Graphic Standards Details: Openings

Book Description

This essential reference presents complete and detailed drawings, descriptions, and photographs from recently completed projects. The book presents inspiring examples of entryways from residences, museums, factories, historic structures, and modern office buildings in Europe, South America, and the U.S. rings together examples of inspiring openings across all architectural scales, including residential, industrial, and commercial. "Openings" features 21 projects from today's top designers, including Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Rural Studio, Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates, John McAslan & Partners, and Wilkinson Eyre Architects.

Customer Reviews:

Extremely Useful Details and Format.......2007-02-11

Graphic Standards should quickly produce more titles in this series. The details are clearly drawn and extremely useful in this format. You get full-color photo examples and comprehensive technical data attached to each system (inlcuding plans, 3D diagrams, etc). A fair comparison would be with the German publication 'Details' which is published monthly (and in larger volumes as well); except this may be somewhat more relevant to architects in the U.S. because virtually all of the projects are in imperial units and in the States. A worthwhile addition to your library.

What a rip!.......2007-01-06

This book is too small to be a coffee table book and the details too minimal to be of practical use. It looks like a 1/2 scale mock up of publication run. I kept looking for a missing disk or something that would make it usable. Is this a joke? Is there something missing from my order? I'm used to purchasing fairly expensive technical books but I found this book upsetting enough to take the time to write a review. The photos are nice but the quality of presentation and the depth of information does not justify the $47.00 price. It's really worth about $20.00. I should have done more homework on this book before spending the money.

not great.......2006-07-29

The book is small and the details very much smaller. I bought the book to help me detail a modern house addition and am extremely dissapointed. There are many pretty photos and the drawings associated with them are presentation drawings, not construction drawings. The book is of of little use to the architect and even less use to the layperson.

Nice of technical details and gorgeous pictures.......2006-04-28

Plenty of very interesting ideas for splendid buildings. drawings are well done and very useful.
However, I would have liked more of them especially about weather stripping since it is where opening usually fail.
Last, a larger format would have been very much appreciated.
At any rate, worth buying.

ARTful Openings.......2005-07-14

A great book! And not only for professionals, but also for lay people interested in architecture, or young people considering careers in the field. Beautifully put together with gorgeous photographs, this book can take its place among art books. I hope Ms. Talarico decides to write other books of this kind focusing on different parts of buildings, e.g. windows, balconies, roofs or staircases.
Thank you, Ms. Talarico!

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From Don Bluth - master animator, artist and director of such cartoon classics as The Secret of N.I.M.H., An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia and Titan A.E. - comes Don Bluth's The Art of Storyboard, a one-of-a-kind textbook that describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting storyboards for animated films, the visual blueprints that lay the foundation for the animators magic. Don Bluth takes readers on a journey as only an artist of such vast skills and filmmaking experience can, going from the breakdown of a script, through story conferences with Don Bluth Films collaborators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, and onto the finished boards. Loaded with technical tips and insights into the tapping of the creative imagination, The Art of Storyboard also features page after page of Bluth's beautiful storyboard illustrations, many in full color. Whether used as an inspiring tool for professional and aspiring animators or just for the sheer joy of seeing how the written word is channeled through the animator's mindscape on its way to the screen, Don Bluth's The Art of Storyboard is a fascinating peek behind the curtain of film's most creative storytelling medium.

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Useful overview.......2007-07-27

I think this is a decent overview of the storyboarding process. OF course each of his subjects could require a college-level class and large book to seriously cover, but I appreciate Bluth's perspective on what he views as the signficant elements of the workflow and his explanation of why they are important.

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An understanding of how animation is made
My review
Emphasis on "Animation", not "Drawing"
A little disappointing

Don Bluth's Art Of Animation Drawing
Don Bluth
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1595820086

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From Don Bluth - master animator, artist and director of such cartoon classics as The Secret of N.I.M.H., An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. - comes The Art of Animation Drawing, a companion textbook to 2004's The Art of Storyboard. While Storyboard described in detail the technical and creative processes involved in crafting the visual blueprints for animated films, The Art of Animation Drawing focuses on the process of designing characters; adapting those characters to script, voice talent and music; directing the "performances" of your characters; the timing and rhythm of movement; analyzing action; and much more. Loaded with Bluth's gorgeous artwork and lively, inspirational commentary, The Art of Animation Drawing is a must for animators of any level and a delight for animation enthusiasts of any age.

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An understanding of how animation is made.......2005-10-19

It has decent information. It goes over all the techniques that animators have used, including the authors own. This would be a book for a person who's beginning in animation.

My review.......2005-09-18

It's always beneficial to have a simple book to guide you when animation gets complicated, and this is one of those books.

