Street art is now a recognised art form that can be thought-provoking, political, humorous or shocking. Urban Scrawl documents some of the world's most interesting street-art words and typography, from formal typography to angsty scrawl, presented in a small-format hardback that's perfect for any gift or self-purchase. Lou Chamberlin has travelled from Warsaw to London, Tokyo to New York, Cape Town to Santiago, and within her home country of Australia, in search of the world's most interesting and intriguing street art. Her photographs capture these works at a moment in time, documenting and celebrating the ever-changing street art scene.

You are doing it on your exercise book, beer coasters, the bench in the park, the school toilet, in the sand, during courses or while on the phone: to doodle, scrawl, scribble or just to daub is a basic need to express our creativity and sometimes the beginning of the best ideas you have ever had! This special notebook unleashes your imagination - walls, boards and backgrounds of every kind are waiting for your scribbles, notes, dates, poems and everything else that comes to your mind. Urban Scrawl Pocket Notes is a perfect fit for pockets, purses, or backpacks, making it a great companion for your daily creative life or as little surprise for a good friend, regardless of age or artistic talents!

Rachel Whiteread is one of the most acclaimed British artists of her generation. Yet, despite the fact that she has been the subject of consistent press coverage since being awarded the prestigious Turner Prize in 1993 -- & that her work openly articulates emotional themes -- there has been limited public exposure of the personality behind the work, & her sources of inspiration as an artist. Rachel's Book is far more than a conventional monograph, offering Whiteread the opportunity to present her work in published form for the first time. It is an artwork in its own right. Continuing in the spirit of the celebrated 'anti-monograph' he produced with Damien Hirst, publisher Edward Booth-Clibborn has given Whiteread free rein to expand the idea of how an artistic vision may be 'captured' on the printed page. As the theme for Rachel's Book, the artist has chosen 'home'. But Whiteread is less interested in describing what home means, more in how it feels. Using innovative production effects, the book articulates her personal response through images, textures, colours, smells, sounds & emotional references, which the artist has sourced over the course of several years. Rachel's Book is an emotive & evocative extension of Whiteread's celebrated series of pieces on a domestic theme. These 'spatial negative' sculptures -- unique casts of forgotten spaces under furniture, & most memorably, the entire space inside a derelict house in London's East End -- are the artworks that first brought her to international attention. Designed by North.

This essential guide provides you with a tailored introduction to the design techniques and production practices employed in the media industry. It presents clear and relevant explanations of how to design and produce any type of print and online publication to a professional standard, from pre-planning through to going to press or online. In providing the context, principles and thinking behind design over time, alongside the key practical techniques and know-how, this resource will enable you to present information clearly and effectively. Key features: Provides a complete resource, explaining the background, theory and application of design as well as the ‘how to’ Tutorials and exercises demonstrate how to create clean, attractive and well-targeted designs Supported by a comprehensive gallery of examples and case studies Highly illustrated throughout Colour ‘How to’ sections explain in detail how to create layouts and work with type, pictures and colour successfully Design for Media is a core resource for students and professionals in journalism, PR, advertising, design and across the media and creative sectors.

The Internet is changing the way we communicate. As a cross between letter-writing and conversation, email has altered traditional letter-writing conventions. Websites and chat rooms have made visual aspects of written communication of greater importance, arguably, than ever before. New communication codes continue to evolve with unprecedented speed. This book explores playfulness and artfulness in digital writing and communication and anwers penetrating questions about this new medium. Under what conditions do old letter-writing norms continue to be important, even in email? Digital greetings are changing the way we celebrate special occasions and public holidays, but will they take the place of paper postcards and greeting cards? The author also looks at how new art forms, such as virtual theatre, ASCII art, and digital folk art on IRC, are flourishing, and how many people collect and display digital fonts on handsome Websites, or even design their own. Intended as a time capsule documenting developments online in the mid- to late 1990s, when the Internet became a mass medium, this book treats the computer as an expressive instrument fostering new forms of creativity and popular culture.

Traces the history of graffiti in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers.

Like no other musical form, dance culture has produced a staggering amount of visual, stylistic, and graphic creativity. Scrawl explores the startling images that have come out of this culture over the past ten years. Images from sources as diverse as graffiti tagging and ancient religions are collated here via colour copiers, cheap scanners, Apple Macs, the spray can, and the indelible marker creating a truly contemporary expression.