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From Geography to Color Theory, Page Through a Rare Archive of Centuries-Old Japanese Textbooks

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Images courtesy of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research Color printing techniques have been used for centuries in Japan, from monochrome prints that were hand-colored to nishiki-e , or “brocade pictures,” in which a number of woodblocks forming separate parts of the image could be printed using different hues.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Niggli Verlag (Publisher) $54.14 Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Sale 81 Reviews Design Is a Job Audible Audiobook Mike Monteiro (Author) - Mike Monteiro (Narrator) English (Publication Language) 03/31/2014 (Publication Date) - A Book Apart (Publisher) $12.99 Publisher) $25.00 Buy on Amazon 2. Buy on Amazon 3.

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Graphic Design Books Every Designer Should Read in 2020

Noupe

If you are looking to have a career in this field, you definitely should read this amazing work that was published in 2005, but re-issued in 2012 by Adrian Shaughnessy. Originally an essay that was published in 1947, it became the book we know today in 1970. Interaction of Color by Josef Albers. Image Source. Image Source.

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How the Occult Shaped Branding’s Obsession With Color

Eye on Design

As a sort of manifesto for spiritual synesthesia, it was a novel book to publish before Modernism had even appeared. . Although he detested quackery in color theory and liked sturdier theories, the library collections he donated to Yale and his book Selling with color (1945) reveal his occult reading materials.

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Graphic Design Education: An Insider’s Look

Inkbot Design

Good graphic designers are needed in many industries, from advertising and marketing to publishing, web design or even video game development. Publishing & Editorial Design If you love the smell of freshly printed books and magazines, then publishing and editorial design is for you! The reasons, my friend, are countless.

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14 Color Combination Tools for Designers

SpyreStudios

Before you begin using this app, make sure you try the scratch pad, it’s a feature that allows you to store all of the colors you’re working with for later use. You’ll also have a photo tool to extract colors, and an advanced color picker as well as a color theory wheel to give you the right type of inspiration.

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At More Than 800 Pages, ‘The Book of Colour Concepts’ Revels in Four Centuries of Chromatic Wonders

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You might also enjoy this vibrant Enlightenment-era catalog of more than 500 types of marble or this survey of six centuries of color charts. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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