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Isaac Zaksenberg

Dan Cuffaro

The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book is the first book to gather all the essential pieces of information industrial designers need on a daily basis in one concise handbook. It's a reference you'll turn to over and over again to efficiently create designs that work, last, and minimize unnecessary risk.

To make designs that work and endure (and are also legal), designers need to know—or be able to find—an endless number of details. Whether it's what kind of glue needs to be used on a certain surface, metric equivalents, thread sizes, or how to apply for a patent, these details are essential and must be readily available so designers can create successful products efficiently.

These pages are filled with information that is critical to successful product design, including information on:

• Measurement conversions

• Trademark and copyright standards

• Patents and product-related intellectual property rights/standards

• Setting up files for prototyping and production runs

• Manufacturing and packaging options to optimize the design

The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book is an essential resource for any industrial or product designer.

The Reference & Specification Book series from Rockport Publishers offers students and practicing professionals in a range of creative industries must-have information in their area of specialty in an up-to-date, concise handbook.

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Reference & Specification Book

The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Industrial Designers Need to Know Every Day

Irina Lee

Poppy Evans

Aaris Sherin

The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book is a must-have sourcebook for every designer—amateur of professional.

Completely practical with only the most needed information, this valuable book provides designers with all the little details that can make or break a design, such as:

• How much space to leave in the gutter when designing barrel folds

• How to layout a template for a box, and the ratios of each part

• Metric conversion charts

• Copyright and trademark standards

• Proofreaders' symbols

• Image file formats

• Standard camera formats and sizes

• Finding the best scanning resolution

• Type basics and terminology

• Guide to printing processes

• Paper usage guide

• Standard binding types

• Process color finder

• Proofing methods

• Standard envelope sizes in the USA, Europe, Canada and Asia

• And much more.

Take thisreference everywhere you go for details on all the things you can never find but need to know when designing.

The Reference & Specification Book series from Rockport Publishers offers students and practicing professionals in a range of creative industries must-have information in their area of specialty in an up-to-date, concise handbook.

The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Graphic Designers Need to Know Every Day

Laura Volpintesta

Jay Calderin

An essential primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Booktakes the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it.

This valuable handbook contains the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion—research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution—The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Book helps designers develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

The Reference & Specification Book series from Rockport Publishers offers students and practicing professionals in a range of creative industries must-have information in their area of specialty in an up-to-date, concise handbook.

The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Fashion Designers Need to Know Every Day