Design That Speaks

Updated October 24, 2025
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The Disney animation renaissance : behind the glass at the Florida studio
Lescher, Mary E.
Ebook
Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opened in Orlando at the dawn of the Disney Renaissance. As a member of the crew, Mary E. Lescher witnessed the small studio's rise and fall during a transformative era in company and movie history. Her in-depth interviews with fellow artists,...
Fundamentals of character design : how to create engaging characters for illustration, animation & visual development
Bishop, Randy
Paper Book
What is it about the characters we see in our favorite books, animated films, and games that make us laugh, cry, and respond to them? How do character designers develop ideas that are unique, memorable, and captivate us as an audience? This book answers these questions and more, taking a...
Anime : a history
Clements, Jonathan
Paper Book
Japanese animation is at the nexus of an international multimedia industry worth over $23.6 billion a year, linked to everything from manga to computer games, Pokémon and plushies. In this comprehensive guide, Jonathan Clements chronicles the production and reception history of the entire medium,...
Serious business : the art and commerce of animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy story
Kanfer, Stefan.
Paper Book
Charts the evolution of animation with the intention of decoding the social history of cartoons. The author reappraises classic characters, suggests reasons for how animation became a box office success and why it is currently enjoying a renaissance.
Interpreting anime
Bolton, Christopher
Paper Book
For students, fans, and scholars alike, this wide-ranging primer on anime employs a panoply of critical approaches Well-known through hit movies like Spirited Away, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell, anime has a long history spanning a wide range of...
Motion illustration : how to use animation techniques to make illustrations move
Osgood, Adam
Paper Book
Motion Illustration is a broad introduction to the emerging world of moving illustrations, written specifically for those coming from an illustration background. Bridging together illustration and animation disciplines in a new way, Adam Osgood shows that...
The education of a comics artist : visual narrative in cartoons, graphic novels, and beyond
Dooley, Michael
Paper Book
Featuring essays by, and interviews with, more than sixty professionals, educators, and critics, the book provides an in-depth view of the art, business, and history of comics art. Readers will learn about a wide variety of genres, from editorial cartoons, political comics, and...
Pictograms, icons & signs : a guide to information graphics
Abdullah, Rayan
Paper Book
A copiously illustrated and practical guide to informational graphics. Pictograms and icons are a keystone of nonverbal and multicultural communication. But what precisely are pictograms, and when is it appropriate to use them? What are their advantages? What rules must be...
Graphic design : the new basics
Lupton, Ellen
Paper Book
"A longstanding excellent primer, in an equally excellent updated edition."--Print Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips's celebrated introduction to graphic design, available in a revised and updated edition. Graphic Design: The New Basics...
Paper graphics
Fishel, Catharine M.
Paper Book
Here is a collection of terrific graphic design that begins and ends with paper. A look at the ways paper choice influences an idea and its outcome, this book presents striking examples of work from firms all over the world. Take a new look at the fantastic range of papers available and the...
Becoming a successful illustrator
Brazell, Derek
Paper Book
Get ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies's Becoming a Successful Illustrator. This edition features even more 'Spotlight on...' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people...
Masters of design : logos & identity : a collective of the world's most inspiring logo designers
Adams, Sean.
Paper Book
Masters of Design: Logos and Identity profiles twenty well known designers, who are recognized for the particular areas of design in which they're profiled in the Masters series. The profiles are not only inspirational, but they provide real-world advice and support designers can use...
Picture this : how pictures work
Bang, Molly
Paper Book
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas--about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story--remain...
Design is storytelling
Lupton, Ellen
Paper Book
A playbook for creative thinking, created for contemporary students and practitioners working across the fields of graphic design, product design, service design and user experience. Design is Storytelling is a guide to thinking and making created for contemporary students and...
The designer's dictionary of color
Adams, Sean
Ebook
The Designer's Dictionary of Color by award-winning educator Sean Adams offers an in-depth exploration of 30 essential colors in art and graphic design. ​Designed for graphic designers, interior designers, artists, and anyone who uses color to express...

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