Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 3rd Edition
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Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 3rd Edition
Christine M. Piotrowski
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ASIN: 0471384011

Book Description

The tools needed to create and manage a thriving interior design practice

This essential sourcebook provides all of the information needed to establish and manage a productive, profitable interior design firm. Filled with savvy business and career advice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition delivers updated and expanded coverage of the full range of legal, financial, management, marketing, administrative, and ethical issues faced by sole practitioners, firm principals, and managers.

This comprehensive reference lays out clear, practical guidelines on how to structure a contract and prevent legal problems; work with other designers, allied professionals, clients, and vendors; and calculate fees that are both fair and profitable. Recommended reading for NCIDQ candidates, it offers easy-to-follow tips and instruction on how to:

Establishing a comprehensive foundation for effective business practice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition is the one-stop resource that no interior designer can afford to be without.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Read before you practice.......2005-09-23

I have practiced interior design for over 20 years and still found this book to be invaluable. The information about legal ramifications and insurance coverage was enlightening but also sobering. It's a must read for any design firm principal or freelance designer.

5 out of 5 stars Get It!.......2004-07-03

This book reads like a friend whispering all the good advice and secrets of the interior design business in your ear. I wish my Professional Practices class had used this text. It's a lot of information but Christine Piotrowski truly takes you by the hand and lets you know what you need to prepare for in a budding interior design business as well as how the interior design business is done in general. I will be referencing this book again and again. A huge thank you and bravo to Christine Piotrowski

5 out of 5 stars Must Have!.......2002-12-16

This book was used for both Business Practice For Interior Design & Sales and Marketing. I had no need to consult any other source. "This is a great book" THANKS..

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!.......2002-10-28

Outstanding, fabulous, fabulous book. Extremely helpful to me in starting my own firm. Well written. Well organized. Invaluable.

5 out of 5 stars A must-read.......2002-07-09

This one is a must read if you are considering a degree in interior design. I found it extremely helpful in planning my career path.

Reimagining Textuality: Textual Studies in the Late Age of Print
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Reimagining Textuality: Textual Studies in the Late Age of Print

Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0299173844

Book Description

Reimagining 'the text' in the electronic age.

What happens when, in the wake of postmodernism, the old enterprise of bibliography, textual criticism, or scholarly editing crosses paths and processes with visual and cultural studies? In Reimagining Textuality, major scholars map out in this volume a new discipline, drawing on and redirecting a host of subfields concerned with the production, distribution, reproduction, consumption, reception, archiving, editing, and sociology of texts.

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5 out of 5 stars Current issues, materiality, and related fields.......2007-08-22

What is textuality at the beginning of the 21st century? What does it mean to have a political culture mediated by the Web, where content can be sliced, diced, and recontextualized by and redistributed by hundreds of web sites? Loizeaux and Fraistat offer a series of essays that address these questions from several perspectives. The first section introduces current issues in textual scholarship. The next section grapples with the materiality of the text, in particular the visual component. The third section pursues relations between textual studies and the fields of cultural studies and postcolonial studies.
Prints and Visual Communication
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Prints and Visual Communication
William M. Ivins
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0262590077

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5 out of 5 stars The language of image.......2004-09-03

This is one of those wonderful books. It's written by a contrary, crotchety old man, full of opinions you won't hear anywhere else, and incredibly well-informed. The author was retired from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he had been curator of prints. I listen when he talks on the topic of prints, and I think I hear why he waited until retirement to write this book.

It starts with a diatribe against classical Roman culture as derivative from Greek, and against classical Greece as `predatory'. He argues that much of the Western classical period was powered by a steady stream of slave labor. As a result, the captors shunned practical arts as demeaning to free men (slave owners). Printed replication of text was well within their technology and would have suited their needs as a reading intelligentsia. The problem was that the presence of slave labor had weakened the slave-owners so much that they couldn't be bothered to carve a printing block. As a result, they created a weakened intellectual heritage, founded on what sounded good instead of what replicated the features of nature. Ivins ties the history of technological innovation to the history of the printed images that educate the innovators. Pictorial information, he argues, enabled the scientific and engineering efflorescence that started in the Renaissance.

