Design Language (Jewelry Crafts) | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Mccreight
Publisher: Brynmorgen Pr
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 353083
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 3.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0961598468
Dewey Decimal Number: 420
EAN: 9780961598464
ASIN: 0961598468
Publication Date: January 1997
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Product Description
Design Language brings fresh insight to students and practicing designers by examining the words they use. This compact volume presents 100 keywords with background etymology and commentary. Whether the word is as familiar as edge or perhaps new to you like synesthesia, youll find yourself moving easily from one entry to the next, intrigued by the rich layers of meaning you discover. Design Language understands that a book cant teach design. Instead, it helps people learn design, by using vocabulary to explore style, form, and composition.
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 The title says it all, I should have known. October 2, 2008
The book is probably of some use for somebody who is totally outside the design field in that it is basically a glossary of terms. For anybody other than that it's pretty much useless.
 An awesome job of wordsmithing February 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have purchased many copies of this book to give to students over the years. I found it to be useful, inspiring, and a great read. The layout has a great gestalt. I think it is a sexy little book about design terms. The quotes in it are timely, and thought provoking. The terms are well defined and cross referenced. Professor McCreight has a wonderfully small package packed with useful stuff.
Design Language February 27, 2006
This book aids in the ability to write about design aesthetics. I am a studio jeweler and felt I needed to enhance the ability to defend my work. This book was a great assistance in my writing.
Design Language August 14, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While this book would not be comprehensive enough for an introductory course text, it would be an invaluable supplemental resource for both professors and advanced students.
Layout, vocabulary and quotes are acute and inspirational.
The only criticism would be to drop the 'Jewelry Crafts' from the title. This little book should be read by anyone interested in design.
Great for Design Instructors! March 30, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I teach at a graduate school that is structured around the concept of writing and design, type and image, and I found this book very useful for in class and homework assignments. Each student had their own copy and I asked each of them to pick a word from the book as well as one of the corresponding definitions, and describe it typographically - using type as image to convey the meaning. It proved to be a great exercise to teach students the basic principles of scale, contrast, unity, perspective, etc. and actually have them retain it! Even the weaker students suprised me and themselves with how effective thier solutions were. It motivated most of the students to use the principles in their more complex design projects. Plus it's small, it's durable and it's beggs to be written in - making your own notations along the way. I'm pleased visual examples were omitted by the author. It allows the reader to make his/her own interpretations of the word. The definition is there to keep us in check.
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