| D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks) | 
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| Author: Ellen Lupton
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 19415
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1568985525
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.6
EAN: 9781568985527
ASIN: 1568985525
Publication Date: January 19, 2006
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Product Description
Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your party planner's? How about some personalized stationery? An upgrade to your website? A business card? A poster for your political campaign? A CD package for your band? Sound good? Then get up off your couch and Design It Yourself! Avoid graphic identity theft: build your own. Ellen Lupton, bestselling author of Thinking with Type, will show you how.
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 A pretty but only introductory book on design July 12, 2008
I'd had the impression that I would learn some techniques on creating my own stuff: business cards, websites, t-shirts, stationary, etc. They touch on all these subjects, and more, in the book. But I was disappointed that it is really more just a collection of ideas and work that MFA and graphic arts students have created, with very little technical detail of how to create designs for yourself. I was looking for a how-to, not a see-what-we've-done.
This is a good idea book-but not a good textbook on design November 6, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw this book years ago and thought I'd like to own it. Now that I do I really am underwhelmed.
Good coffee table or bathroom reading book August 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is basically like all those magazines - Sunset, Martha Stewart Living, etc. etc, - wherein you buy it with the hopes of being inspired to create, update, remake, etc. and you ACTUALLY NEVER WILL, except in book form!
I love reading the book - it's cute, kitschy and definitely entertaining, but really, who can create these crazy wall decorations and/or press kits and have them turn out flawless!?!??
 Who is this book for? July 12, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I know a little about Lupton's career -- teaching, writing, and curating shows. She seems very intelligent, but I don't understand who this book is really for. Beginning or advanced people? Crafters or designers? Some of the ideas in this book (wrapping paper) are so obvious that I think anyone with an ounce of creativity has already figured them out. Some things (commercial embroidery) seem very advanced and specialized, and not useful to most people. The layout of the book is nice, but the content is very inconsistent. Was this really a student project, as someone mentioned? If so, I think Lupton should have made more of an effort to make sure that everything came together and made for a coherent whole. I think there are better DIY books out there.
How To Be Ironically Tacky April 7, 2007
Pretentious art student tripe, mostly. I discovered that I can wrap gifts with newspaper! I can use a graph paper notebook for a scrapbook! I was looking for examples of cutting-edge design, and a methodology to implement it. What I got was the product of the tragically hip after too many lattes.
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