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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.60904 EAN: 9781592532124 ISBN: 1592532128 Label: Rockport Publishers Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: February 01, 2007 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Studio: Rockport Publishers Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: An iconic collection of design work presented in fresh and useful format. Designers are conceptual pack rats. They pack as much raw material in their brains as possible and then use that to build their own unique designs. The Anatomy of Design is what, in the butcher business, they call a "side of beef." The authors selected fifty examples of graphic design that will be dissected, piece by piece, tissue by tissue, revealing an array of influences and inspirations. These are not necessarily the most well-known or celebrated objects of graphic design, though many contain the genetic codes of some canonical works. Instead, these represent contemporary artifacts that are well conceived, finely crafted, and filled with hidden treasures. Some are overtly complex and their influences are somewhat easy to see with the naked eye. Others are so simple that it is hard to believe there is a storehouse of inspiration hidden underneath. The selections include all kinds of design work including posters, book and record covers, packages, catalog covers, and more. Each exhibit is selected based on its ubiquity, thematic import, and aesthetic significance, and every page is a means to show how great work is derived from various inspirational and physical sources, some well-known, some unknown. Each design is presented on a gate-fold showing the featured design and and other works that share the key influences with extended captions explaining the whys and wherefores. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great for students and designers1I bought this for a class and I think I'll actually keep it when the class is over. Love the way its laid and all the colors. Very useful! Rating: - THOROUGHThis book is very thorough about the spectrum of design. As a senior graphic design student, it is the greatest resource I've ever had. I can't put it down. I love it! Rating:  - This is more like it!Sometimes graphic designers find themselves stuck in their same old style, this book can make them break their paradigms a bit. Unlike Steven Heller's other book, Graphic Design Time Line (to which I gave a 1-star grade), Anatomy of Design is more the kind of book that suits my practice. Take a relatively current design piece dissected into its graphical components, then observe those components as they've been applied to other design projects, some as early as the 1920s. ... Read More Rating: - The title could've been "The Evolution of Design"This is a great book, especially for referencing. Beautifully designed! As for the title I truely believe "The Evolution of Design" would've been more appropriate, especially while referencing to the earliest documents containing that particular object, artifact or style and its transcendence to what the subjects' conceived graphic design has "evolved" to. True as stated in the preface, "These are not necessarily the best-known or celebrated objects of graphic design, though many contain ... Read More Rating:  - Lots of nice pictures...That's all well and good, but it lacks a textual narrative. The fold-out pages are a nice novelty for 'docovering' the apparent lineage of the feaured images, but do grow tiresome - and crease very quickly without undue care. Good for inspiration but not great. 
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