Ivins supports that premise with a brilliant tour of the history of pictures on paper. He treats the hand-copied and re-copied manuscripts as the prehistory of true image capture. He traces that history forward through the many technologies of image-making, including woodcut, wood engraving, and intaglio print, on up through photos distributed by machine printing. He offers a number of historical anecdotes, some from traditional sources and some from his personal knowledge of the early 20th century.

Along the way, he thoroughly debunks the mystique of printmaking. It has, overwhelmingly, been a practical art. Much too much has been made of the artificially limited edition, of the false mystique around specific processes and practices. Back in the 1950s, when this was written, that may have been an especially important message. It's still true, to some extent, but I think it undercuts the modern printers who choose printmaking because of its unique expressive capabilities.

Still, it's a clear, well-directed discussion, and illustrated with a rich assortment of demonstrative prints. This book is a treat for anyone interested in the history of prints and pictorial communication; it's a confection for everyone who likes their sacred cows cooked well done.

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A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting: Information Graphics for Print, Web & Broadcast
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A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting: Information Graphics for Print, Web & Broadcast
Jennifer George-Palilonis
Manufacturer: Focal Press
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ASIN: 0240807073

Book Description

A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting explains all of the most important skills and theoretical considerations for creating diagrams, charts, maps, and other forms of information graphics intended to provide readers with valuable visual and textual news and information.

Research and writing skills as they relate to graphics reporting are explained, as well as illustration techniques for maps and diagrams, rules for creating basic charts and diagrams, and the various types of uses for maps in graphics reporting.

While other texts related to these topics may address similar skill sets, A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting uniquely teaches these skills in the context of journalistic storytelling and visual reporting.

Newspapers, magazines, online publications, and various other media employ information graphics reporters. Studying this text in conjunction with instruction in journalistic visual storytelling prepares you to enter this field. This text offers a solid foundation for print and online graphics reporters and helps beginners and professionals alike become better, well-rounded visual communicators.

While other texts related to these topics may address similar skill sets, A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting uniquely teaches these skills in the context of journalistic storytelling and visual reporting.

Newspapers, magazines, online publications, and various other media employ information graphics reporters. Studying this text in conjunction with instruction in journalistic visual storytelling prepares you to enter this field. This text offers a solid foundation for print and online graphics reporters and helps beginners and professionals alike become better, well-rounded visual communicators.

*Teaches the foundational skills every graphics reporter must learn to create engaging graphics
*Each chapter includes interviews with experts and professionals in the field of graphics reporting and news design
*CD-ROM provides more depth with examples of interactive, animated information graphics

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended book.......2006-09-05

This book is a great resource to get introduced into the information graphics field and to brush up on your skills in order to make clean, concise news graphics. Everything you need to help you understand what the business is all about is explained in a clear, easy-to-understand format. For classrooms, the author helps you structure your lessons wonderfully, and for professionals, she reminds you what to strive for.

5 out of 5 stars Classroom/newsroom/workshop.......2006-08-23

This book is great for the young reporter just getting started and as a reference in the newsroom. I especially recommend it to introductory and intermediate graphics programs at journalism schools everywhere!

5 out of 5 stars Great place to start.......2006-08-03

Confused about how to conceptualize and execute information graphics? For journalists and graphic artists alike, this book is an invaluable resource for how to bring the two crafts together. The author takes care to provide real world examples that are clear and to-the-point and illustrate the topics at hand. This is an invaluable resource for small and medium-sized newsrooms in particular, as well as classrooms or individuals wanting to brush up on the state of the art of news graphics presentation.