Emphasis on "Animation", not "Drawing".......2005-08-04

I looked through this book at a bookstore. Its focus is on the animation process; it talks about backgrounds and models and voice actors, and it gives examples of how to match a character's mouth movements with a vocal track. It also shows how to punctuate a character's animation with frames that show extremes of emotion. There's a reason, though, why this is in the "Filmmaking" section of a bookstore, and not the "Drawing" section - the emphasis of the book is on the techniques used to bring an animated character to life, NOT on how to draw them. There are lots of pictures of lots of characters from lots of Bluth projects, everything from Banjo the Woodpile Cat to Dirk the Daring to Space Ace to Anastasia to Rasputin to Mrs. Brisby to Jenner and more, and the pictures would be really interesting to someone with some drawing skills; there are some character sheets in there, and lots of rough animation drawings showing the characters in various poses. This is not a "how-to", nor is it a comprehensive history of Bluth's work, but it's still a really interesting book.

A little disappointing.......2005-07-08

This book was not what I thought it would be. The title is very misleading.

It's NOT a 'how-to-draw' of any of Don Bluth's characters. It has a more 'historical' feel to it.

It shows a few topical hand-drawn examples as it speaks on a topic, but it's not a how-to-draw book.

If you're interested in a broad overview of the animation process, then this will help you.

If, however, you're a fan of Don Bluth's characters and would like several step-by-step examples of how to draw them, then you will be diappointed.

Have a look at this book before you buy it. I was disappointed.

High Impact Portrait Photography: Creative Techniques for Dramatic, Fashion-Inspired Portraits
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Excellent!

Brilliant

I liked this book

SELF INDULGENT AND AMATUERISH AT BEST

Excellent Book for Inspiration & Ideas

High Impact Portrait Photography: Creative Techniques for Dramatic, Fashion-Inspired Portraits
Lori Brystan
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Examining the creative process behind portrait photography for media and advertising, this book will help photographers create and sell portraits that look like they were pulled from the latest fashion magazine. Creating portraits of men, women, couples, teens, children, and families, this guide explores a variety of simple techniques for adding a high-impact feel to photography. In some instances, unconventional posing adds the right flair to a shot; in others, alternative processing of the film adds a dramatic blast of color. Creative props, action shots, and clothing selection also help add impact to portraits. Also shown is how these techniques can easily be implemented in either the studio or on location.

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Excellent!.......2005-07-21

This book is amazingly helpful. It covers many types of portrait photography from indoor to outdoor and kids, teens, adults. It adresses twilight, candlelight, highkey and maternity portraits, among others. It discusses about 30-40 different shoots. Each shoot includes a description of the concept, lighting, posing and has all of the technical data from the shoot including camera, lens, filters, film, light source(s), what the scene was metered at-and what it was actually shot at. Brilliant!

This book is an invaluable tool.

Brilliant.......2005-04-27

Fantastic! The pictures are extremely high quality, and beautiful at that. I am happy that I discovered this book, and will cherish it for years to come. I have found new inspiration, and its all due to Ms. Brystan

I liked this book.......2003-04-04

I guess because it is the first photography book that I liked the pictures and was able to reproduce the look without to much equipment. I think the key is the c-41 b/w film.

SELF INDULGENT AND AMATUERISH AT BEST.......2002-06-04

I've read hundreds of photography books written by legends and little-knowns. This is one the worst. The photography is inconsistent from occasionally very good to absolutely amatuerish snapshots and the insights into technique ramble through a rehash of often poorly described and thought out notions not based in fact from one example to the next to the next to the next, on and on and on. For instance, Ms. Brystan's obsession with supposedly "overexposing" film to acheive clean, flawless skin tones is meaningless since the photos are, in most cases, printed with the skin tones as normal (one stop lighter than middle tone for the exclusively caucasion subjects) and with "flaws" (freckles, blemishes, etc.) quite apparent. I suspect she doesn't realize her camera's meter is not calibrated correctly and has taken to "overexposing" to correct what is really an equipment issue though she's convinced she's discovered an innovative approach to her subjects. From the opening pages she revels in not being a trained photographer, but, trust me, a semester in a basic photography class at any local technical college would do her a world of good, if she can admit to herself that her ignorance is not a blessing to her craft or her readers.

Excellent Book for Inspiration & Ideas.......2002-04-03

I found Lori Brystan's book very useful. Not a lot of technical data within, but that's not the purpose of the book. There's plenty of those out there. There are lot's of shots within with good descriptions on set up for each picture. I appreciated the her description with the lighting. How it was positioned and where it came from. Mainly a good book to study the pictures and get some inspiration on shooting portraits that don't look like ordinary portraits.

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More heart-warming cartoons from the pen of Bill Keane, creator of the beloved comic strip "The Family Circus."

