For over 35 years, RotoVision has been recognized by professionals
and aspiring professionals as the publisher of choice for illustrated books
on design, photography, and the performing arts. RotoVision explores innovation and excellence in graphic design, 3D design, illustration, theatre, film, digital media, photography, and craft. Our beautifully presented books team top writers and designers, showcasing the best professional work and revealing the practical steps and creative techniques behind it.
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What is Exhibition Design? is the ultimate guide to the many facets of this rapidly emerging discipline, from retail design to museums and trade shows – every field that applies graphic information to place and object. It clarifies the roles of the various design skills involved, as new technology and materials expand the possibilities for both form and function. With a stunning, diverse portfolio of cutting-edge work from designers and studios around the world, this will be essential reading for every professional and student involved with exhibition design.
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Fashion & Advertising is the first in the new series of World's Top Photographers Workshops that brings together the work of prominent professional photographers, and introduces readers to the aesthetics of fashion and advertising photography. Image portfolios are combined with the photographers’ comments on what has influenced their signature styles, and the book offers hardworking, incisive and comprehensive advice on all aspects of the genre.
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Print & Production Finishes for Promotional Items explores the effects that can be created using printing and production techniques on everything from mass-mail flyers, billboard posters, lavish catalogues and calendars, to customised clothing, toys, badges and bottles. Showcasing work across all budgets and print runs, Print and Production Finishes for Promotional Items is an indispensable ideas sourcebook and practical guide.
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Instant Graphics is an inspirational resource for designers and illustrators, exploring how clip art and digital imagery have transcended their one-time status as cut-and-paste tools for home designers. This book offers both the inspiration and the means to source and remix to achieve stunning original work. By partnering practical hints and cutting-edge processes with working examples, together with a unique resource section showing where to find royalty-free clip art in a range of styles, it offers illustrators and designers a vital creative tool.
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Book-Art showcases international examples of innovative and exemplary book design, from mass-market publications to glossy coffee table and exclusive artist’s books. Alongside interviews with designers, it explores solutions for creating impact, directing readers through layers on information, and providing a usable publication and desirable object. The book follows on from the success of CD-Art, DVD-Art, Mag-Art, and Poster-Art.
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Choosing and Using Paper is a must-have reference for using paper and print finishes in design work. Case studies detail how the paper was chosen, the innovative treatments applied (folding, binding, cutting, embossing, printing, etc), and why they make the piece successful. This guide shows how paper influences and enhances graphic design and explains how to choose and use the right paper for the job, how to turn ideas into reality.
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