5 out of 5 stars A must have for both novices and experts.......2006-06-15

This book is clean, simple, easy to understand. It's full of examples from daily graphics to large-scale graphics media thrive on. But, best of all, it gets right to the point of explaining why those graphics work. If you're an expert, you should get a copy as a reminder of what to shoot for and help check your work. If you're a student, you need one.
Communication Skills for Visually Impaired Learners: Braille, Print, and Listening Skills for Students Who Are Visually Impaired
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    Communication Skills for Visually Impaired Learners: Braille, Print, and Listening Skills for Students Who Are Visually Impaired
    Randall K. Harley , Mila B. Truan , and Larhea D. Sanford
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      Lorenzo Vilches
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        Octavio Getino
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        Picture Editing and Layout: A Guide to Better Visual Communication
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          Angus McDougall , and Veita Jo Hampton
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            The gelatin silver print in the digital age.: An article from: Afterimage
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              The gelatin silver print in the digital age.: An article from: Afterimage
              Thomas McGovern
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              Title: The gelatin silver print in the digital age.
              Author: Thomas McGovern
              Publication: Afterimage (Magazine/Journal)
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              Preschool children's visual attention to print during storybook reading: pilot findings.: An article from: Communication Disorders Quarterly
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                Preschool children's visual attention to print during storybook reading: pilot findings.: An article from: Communication Disorders Quarterly
                Laura M. Justice , and Chris Lankford
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                This digital document is an article from Communication Disorders Quarterly, published by Pro-Ed on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 8235 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                Title: Preschool children's visual attention to print during storybook reading: pilot findings.
                Author: Laura M. Justice
                Publication: Communication Disorders Quarterly (Refereed)
                Date: September 22, 2002
                Publisher: Pro-Ed
                Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Page: 11(11)

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                Physiognomy: The Mark Seliger Photographs
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                Physiognomy: The Mark Seliger Photographs
                Eric Bogosian
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                ASIN: 0821225987

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                Mark Seliger's book is filled with a riveting cast of characters culled from the celebrity subjects he shoots as the chief photographer for both Rolling Stone and US magazines. A particularly stirring image is a 1987 Rolling Stone shot of Perry Farrell watering a sunflower garden. It is a powerful photograph, made all the more so by the fact that it is the image that essentially launched Seliger's career as one of today's leading music photographers. In the book's introduction, Eric Bogosian discusses the public's infatuation with celebrity, and how it is the photographer's job to capture that fleeting moment, that millisecond that encompasses the subject's spirit. And the artists that Seliger has caught in these moments are wildly diverse. His portraits of musicians range from seldom-photographed country stars like Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells to Marilyn Manson, Tom Petty, Curtis Mayfield, and Courtney Love. His portraits of Drew Barrymore are among the best of her to date: the playfulness of Barrymore's personality shines through his depictions of her as Alice in Wonderland, a sumo wrestler, a boxer, and the only female boy scout at the mercy of her troop. Seliger displays a keen sense of color, and these photos jump off the page shouting for attention. His black-and-white portraits seem to try for a greater intimacy, and even though they still convey Seliger's sense of play, they are less theatrical than his flamboyant color work. There are, though, beautiful black-and-white portraits here of Sean Penn, Kurt Cobain, Joni Mitchell, and John Lee Hooker, to name a few. Seliger writes: "One of the challenges and benefits of working for Rolling Stone and US is having the opportunity to capture artists just as they're breaking through." This collection includes some very early photos of celebrities readers have come to know well over the years--and it is a fascinating to see how much of their personality he's captured on film. --Amra Brooks

                Book Description

                The study of how facial features reveal inner character, is devoted exclusively to Seligers images. It is a dynamic fusion of his infamous cover shots and unpublished work, past. Within these pages is a wild ride through the famous faces of our decade, from a frisky Barrymore to a world-weary Jagger, portraits that run the gamut from sexy to humorous, poignant to compelling.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars This is the book you buy!.......2004-06-26

                You may be like me and wondering which of the Seliger books to buy? He has this one, a couple of US MAGAZINE books with Drew Barrymore on the covers, but let me tell you now - THIS IS THE BOOK YOU BUY! It has the US MAGAZINE pictures and more.

