Takahashi, Kaoru and Saeko Oikawa. Pictogram and icon collection: from public signage to web icons. Tokyo, PIE Books, 2006. ISBN- 4-89444-505-0

The pictograms seen in urban signage- department store floor guides. museums, airports, Olympic venues, public toilets, and many, many more- compiled in a single volume. A wide variety of icons, including those found in magazineand travel guides, and on the web, reproduced on parade.This book presents outstanding pictograms and icons by designers around the world, categorized by industry for easy reference, shown isolated and in application.

Recomendado por: Rogelio Cuevas

McCandless, David. The Visual Miscellaneum. New York, Collins Design, 2009. ISBN-978-0-06-6174836-3

Brings to life the world and its issues, using graphs, charts and illustrations for everything from sushi ingredients to mixed martial arts, celebrity marriage to Afghanistan, and video-game sales to how long condiments take to spoil.

Recomendado por: Rogelio Cuevas

Abbot, Jonathan. The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts. London, Barnbook Design, Fiell Pub, 2010. ISBN- 978-1-906863-06-7

The Global Picture: Combining startling imagery with truly shocking facts gathered from the wrold's most authoritative sources, The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts is a powerful visual manifesto by one of the world's most respected design studios, Barnbook Design. This small yet ethically driven book questions the status quo of global politics and highlights the inequalities and inquities of rampant globalisation.

The imbalance of world power: How is it that the developed world spends billions of dollars annually on weaponry, while the poor of the developing world have no access to education, medicines or even clean drinking water? What exactly is the relationship between cheap goods on the high street and the wage-slavery of sweatshops? How large corporations branded the world in which we live?
This title book addresses these questions and many more besides, through its thought-provoking imagery and the persuasiveness of its first-rate research. This landmark publication demonstrates compellingly through words and pictures that unfettered globalisation is a highly destructive force when used for profit or political power, and that a new compassionate world order needs to be instigated. This important manifesto for global change will undoubtedly change its reader's hearts and minds.

Recomendado por: Rogelio Cuevas

Macauly, David. The New Way Things Work. HMCo, Boston, 1998. ISBN-0-395-93847-3

The New Way Things Work is arranged in five sections. Together they provide comprehensive coverage of the workings of hundreds of machines and devices- holograms, helicopters, airplanes, mobile phones, compact disks, bits and bytes, cash machines… They also provide explanations of the scientific principles behind each machine- how gears make work easier, why jumbo jets are able to fly, how computers actually compute.

It has been especially designed for those who find technology intimidating, and who wish it were less so.

Recomendado por: Martha Tappan

Klanten, Robert; et-al. Altitude: contemporary swiss graphic design. Graphicom, Berlín, 2006. ISBN-10: 3-89955-160-5

Altitude invites you to take an Alpine flight over the contemporary Swiss graphics landscape. Developments during the past years, as well as the latest trends of the discipline are illustrated featuring exceptional projects, renowned protagonists and promising young start-ups. The traditional maxims of “Swiss Style” and the international modern age are maintained in present-day Swiss graphics and updated through the implementation of innovative design strategies.

Recomendado por: Maricarmen Razo

Dougall, Alastair. The DC Comics Encyclopedia. DK, China, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-40530591-4 ISBN-10: 1-40530-591-6

This definitive one-volume encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 characters from the universe of DC Comics, the world’s leading comic book publisher.

The illustrations feature amazing work by many of DC’s greatest-ever artists, while the authoritative text is supply by top DC chroniclers. In addition, special double-page features celebrate some of DC heroes’ and villains’ most memorable vehicles and weaponry, as well as their titanic clashes, and romantic encounters.

Packed with information and thrilling, original, comic-book art- the drama and excitement of more than 60 years of comic book history explodes off every page!

Recomendado por: Maricarmen Razo