print & Finish (Basics Design, Band 6) - Softcover

Ambrose, Gavin; Harris, Paul

 
9782940373420: Print & Finish (Basics Design, Band 6)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 2940373426 ISBN 13: 9782940373420
Verlag: FAIRCHILD BOOKS, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

How can printing and finishing techniques be used to enhance graphic design? Basics Design: Print and Finish explores that question in depth, with complete information that will be valuable to both graphic-design students and practicing designers.
 
Concepts such as color building, reversing out, tints, shades, gradients, halftones, and computer-to-plate printing are all explained fully, with visual examples for each. Thermography, debossing, embossing, die cutting, varnishing, and other techniques are also covered in detail, with illustrations. Examples from top design studios illuminate the text and inspire readers to use these print and finish techniques in their own work.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gavin Ambrose achieved his Masters in Communications at Central St. Martins and is a tutor on both the Typographic and Information Design courses at the London College of Printing. He has written and designed several books on branding and packaging. Paul Harris studied at the London College of Printing and has gone on to become a freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared extensively in magazines and journals on both sides of the Atlantic, including style bible Dazed & Confused.

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Basics Design: Print & Finish provides an introduction to a variety of printing and finishing techniques, such as letterpress, lithography, computer-to-plate, thermography, varnishing, embossing, debossing and fore-edge printing.

Presentation is everything in graphic design. Such printing and finishing techniques can be used to add value to a design by imbuing it with a range of different visual and tactile qualities. Ultimately, printing and finishing processes unite the different elements of a design in a coherent manner allowing it to achieve its intended purpose.

Basics Design: Print & Finish is itself printed on seven different paper stocks including coated, uncoated, coloured, woodfree and matt allowing the reader to see the results that can be achieved with creative stock selection. The text is supported by a variety of examples and illustrations from the world of contemporary design.

The Basics Design series also includes Format, Layout, Typography, Image, Colour and Grids.

Basics Design: Print & Finish provides an introduction to a variety of printing and finishing techniques, such as letterpress, lithography, computer-to-plate, thermography, varnishing, embossing, debossing and fore-edge printing.

Presentation is everything in graphic design. Such printing and finishing techniques can be used to add value to a design by imbuing it with a range of different visual and tactile qualities. Ultimately, printing and finishing processes unite the different elements of a design in a coherent manner allowing it to achieve its intended purpose.

Basics Design: Print & Finish is itself printed on seven different paper stocks including coated, uncoated, coloured, woodfree and matt allowing the reader to see the results that can be achieved with creative stock selection. The text is supported by a variety of examples and illustrations from the world of contemporary design.

The Basics Design series also includes Format, Layout, Typography, Image, Colour and Grids.

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Verlag
FAIRCHILD BOOKS
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
2940373426
ISBN 13 
9782940373420
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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