                It''s huge in dimensions and page count! The quality is great, but if you know who Mark Seliger is then you know that already. The paper is mid-weight and the colour reproduction is excellent.

                My only gripe is that after a year I've torn the dust cover because the book is so huge it's easy for the cover to slip off a bit and get caught on something. So if you want the cover in good condition forever maybe you should take it off when looking at the book.

                Want a look at some of the photos in the book? Go to www.markseliger.com

                5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous photographs........2003-11-13

                This book is goregeous to look at: the photographs are amazing (and printed HUGE so you can get a good look at the detail), and Seliger's ideas are phenomenal -- who would've thought to dress the cast of Seinfeld up as the characters from Wizard of Oz? Genius!

                Whenever I have friends over to my home, people inevitably end up flipping through this book and being fascinated by the photography inside. Every time I look at it, I notice something new, or another photograph catches my eye, no matter how many times I've seen it before. This is a book you will look through many times, and whether you're a fan of the musicians and actors (and other famous folks) that Seliger photographed or you're a shutterbug yourself, you'll find something to take away from these amazing pieces of art.

                My only complaint is that the book is a little odd-sized and probably won't fit on a standard size bookshelf (luckily, Amazon gives you the dimensions here, so that's a help).

                5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful!.......2001-04-06

                This is the only book I know of that will give me goose bumps every single time I look thru it. Mark Seliger captures something brillant in every photograph in this book. What an amazing gift he has. If you or anyone you knows is a fan of photography or of music this book is a M-U-S-T!!!! You just CAN NOT go wrong with this book.

                5 out of 5 stars Playful Essences and Facing Page Brilliance.......2001-02-04

                Physiognomy is "discovering temperment and character from outward appearance." Mark Seliger in the epilogue talks about how he sees his role as a photographer as to "deliver the essence." These portraits of celebrities magnificently fulfill that mission.

                Before going further, let me note that this book contains much discrete male and female nudity, some violent images, and one impolite gesture. If this book were a movie, it would probably receive an "R" rating.

                Mark Seliger is one of the very best of the current celebrity phtographers, a talent that has won him the role of chief photographer for both Rolling Stone and Us. You will enjoy both Mr. Seliger's epilogue, where he describes the development of his career, and Eric Bogosian's introductory commentary on the book's contents. Both explore the notion of finding the reality of the person's character.

                Mr. Seliger has a particularly playful side that is wonderfully displayed in the book. For example, his portrait of Keith Richard makes him look like a jealous wife flirting with the image of a brooding Mick Jagger. In another case, the energy of Ringo Starr's drumming is captured by displaying him with four arms, hands, and drum sticks! One of the most humorous is an opening sequence of a bare Ben Stiller, first as an ape-man, then as a human.

                The facing pages are brilliant. In most situations, they mirror each other by either portraying the same image, but with a different style, or having the two images interact as though they were one image.

                One of Mr. Seliger's strengths is that he has a wide range of talent. His color photographs are powerfully effective in ways that most photographers can only accomplish in black-and-white. He can also do simple face shots, or complex compositions. I can think of no other currently popular photographer with nearly this range of effective style. One of my favorite examples of this range is that he has a beautiful shot of Jennifer Aniston in the buff, discretely displayed. At first you are inclined to think of it as a "beauty" shot, and then suddenly you realize that it's really a play on all of those photographs that parents take of their young children lying bare on a rug.

                Mr. Seliger is equally adept at the dark side. Sean Penn's volatile personality is nicely captured in a brooding photograph of him pulling on a cigarette. Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg show up looking like they are relaxing during a rumble looking for trouble. "Don't mess with me" is written all over their faces and bodies.

