The Art of Design - Tapa dura

Designers are artistic by nature, but an increasing trend in the graphic design industry shows that art forms such as illustration, filmmaking, photography, and fine art are becoming central to a designer's creative process. This book is the answer to a graphic designer's need for unlimited artistic inspiration. Cullen has divided the book into three parts: designs influenced by fine artists, illustrators, and film (including both photographers and cinematographers). Using successful art-plus-caption approach of previous swipefile books, each page features large, full-colour examples of art-inspired design and in-depth captions, showing and telling designers who they can bring diverse artistic styles to their work. Captions feature "insider" information about the thinking that went into the design and goes a step further to include additional creativity resources related to the design.

Cheryl Cullen is a writer and public relations consultant specializing in the graphic arts industry. She is the author of more than ten books, including Global Graphics: Colors, The Best of Direct Response Graphics, and Then is Now.