Customer Reviews:

Interesting if overly academic book.......2006-08-17

As a Bloomington resident and a long-time admirer of Kinsey's work, I decided it was time to learn more about the man beyond what the Liam Neeson film taught me. What I found in Gathorne-Hardy's bio was a solid portrait of a man who opened the world's eyes to sexuality. The book is well-researched and interesting, but at times it can get bogged down with a bit too much analysis of Kinsey's motives and correspondence, especially as it pertains to his own sexuality.

Still, the book is an easy read and well sourced, and it certainly provides an informative biography of Kinsey while acknowledging some of the man's flaws.

As uncritical of Kinsey as the Jones book is critical.......2005-07-27

I chose to read this book because I wanted a balanced account of Kinsey's life and science, unfortunately, this book does not satisfy the requirement. Where the Jones book turns Kinsey into a demon, Gathorne-Hardy seems to want to turn him into a god. Gathorne-Hardy has a well researched account of Kinsey's life and activities, however he constantly tries to justify Kinsey's methods and continually comments on how no one has been able to do better sex research since, a patently untrue and scientifically unsupported statement. It would be difficult to cover both the biographical research on Kinsey and do an indepth study of current sex research, and I don't believe that Gathorne-Hardy even tried to do much research into current sex literature, that is why it is irritating when he tries to justify most of Kinsey's ideas. Overall, if you want a book that details the activities of Kinsey's life, this is an acceptable book, but if you are interested in his science, it is woefully lacking.

Kinsey's Life & Work Expertly and Thoroughly Summarized.......2005-05-02

This book is so professionally researched, well documented and written with flowing, easy to follow prose, that it almost over-shadows the subject matter which is, of course, the fascinating life and work of Alfred C. Kinsey, and culminating with his most absorbing research work of all: the sexual habits of primarily, the American public.

But don't worry, the study of sex prevails as the intriguing winner of our primary attention for it is spelled out clearly, sometimes more than one is ready for but can't turn away from and do not honestly want to. And a word of warning to the sexually squeamish- this IS sex, all about sex and sexual habits, many of which, one might not have ever thought of, but necessary for an exacting, broad-spectrum all inclusive study of the human animal.

J. Gathorne-Hardy is British and that shows up in his grammar, so don't think the book is full of typos, that's the way they spell on the other side of the Pond and it lends some flavor to the American subject matter. As can be seen in his detailed research, he is a well qualified researcher, and this work is now considered by many as the de facto authority on all things Kinsey. And fortunately so because there are a tremendous amount of books about Kinsey in print, but rest assured and good as many may be, none can hold a candle to this work.

Kinsey's research was as clinically studied as any highly disciplined research should be, but it is no secret that Kinsey and his fellow researchers did a tremendous amount of, ahem, shall we say, "hands-on", direct involvement work which raised scholarly eyebrows, but as Gathorne-Hardy points out, it was done with the most scientific detachment possible. Yes, well, it certainly made for some scandalous reactions for which Kinsey was acutely trying to avoid, but had an uncanny ability to dismiss and side-step.

For those who have been interested in Kinsey's life and work, but were put-off by the voluminous original works, will certainly appreciate this study, because it not only summarizes Kinsey's work in great detail, it also edits down the laborious writing style of Kinsey, without loosing any important details and most importantly, it includes Kinsey's personal life from early childhood and on to his later research work- something that is missing and/or not accurately portrayed in too many other studies. It also covers many of the people who worked with Kinsey and who graciously lent their personal observations to the author for much of the critical data found here-in.

This book is truly, an outstanding accomplishment and honors the deeply important work of Kinsey and his research team, notorious as many saw it, but whose dogged dedication to the subject of sex studies opened-up a more mature approach for the average citizen's awareness of what most now conclude, is step "A" in knowing oneself and the biological world we live in. I highly commend Jonathon Gathorne-Hardy for this monument to that awareness.

All You Wanted To Know Abourt Kinsey?.......2005-01-13

In this scholarly, well-documented biography of nearly 500 pages, Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy tells you probably all you ever wanted to know about Alfred Kinsey; and he does it in a most reader-friendly fashion. From Kinsey's early life, growing up in the confines of a narrow Methodist family, to his marriage and tenure at Indiana University, to his studies of the gall wasp and his studies of the sexual behavior of males and females that changed forever the way we look at sex-- it's all here. Since Gathorne-Hardy has written the most recent biography of Kinsey (1999) he had the benefit of the research of previous biographers. He thus attempts to set the record straight concerning the 1997 Kinsey biography by James H. Jones, ALFRED KINSEY - A PUBLIC/PRIVATE LIFE. He maintains -- and goes to considerable lengths to prove it-- that Jones ceased to be an "objective researcher" but rather attacked Kinsey's private sexual behavior. He, in Gathorne-Hardy's words, "belongs to what one might call the Kenneth Starr school of biography." Enough said.