                Here are some of my other favorites:

                Fiona Apple, Los Angeles, 1997

                Bob Dylan, Los Angeles, 1998

                Michael J. Fox, Burlington, Vermont, 1993

                Merle Haggard, Lake Shasta, California, 1994

                Billy Bob Thornton, Toronto, 1997

                Bob Dylan, New York City, 1995

                Pat Conroy, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995

                Charlize Theron, New York City, 1997

                Jerry Seinfeld, Los Angeles, 1998

                Will Smith, Los Angeles, 1997

                Winona Ryder, New York City, 1997

                Jerry Seinfeld, Los Angeles, 1994

                Drew Barrymore, Bell, California, 1994

                There is another way to think about Physiognomy. People who have studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming argue the opposite way, that physiology becomes psychology. Repeated psychology becomes a habit, and the build-up of habits becomes a character. Spend some time thinking about how you hold your body. Test out how those positions and facial expressions affect you mentally, and how that influences your behavior.

                Pose for best advantage . . . to others and to the development of your own character!

                5 out of 5 stars what an incredible book of photographs.......2000-06-27

                this book is incredible. if you are a subscriber to rolling stone magazine, and have ever noticed a photograph that is simply amazing, it is probably the work of mark seliger. if you buy this book, you will be able to see hundreds of pages of these intriguing photographs, some involving vivid use of color, and others utilizing the intimacy of black and white photography.

                when you first get this book, you will set it down, read it from cover to cover, be solidly amazed, and then promptly read it again from cover to cover.

                i know nothing about photography, but you don't need to in order to appreciate seliger's appealing, beautiful pictures. i would suggest that anyone buy this book.

                Garfield Takes His Licks (Garfield (Numbered Paperback))
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • 24th Garfield Book Is Funny
                • GARFIELD RULES!
                • A tremendously hilarious book!
                Garfield Takes His Licks (Garfield (Numbered Paperback))
                Jim Davis
                Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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                ASIN: 034538170X
                Release Date: 1993-02-10

                Book Description

                Just as the day becomes night, summer becomes fall, and breakfast becomes lunch (with ample time for snacks in between!), Garfield becomes plumper and funnier with every meal he devours, and every practical joke he performs. So whether he's nudging Odie off the coffee table or "doing" lunch with Jon's goldfish, Garfield is in it for the fun--and so are we!

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                5 out of 5 stars 24th Garfield Book Is Funny.......2006-05-07

                Jim Davis, the author and illustrator of the Garfield comic strip, has a very wry and ironic sense of humor. Garfield the cat keeps his aloof perspective on the world of his human servant, Jon, and his silly, not-too-intelligent companion Odie. We are the beneficiaries of Garfield's point of view to the point of frequent laughter.

                This book is a collection of strips drawn in 1992. Here is a selection of the vignettes for your consideration. In the opening of a strip Jon runs yelling "Giant rat!" Garfield watches nonchalantly as Jon runs off strip. Garfield then wonders whether he mentioned that he shaved Odie. In another strip Garfield intrigues us with his Birdbath of Death. In yet another strip Garfield discovers that a stack of cookies he just ate may have included a coaster.

                Books about Garfield are consistently humorous, often to the point of needing to laugh out loud. Be sure you read this book alone. If not, everyone will think you are crazy for laughing so much. Enjoy!

                5 out of 5 stars GARFIELD RULES!.......2000-06-24

                Everybody out there keep buying Garfield books! They can be worth a lot of money someday and can become collector's items! I'm always going to keep all of mine so when I have kids they can read them!

                5 out of 5 stars A tremendously hilarious book!.......1998-08-04

                This is one of my favorite Garfield books! It has great jokes and gags and side-splitting pictures!! Any Garfield fan must read this book!! - Derrick Williams 15 (8/3/98)
                Garfield Takes His Licks. No. 16. Chinese/English Text.
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                  Jim. Davis
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                  Binding: Paperback

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