Communication


Graphic Design Archives Chapbook Series: Books 1-3

by R. Roger Remington, Amy J. Vilz, Estelle Ellis, Carol Burtin Fripp, Massimo Vignelli
Price: $47.97 $39.99

The Graphic Design Archives Chapbook Series celebrates the achievements of key design pioneers whose work is collected in the Special Collections department of RIT Libraries. From the inaugural acquisition of the Lester Beall Archive in 1986, RIT’s holdings have grown to include the work of eighteen designers. Extensive collections of personal papers, business records and artwork by Lester Beall, Will Burtin, George Giusti, and Cipe Pineles form the cornerstones of the Archives.

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Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (June, 2009)
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Pages 24-25
Pages 30-31
Pages 50-51
Pages 98-99
Pages 118-119

Photo-Editing and Presentation

by Douglas Holleley
Price: $24.95

This book introduces photographers, print-makers, and other graphic artists to the creative possibilities of image editing and presentation. The focus is on how meaning can be created and shaped if the emphasis is placed on the totality of the visual experience rather than by looking at each single image in isolation.

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Publisher: Clarellen and RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9707138-5-8
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 140
Illustrations: 96 Full Color
Size: 6 in. x 9 in.
Shipping Weight: 0.5

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Basic Editing Strategies

The Initial Edit Method

Intention Versus Effect

Editing Strategies

The Third Effect

Systems of Internal Logic

Category or Genre

Similar Classes of Objects Use of Recurring Visual Motifs

Metaphors and Symbols

Chapter 2: Macro Editing Systems

Grouping

On Authorship

Narrative

The Sustained Metaphor or Sequence

The Array

Assemblage

The Moving Image

Diagrammatic Systems

Chapter 3: Presentation

General Considerations—Scale

Seven Main Ways to Present Images

The Book

The Portfolio

The Book/Portfolio Hybrid

The Exhibition

The Installation

Time and/or Screen Based Systems for Still Images

Electronic Delivery Systems

Contextualizing Your Data

Writing an Artist Statement

Chapter 4: Presentation Techniques

Important Safety Note

Introduction

Making a Simple Concertina Book

On Demand Publishing Options

Working with Cloth and Board

Bookbinding Tools and Materials

A Two-Piece Hard Cover for a Concertina Book

Making a Two-Piece Portfolio Box

Matting Prints

Print as Object

Bibliography

Index

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Visual Communication: Perception, Rhetoric, and Technology

edited by Diane S. Hope
Price: $35.00

Visual Communication: Perception, Rhetoric and Technology, Diane Hope sets a standard for theoretical exploration far too few scholars attempt.

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Publisher: Hampton Press in collaboration with RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (January, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1-57273-669-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-57273-669-6
Binding: softcover
Pages: 309
Illustrations: 66 illustrations and tables
Size: 6 x 9 in.
Shipping Weight: 1
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It Isn't Just Business, It's Personal

by Arunas A. Chesonis, David Dorsey
Price: $14.99

When you put people first, you win. When you operate by the highest principles, you'll see the results in the bottom line. When you put a caring heart into how you operate - in your organization and your community - you build the only true foundation of long-term success. This is how PAETEC Communications has enjoyed an astonishing rise during an era when telecommunications has become an ethical, legal and financial quagmire. In this book, CEO Arunas Chesonis and his people tell how, by following a handful of basic ethical principles, their company has emerged as an example of how to succeed in the twenty-first century, not just in telecom, but in any industry.

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Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (January, 2007)
ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-18-8
Binding: Laminated paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 6 x 9 in.
Shipping Weight: 0.8

Table of contents

Foreword by Albert J. Simone, vii
Introduction, ix
 PART ONE: CARING CULTURE
1. Put People First, 3
2. Be a Family, 25
3. Commit to Community, 45
 PART TWO: OPEN COMMUNICATION
4. Keep the Door Open and Listen, 53
5. Tell More Th an Most, 65
6. Share the Knowledge, 71
 PART THREE: UNMATCHED SERVICE AND SUPPORT
7. Make It Personal, 85
8. Lead at All Levels, 95
9. Respond with Care and Character, 107
 PART FOUR: PERSONALIZED SOLUTIONS
10. Build the Future Together, 123
11. Make Everyone a Change Agent, 127
12. Let Customers Help Lead, 133
 Afterword: Looking Back and Looking Forward, 153
Epilogue: Th e More We Change, the More We’ll Stay the Same, 159
About the Authors, 63
Acknowledgments, 165
Index, 167

 

 

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The New Medium of Print

by Frank Cost
Price: $18.00

Print is so familiar that it remains invisible to the average person. Frank Cost, associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology and co-director of the RIT Printing Industry Center, has often wished for a small, fun-to-read book to give to people who were thinking about the world of print for the first time. Most of the available introductory books concentrate heavily on the technology, but say little about how people actually use print, let alone why. The New Medium of Print is a new kind of book: it provides an introduction to the underlying systems for the creation and distribution of print, as well as an exploration of its many and varied contemporary uses. This book is the first in the Printing Industry Center Series: a co-publication of RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press and RIT Printing Industry Center.

Book details

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press and RIT Printing Industry Center (January, 2005)
ISBN-10: 1-933360-03-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-03-4
Binding: softcover
Pages: 272
Illustrations: 37 illustrations and tables
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Shipping Weight: 0.8

Table of contents

Part one: the creation, production, and distribution of print
Content
Formatting
The Print Production Input Supply Chain
Printing Processes
Print Finishing
Print Distribution
Part two: the uses of print
The Value of Print
Publishing
Marketing Communications
Large Format and Outdoor Advertising
Advertising at the Point of Purchase
Printing in the Office
Currency and Security Documents
Apparel and Decorative Products
Non-graphical Applications of Print
A New Industry Emerges

Includes index and references