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Design for Special Events: 500 of the Best Logos, Invitations, and Graphics

Design for Special Events: 500 of the Best Logos, Invitations, and Graphics
By Peleg Top

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Features the kind of graphic design that gets special events noticed.

Special events either get noticed or fail. Design is the most important factor in which course an event will take. With often a very large investment and high expectations for turnout at the pressure of the design team to create a memorable visual and aesthetic is huge.

Modeled on the format and presentation of Business Graphics, this book will feature a vast collection of designs for special events from around the globe. Designing for special events such as fundraisers, trade shows and conferences is becoming commonplace for many designers as the need to compete for attendance at these events increases.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #664763 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 320 pages

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Top, Peleg. Design for Special Events: 500 of the Best Logos, Invitations, and Graphics. Rockport: Quayside. 2008. c.320p. illus. ISBN 978-1-59253-416-6. $50. CRAFTS  This is an album of outstanding graphic designs collected from professional graphic artists around the world by Top (Letterhead & Logo Design) and his studio, Top Design. It is designed to showcase special-event posters, invitations, and other promotional materials as examples of good design in this specialized area. Nineteen case studies follow the design process from initial commission to finished product. Intended as an inspiration for graphic artists, this book is suitable for graphic design collections in public and academic libraries.  - Library Journal, June 2008

About the Author

Peleg Top (Los Angeles, CA) has spent over 15 years perfecting a unique blend of artistic and business sense which has enabled him to create Top Design, one of the most successful design and marketing firms in Los Angeles - one with a highly regarded reputation for both design excellence and the proven marketing strategies behind it. 

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The book title says it all5
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R20R5RE4N0RB7S There are 320 pages in these book. In it contains pictures of graphic design done on different medium for special occasions.

19 out of these hundreds of designs are pulled out as case studies. Each case study has a short write up explaining the event and the promotional material published. These promotional material includes tickets, brochures, t-shirts, posters, cards and many other stuff. The more eye catching ones are those that break out of the medium, like tying real shoe laces to a shoe on a brochure, paper cutouts and stuff like that.

The events themselves are also categorized. Here's the list:

- Art & Design
- Business
- Fund-raisers
- Community & Education
- Entertainment
- Private Parties
- Awards
- Sports & Automotive

It's a graphic design book from Rockport. There's really nothing much I can add. The quality of selection has always been consistently high.

There are more pictures on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for my blog's link.

Great resource for designers5
A great book with wonderful design examples. If you're in the event marketing environment it's a must have. Provides plenty of inspirations and ideas. I can highly recommend.. Marc [...]

Great substance but slightly dated4
Design for Special Events is the kind of title I've been searching for. More than just pretty wedding invites with silky bows, this collection features substantial event campaigns, with multiple pieces, for a broad variety of events. While some of the graphics are gritty, not the elegant invitations many are used to, it was a refreshing change of pace. On the downside, however, while the text describes event-related design as "of the moment", many of these pieces, frankly, weren't. