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100 Great Copywriting Ideas
100 Great Copywriting Ideas
Andy Maslen
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52 Photographic Projects
52 Photographic Projects
Kevin Meredith
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A Room With a View
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
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ABC 3d
ABC 3d
Marion Bataille
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Adaptive Actions
Adaptive Actions
Jean-Francois Prost
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Adland: A Global History of Advertising
Adland: A Global History of Advertising
Mark Tungate
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Adventures of the Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell?
Adventures of the Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell?
William Goldman
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Airside
Airside
Airside
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Anorak Vol. 14
Anorak Vol. 14
Anorak Magazine
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Architecture and Design
Architecture and Design
Carlo Scarpa
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Art: The Whole Story
Art: The Whole Story
Stephen Farthing
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Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Alan Aldridge
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Beware Wet Paint: Designs by Alan Fletcher
Beware Wet Paint: Designs by Alan Fletcher
Jeremy Myerson
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Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books
Jason Godfrey
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Big Book of Contemporary Illustration
Big Book of Contemporary Illustration
Martin Dawber
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Big Fat Little Lit
Big Fat Little Lit
Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly (editors)
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Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema
Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema
Jamie Russell
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Book-Art - Innovation in Book Design
Book-Art - Innovation in Book Design
Charlotte Rivers
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Buses, Trolleys & Trams
Buses, Trolleys & Trams
Paul Hamlyn
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Caught by the River
Caught by the River
Roger Deakin, Irvine Welsh...
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Collapsibles: A Design Album of Space-Saving Objects
Collapsibles: A Design Album of Space-Saving Objects
Per Mollerup
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Colour Mania
Colour Mania
Victionary
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Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita
Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita
Julie Ault
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Confessions of an Advertising Man
Confessions of an Advertising Man
David Ogilvy
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Creating Great Graphic Design to a Budget
Creating Great Graphic Design to a Budget
Scott Witham
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Creating your Digital Design Portfolio
Creating your Digital Design Portfolio
Ian Clazie
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Crock of Gold
Crock of Gold
James Stephens
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Cry for Help: 36 Scam Emails from Africa
Cry for Help: 36 Scam Emails from Africa
Henning Wagenbreth
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Cycling’s Golden Age
Cycling’s Golden Age
Owen Mulholland
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Dark Inspiration Grotesque Illustrations, Art and Design
Dark Inspiration Grotesque Illustrations, Art and Design
Kate MacDowell, Audrey Kawasaki, Zhou Fan, Fuco Ueda, Jesse Auersalom...
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Deconstructing Logo Design
Deconstructing Logo Design
Matthew Healey
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Dunhill by Design
Dunhill by Design
Nick Foulkes
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Eat London: All About Food
Eat London: All About Food
Terence Conran & Peter Prescott
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Eat Out!: Restaurant Design and Food Experiences
Eat Out!: Restaurant Design and Food Experiences
R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, F. Schultze, S. Moreno
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Encyclopaedia of Typefaces
Encyclopaedia of Typefaces
W.P. Jaspert, W.Turner Berry, A.F. Johnson
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Epileptic
Epileptic
David B.
