Motion by Design [Hardcover]

Spencer Drate (Author), David Robbins (Author), Judith Salavetz (Author), Kyle Cooper (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 14, 2006

The advent of new software and the blurring of disciplinary boundaries have given rise to an entirely new creative categorymotion graphics. Motion by Design is the first combined book and interactive DVD package to present the works of some of the worlds 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 elementin motion.

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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.

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.

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: 9.3 x 10.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Henry S. Birdseye (berkley, mi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motion by Design (Hardcover)

"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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Cem Gül (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motion by Design (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DVD keeps this from being better, April 28, 2011

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Stop Motion Maniac "Elroy Jetson" (Toonville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motion by Design (Hardcover)

I enjoyed the examples contained within the book and publication values, but as others have mentioned the dvd menu is horrible. There are other motion graphics titles that are better on the market. I can't recommend this one mainly because of the dvd.