Kinsey, an extremely complicated individual, was an atheist (he rebelled vigorously against the strict religion of his father), a brilliant professor and scientist, mesmerizing lecturer, intolerant of what he considered shoddy work of other scientists, a loving husband and father, a "benevolent despot", a bisexual, a compassionate and humane person. (For years he corresponded with both prisoners and their families and often gave and/or lent them money.)

Gathorne-Hardy maintains-- and offers considerable proof-- that while some of Kinsey's conclusions may have been erroneous, that no one since him has done the client interview, the heart of Kinsey's research, better than he and his staff did. For instance, he used a face-to-face interview with an elaborately coded chart he devised and did not ask the first question about sex until 20 minutes into the history. Interviewers never said, "have you ever" but rather "when did you first?" He abhorred random sampling and attempted whenever possible to take the histories of 100% of the members of a group so as to decrease the chances of error. Just as he went everywhere looking for new varieties of gall wasps, he and his group interviewed everyone they could: prostitutes, prisoners, castrates, the Yale Divinity School, amputees, rapists, lobotomy patients, professors, colleagues, students.

Although Mr. Kinsey was denounced by many church leaders including Billy Graham-- after all Kinsey did most of his sex research in the 1940's-- he was revered and praised by many, and was a life line to many persons troubled about their sexuality. He received thousands of letters throughout his career from people hungry for advice and answers and attempted to respond to them all himself. He was incensed and saddened by most of the prisoners he interiewed serving sentences for "sex" crimes, since he believed that they should never have been in prison in the first place. After all, they were just doing what many other people were doing, or as he put it, everyone's sin is no one's sin. His statistics on the incidences of homosexuality in the general population, though often challenged, have never been successfully refuted even though his numbers may have been slightly exaggerated.

Finally, while for the most part, Gathorne-Hardy tells the reader nothing without documentation, occasionally he makes a statement he cannot prove. For example, on page 32, he writes that Kinsey had difficulty expressing intimate personal feelings in public, but that "as often with people who have difficulty here, Kinsey loved small children nd was extremely good with them." I'm not convinced that is an accurate statement and Mr. Gathorne-Hardy makes no attempt to offer up proof. Since this book was first published in England, the author offers explanations and illuminations to his British reader about some of the "Americanisms" here. He, for example, explains the semester system in American universities, defines our corn crop as "maize," tells the reader what "tea room" means and comments often on the "ghastly" weather, meaning of course our 100 degree-in-the-shade summers. They would be a far cry indeed from England's dark, damp Decembers.

You may love Kinsey or you may hate him; but when you finish this biography, you'll feel that you've got at least a glimpse as to what the man was all about and what he accomplished-- no small feat for any biographer.

Kinsey movie.......2005-01-02

I just saw the new movie, "Kinsey," this evening and now am especially intrigued to read more about him. If the movie is telling of the book, this will be a good read. Thanks!

Alfred Kinsey: A Life - Sex the Measure of All Things

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Alfred Kinsey: A Life - Sex the Measure of All Things

Manufacturer: Chatto & Windus
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Study

Alfred Kinsey: A Life - Sex the Measure of All Things
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
Manufacturer: Chatto and Windus
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HJSC2C

Customer Reviews:

Study.......2006-10-26

The books is about the exploration that went further than others in it's time, it gives the impression of accurate research. Is a book from a person with obsessive work ethic, and power to push for more to find the facts.

Kinsey: A Biography: Sex: The Measure of All Things

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Kinsey: A Biography: Sex: The Measure of All Things
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
Manufacturer: Pimlico
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The fascinating life of a controversial scientist whose human sexuality research ignited the sexual revolution.

Alfred Kinsey’s Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male (The Kinsey Report), published in 1948, was an explosive bestseller, followed in 1953 by his even more radical statistics on female sexuality — both based on over 18,000 case histories. But Kinsey’s exploration went much further than that. Bisexual himself, he experimented with many of the behaviours he was hearing about, and his wife and close colleagues experimented as well. Kinsey pioneered observation and filming of sexual activity, the findings anticipating, and being confirmed by Masters and Johnson thirty years later. The
revolutionary nature of his views on female sexuality could not become current until the feminist movement of the 1970s and 80s. Kinsey remains a controversial figure today.

SEX: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS (A LIFE OF ALFRED C. KINSEY)

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SEX: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS (A LIFE OF ALFRED C. KINSEY)
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
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Sex The Measure of All Things - A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
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Sex the Measure of All Things A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
Manufacturer: NY
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