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Eric Morecambe on Fishing
Eric Morecambe on Fishing
Eric Morecambe
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Esc
Esc
Edited by: CLA-SE
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Eternal Chanel
Eternal Chanel
Jean Leymarie
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Fantasy Worlds
Fantasy Worlds
John Maizels, Angelika Taschen, Deidi von Schaewen
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Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design
Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design
Chen Design Associates
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Form, Function, Beauty = Gestalt
Form, Function, Beauty = Gestalt
Max Bill
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French Cartoons
French Cartoons
William Cole & Douglas McKee
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Gardeners’ World Top Tips: A Treasury of Garden Wisdom
Gardeners’ World Top Tips: A Treasury of Garden Wisdom
Louise Hampden
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Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers
Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers
Steven Heller & Lita Talarico
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Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening
Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening
Duncan McCorquodale
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HAL’s Legacy
HAL’s Legacy
David G. Stork
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Hand Job: A Catalog of Type
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type
Michael Perry
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Hand Made 3D
Hand Made 3D
Andres Fredes
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How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired
How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired
Fig Taylor
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I Heart Design: Remarkable Graphic Design Selected by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics
I Heart Design: Remarkable Graphic Design Selected by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics
Steven Heller
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Illustration Now! 3
Illustration Now! 3
Julius Wiedemann
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Illustration Play: Craving for the Extraordinary
Illustration Play: Craving for the Extraordinary
Gingko Press
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Image Makers Image Takers
Image Makers Image Takers
Anne-Celine Jaeger
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Images 32: The best of British contemporary illustration 2008
Images 32: The best of British contemporary illustration 2008
Association of Illustrators
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Images 33: Best of British Illustration 2009
Images 33: Best of British Illustration 2009
Association of Illustrators
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Images 34: Best of British Illustration 2010
Images 34: Best of British Illustration 2010
Association of Illustrators
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Influences
Influences
Anna Gerber and Anja Lutz
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INK
INK
Zack McDonald, Christian Bunyan, Dave Bell, Evan Johnston, Katie Facada, and S-J Threipland
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It’s Nice That Issue #1
It’s Nice That Issue #1
It's Nice That
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JELLY with Bompas & Parr
JELLY with Bompas & Parr
Sam Bompas and Harry Parr
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Journey of the Radiant Baby
Journey of the Radiant Baby
Keith Haring
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JPG 2
JPG 2
Edited by: Tomoko Sakamoto
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Simon Garfield
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Know Your Rodent
Know Your Rodent
Ziggy Hanaor (Text), Thibaud Herem (Illustrations)
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Le Immagini della Fantasia
Le Immagini della Fantasia
Sarmede (pub.)
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Leute
Leute
Blexbolex
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Life Drawing – A journey to self-expression
Life Drawing – A journey to self-expression
Bridget Woods
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Life Drawing in Charcoal
Life Drawing in Charcoal
Douglas R. Graves
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Life Size
Life Size
Hyperkit
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Lighting the Nude: Top Photography Professionals Share Their Secrets
Lighting the Nude: Top Photography Professionals Share Their Secrets
Steve Luck
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Little White Lies: Truth and Movies
Little White Lies: Truth and Movies
Little White Lies
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Logo
Logo
Michael Evamy
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Logo-art: Innovation in Logo Design
Logo-art: Innovation in Logo Design
Charlotte Rivers
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Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design
Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design
Debbie Millman
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Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God!
Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God!
Benrik
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Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands
Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands
Kevin Roberts
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Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
Chris Lefteri
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Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book
Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book
Ziggy Hanaor & Victoria Woodcock (Editors)
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Making Trouble: Life and Politics
Making Trouble: Life and Politics
Lynne Segal
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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City
Mapping London: Making Sense of the City
Simon Foxell
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Materials, Process, Print: Creative Solutions for Graphic Design
Materials, Process, Print: Creative Solutions for Graphic Design
Daniel Mason
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Meatpaper Issue 12
Meatpaper Issue 12
Meatpaper
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Modern British Posters: Art, Design & Communication
Modern British Posters: Art, Design & Communication
Paul Rennie
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My First 80,000 Words
My First 80,000 Words
Media Vaca
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My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic & Question
My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic & Question
Charles Saatchi
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My Work is not My Work
My Work is not My Work
Pierre Bernard
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Naive: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design
Naive: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design
R. Klanten, H. Hellige
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Negative Space
Negative Space
Noma Bar
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Neuland
Neuland
Edited by: TwoPoints.Net
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New Wave: Facts about Flags
New Wave: Facts about Flags
Libby Waite (Editor)
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Newgate: London’s Prototype of Hell
Newgate: London’s Prototype of Hell
Stephen Halliday
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Objectivity: A Designer’s Book of Curious Tools
Objectivity: A Designer’s Book of Curious Tools
David Usborne
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
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Pageant
Pageant
David Noonan
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Paul Rand
Paul Rand
Steven Heller
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People in Vogue
People in Vogue
Robin Derrick & Robin Muir
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Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Hugh Aldersey-Williams
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Planet Ape
Planet Ape
Desmond Morris
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Portrait Photographer’s Style Guide
Portrait Photographer’s Style Guide
Peter Travers and James Cheadle
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