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by Nigel Holmes (Author)
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Award-winning illustrator and graphic designer Nigel Holmes depicts the things we do every day like you’ve never seen them before.

Pruning a rose or building a sandcastle might seem like common activities, but when you see them visualized on paper in wordless, step-by-step diagrams, you’ll discover them anew. From how to tie a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue to how to make a grilled cheese sandwich, from how to carve a turkey to how to change a diaper, Nigel Holmes’s striking diagrams will entertain and educate. Wordless Diagrams will win you over without saying a word.

About the Author
Nigel Holmes was the graphics director of Time magazine for 16 years. He has done graphic explanations for the BBC, the Ford Motor Company, American Express, and a number of other companies. His work has appeared in many magazines, including Esquire, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. He lives in Connecticut.

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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (March 24, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1582345228
  • ISBN-13: 978-1582345222
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining form of design education, September 7, 2005
I've been a fan of the work of designer Nigel Holmes, the former Graphics Director for Time magazine and principal of the firm Explanation Graphics, for many years. His 1985 book "Designing Pictorial Symbols" was very helpful in teaching me, early in my career, to distill concepts down to their simplest forms. With his newest book, "Wordless Diagrams" from Bloomsbury Publishing, Holmes continues the entertaining form of education for which he is known through his publications and public speaking engagements. While not directly related to the practice of identity design, this volume is an excellent creative concepting tool for any designer interested in the creation of logos. Actually, any designer could benefit from the included lessons - and have a few chuckles in the process. The book reinforces the old K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle of design I learned in college three decades ago. In simple graphic forms, chronologically numbered for ease of use, Holmes clearly illustrates nearly 100 tasks such as how to wave like a Royal, how to make a snowman, how to pierce a tongue, and how to cremate a body. In addition, readers will also learn how to milk a cow, pour a beer and keep a low-cut dress in place as they are taken on this wordless, visual adventure. "How to train for and then eat 53 1/2 hot dogs" immediately reminded me of the lesson in simplicity, visually and verbally conveyed by Holmes, in a past HOW Design Conference presentation: "Always line up your sausages." - Jeff Fisher, "Logo Notions" column, CreativeLatitude.com
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great conversation starter, March 30, 2005
Hilarious actions diagrammed with simple but technical precision, such as how to curtsy and how to do the queen's wave - from the carriage, no less! It's a great conversation starter in my living room and everytime I pick it up I notice something new.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Felt a little tricked..., July 20, 2006
The two page description of CPR tells all anyone would need to know as a lay person to do what they could to keep air and blood moving for a few minutes. So, the book may be worth having for that very clear description alone.

The picture-hanging diagram was also useful (I never could figure out how to put the nail in the right place so that the frame hung at the height I wanted).

Felt a little tricked by the tie-the-cherry-stem-with-your-tongue diagram. It simply shows the stem go in and then the mouth swish around (from the outside) and then the knotted stem emerge. Absolutely no explation is given. I've read good explanations and saw one diagram on line but hoped to see something more clear to recommend.

On the otherhand, he gives a wonderful inside-the-mouth view of how to blow a bubble with bubble gum.

Overall a fun book. I liked the fact that none of the diagrams are labeled with what they're explaining (so you can flip through the book and try to deduce the point of the diagrams--some are easier to deduce than others). No worry though, the table of contents describes the point of the obtuse.
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