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8 Dec
Another term described and visually defined!
This week’s definition is taken from The Visual Dictionary of Typography by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris.
PASTICHE: A design that openly imitates the work of other designers, sometimes with satirical intent. this design by Andy Vella features type set within a crudely drawn body shape, creating a pastiche of a well-known Saul Bass poster.
After the amazing IPG Awards results for the Academic & Professional division here at Bloomsbury, we were delighted to hear that the Berg Fashion Library was awarded the Electronic Reference Award at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the 2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCAACA) National Conference held at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington [...]
Discover our award-winning online portal, which has just been updated with a wealth of new content for fashion students, scholars and professionals. It’s time we introduced you to The Berg Fashion Library! This unique online fashion portal offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of content collections – including the Berg Encyclopaedia of World Dress and Fashion online, [...]
On Thursday 21st February 2013 there will be a flash sale on www.Bloomsbury.com! Go to www.bloomsbury.com for up to 50% off on Thursday! The sale starts at midday… Click to see a selection of the academic titles included in the sale. Happy browsing! Twitter: #BloomsburyFlashSale Tweet
Important brand changes for AVA Publishing and Fairchild Books In July 2012, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc acquired AVA Publishing. Since that time there have been many changes, including the not-insignificant move from Worthing to London of AVA staff! AVA’s titles have been successfully migrated to a new home at www.bloomsbury.com/academic. But until this point, AVA has [...]
Bored, stuck, desperate for ideas, deadline approaching, uninpsired, bored some more. Sound familiar? How do you get out of that rut? I recently read a great article in the New Yorker which started off talking about the pitfalls of brainstorming, but then included so much more. I want to share a few of the main [...]
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It looks like an interesting book! I want to read it