Motion by Design (Hardcover)

by Spencer Drate (Author), David Robbins (Author), Judith Salavetz (Author), Kyle Cooper (Introduction)
Key Phrases: studio philosophy, broadcast design, motion graphics, After Effects, Foreign Office, National Television (more...)

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Product Description
The advent of new software and the blurring of disciplinary boundaries have given rise to an entirely new creative category—motion graphics. Motion by Design is the first combined book and interactive DVD package to present the works of some of the world’s leading motion graphic studios. The book showcases new work by over 30 international studios, grouped according to genre: Opening Credits, Commercial/Installation and Web, each introduced by a leading motion graphic designer: Garson Yu, Why Not Associates and Hillman Curtis. A main introduction provides a history of motion graphics and a glossary explains the key terms. The accompanying DVD contains not only full samples and reels of almost all of the featured work, but also an interactive historical timeline tracing the development of notion graphic styles. Most importantly, these impressive works will be represented in their element—in motion.

About the Author
Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz have created CD packages for Lou Reed, U2, Joan Jett and the talking Heads, and are the recipients of many AIGA and Art Director Club Awards. Their previous books include The Independent Movie Poster Book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishers; Har/DVD edition (December 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856694712
• ISBN-13: 978-1856694711
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #485,982 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dont even bother, March 23, 2007

By	Henry S. Birdseye (berkley, mi United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Motion by Design" is a book about motion graphics. One might expect that a DVD enclosed with such a book might be chock full of tremendous examples of cool stuff. Not the case. The dvd is a mess. The disc is hard to navigate, videos play as windows within menus, NOT full screen, but that's made worse by the huge copyright super on the frames and an unanavoidable narration track. I feel ripped off by a promise unkept. Don't waste your cash on this ripoff.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very delayed reference, March 4, 2007

By	Cem Gül (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

qualified motion samples from all media with a short text explanation.
That's ok for me. But what's the problem with the DVD interface guys? You can not play all so you have to select each title from a long list, again again, its pain. The interface design so cheesy, low-end DVD for hi-end content. You can only watch a part of some long samples such as music videos, shame... 5 stars for the book not DVD.

3.0 out of 5 stars it's ok, May 28, 2008

By	Dsazzy1 (Chicago) - See all my reviews

Good book for inspiration, but the dvd is just ok. The dvd automatically opened my Mac's dvd player at full screen - which was quite pixelated. You would have expected a dvd showcasing innovative motion graphics to look less honkey-tonk. It was as if the publishers thought about producing the dvd as an afterthought.