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• Communicating with pattern: Stripes presents designer from every discipline with a complete vocabulary of stripes, decoding their various meanings and presenting a unique history of the classic pattern. • This fact packed, beautifully illustrated handbook is also a sourcebook of hundreds of ideas for the imaginative use of stripes in every type of design, featuring examples of stripes in graphics, art, fashion, product design, interiors, architecture, retail, and information design. • Why are school ties stripped? Why are multicolored stripes fun? How do bar codes work? How do stripes warn us of danger? These are just some of the questions answered in this inspiring book that will open your eyes to the creative possibilities offered to designers by communicating with stripes. Learn More

• This book is an unrivalled source of creative inspiration, explaining the language of circles and dots, and exploring their influence individual communication. • This fact packed, beautifully illustrated handbook is also a source book of hundreds of ideas for the imaginative use of stripes in every type of design, featuring examples of circles, dots, and spheres in graphics, art, fashion, product design, furniture, interiors, architecture, retail, and information design. • Circles are inclusive and embracing, while dots often signify rebellion and bold, counter-cultural statements. Why is this? And how did circle-based designs such as the classic "smiley" evolve? These are just some of the questions answered in this inspiring book that will open your eyes to the creative design possibilities inherent in circles and dots, from polka dots, via Pointilism, to the dot in "dot com." Learn More

Indian fashion these days is spreading its wings all over the world. This has created a huge demand for professionals who can meet the requirements of the Apparel Industry. In order to cater to the above demand a large number of fashion schools and colleges have come up in India which are helping the garment industry to meet the challenges of the global market by training students. These institutions are seeking to impart training and skills comparable to prevailing international standards.

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This book answers all of these questions and more by exploring the movements and styles that have come to define twentieth-century design as we know it today. Four time lines provide an overview of these movements along with the significant events, specific designs, and individual designers who have contributed to each. Lists of key players, international variations, and definitive characteristics provide quick-reference information. Strong visual examples spanning a range of disciplines—from industrial design and graphics to art and architecture—reveal how each style has evolved and how it has been applied to design today. Learn More

Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 2, the second volume in Rockport’s Pattern and Palette series, is an invaluable tool for art directors, designers and students working in fashion, graphic design fields, as well as anyone in the business of visual communication. Divided into six unique style sections, this book illuminates the dramatic effect colours have in designs.

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This book will inspire, motivate and explain. Even the most mediocre persons can achieve their fullest potential by committing to and continuously following six rules. these are (a) Commit to a dream... the wilder the better. (b) Believe in yourself, (c) Try all the unconventional ideas directed by your night computer(subconscious brain). (d) Make mistakes; the bigger the better and be willing to learn do as not to repeat those mistakes. (e) never give up. Persevere steadily and patiently. (f) Enjoy the journey. Learn More

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Clinical Acupuncture is a meaningful step for keeping the students of ancient art of acupuncture up-to-date with the modern aules of acupuncture. Also, acupuncture provides short-term as well as long-term answer to the health needs of the greater part of the third world in many everyday illnesses. The author has given detailed description of the history of this system and explains the ways to cure various disorders through acupuncture. . Elaborates the acupuncture points for different organs and organ system. . Includes glossary of common terms used in acupuncture practice . Common medical disorders with their chinese and Homeopathic equivalents in tabular form . Appendix on complications of Acupunture Learn More

This elementary book is written mainly as a guide to the barefoot doctors of the world. It is hoped that it will also serve as a reference to every initiated person for methods of first aid in minor and uncomplicated disorders.

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