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In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life with the advent of Pong and other coin-operated games. Within just a few short years, if you had a quarter, you could go to the video arcade and play Space Invaders, Asteroids, or Pac-Man. If you were lucky enough to have an Atari system hooked up to your television, you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the early 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon, with players spending hours in arcades racking up as many points as pos... read more

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Focus on Comprehension is a series of four books designed to provide students with systematic and rigorous guidance on how to understand and respond to texts that they read. Together, the four books cover all the objectives in the Reading and Comprehension elements of the English Language curriculum. Features: Develops skills systematically & thoroughly Covers a wide range of text types Provides ample practice for specific skills Includes review exercises Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4

First published 2006. Packaging is an essential aspect of retailing any manufactured product. Packages have traditionally served to protect and ship goods securely and inexpensively. This book teaches you how to design inexpensive, yet structurally sound packaging. Because well-designed packaging always strikes a balance between logistics and cost, Out of the Box: Ready-to-Use Structural Packaging will be an invaluable sourcebook for anyone who needs practical designs and ideas for the taking.

Fashion Prints is a concise step-by-step guide to designing symmetrical and repeating patterns for fashion design. More than 1000 of the design elements used in the book are provided as vector EPS files on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Street Fashion Parade is a journey through the world of fashion, solely as experienced in the streets. Fabulous street fashions are grouped thematically by subjects such as Music, Art, Comics, Sport, Tattoo and Graphic Design, Western, Club, Graffiti, Tribal and Bikers. Street Fashion Parade is an up to the minute look book showcasing the styles and statements that people are actually wearing in the streets all over Europe. The author has documented these styles in crowded markets, raves, concerts, stores and clubs, giving a glimps... read more

Functional beauty Founded in Weimar in 1919, the Bauhaus school developed a revolutionary approach that fused fine art with craftsmanship and engineering in everything from architecture to furniture, typography, and even theater. Originally headed by Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus counted among its members artists and architects such as Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Marcel Breuer. In 1930 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took over as the leader, but soon after, in 1933, the Nazi government shut down t... read more

Containing 400 pages with over 400 full-colour photographs, this book will take the reader on a fascinating journey through the creative world of culinary design, displaying a selection of the best packaging designs and a broad range of the latest trends in kitchen accessories and tableware designed by renowned designers. In addition, the book offers a glimpse into some of the best restaurant kitchens and illustrates some of the best publicity campaigns devoted to food.

"The Packaging Templates Sourcebook" presents a stunning showcase of 140 new, innovative and classic packaging and paper engineering ideas across a variety of areas. Accompanying each project is a detailed template, which shows the reader how to copy, fold and construct each project from material that is widely available. The book will provide a source of inspiration for graphic and packaging designers, both student and professional alike, as it explores the fundamentals of a package at its most basic level. Covering areas as diver... read more

Bestselling fashion author Martin Dawber brings the best collection of today's fashion print designs into one volume. With over 35 designers from all over the world - Europe, Asia, North America and Pacific - and over 200 different prints, this is a terrific resource for print designers and illustrators working today. Arranged and delivered in the same format as the highly successful "New Fashion Illustration", it covers all types of print designs, from floral, geometric and figurative through to minimalist and psychedelic. (word c... read more

The world of fashion illustration has had a sensational renaissance in the last 5 years, but the art form goes back to the beginning of the 20th century and today's exponents are still benefiting from some of the styles, shapes and colours of fashion illustrators from decades ago. Whether they work with traditional pencils, crayons and watercolours or with a digital pen, fashion illustrators today will find inspiration from these 200 images. This volume collates the best fashion illustration that was captured in the pages of the i... read more

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One of the most interesting cultural phenomena in New Zealand over the past 20 years has been the spectacular success of the World of Wearable Art, an annual competition and award show that explores the intersection between fashion and art, through a genre popularly known as wearable art. This unique event, which draws an audience in Wellington of around 35,000 people, has encouraged an explosion of creative activity, inspiring a wide range of fashion designers, artists, costume makers and other craft artists from all over the worl... read more

Full colour photographs and illustrations.
Easy Draw Rulers included in a pocket inside the back cover of the book.
Designed and priced for student purchase.
Suitable for the beginner or the more experienced illustrator who is looking for additional tools and methods to improve their drawing skills.
By following this systematic approach to fashion drawing using the ruler system, anyone can overcome the difficulties of freehand drawing.
The system was developed using the fashion proportions based o... read more

DOP - September 2009, Nelson 210x255mm / 120pp Softcover One of the most interesting cultural phenomena in New Zealand over the past 15 years has been the spectacular success of the World of Wearable Art, an annual competition and award show that explores the intersection between fashion and art, through a genre popularly known as wearable art. This unique event has encouraged an explosion of creative activity, inspiring a wide range of fashion designers, artists, costume makers and other craft artists from all over the world ... read more

This comprehensive, landmark book surveys products our society has made since pre-European times. Begining with ingenious Maori tools, traps, lures and more, it moves to pioneer-era inventions, the industrial and agricultural inventions of early entrepreneurs such as Hayes Machinery and the products of the housewife's friends - Shacklock and Fisher & Paykel - to our modern era, with its sophisticated products such as the Yike bike and Formway furniture, products which hold their own in international company. There's insp... read more

This colourful, fun, just-for-kids book is designed to inspire children to put down the junk food, jump into the kitchen and get creative. TK, Jaz and Head Chef demonstrate basic kitchen skills and cooking tricks and tips as healthy dishes are created. The cookbook is not only chocka with step-by-step recipes, but also includes jokes, quotes, facts, and fun photos of the Cool Kids Cooking team. Recipes include French Toast with Fresh Fruit, Spaghetti Bolognese, Chop Suey, Fish Fingers, even Pizza and Hamburgers. A full range of dri... read more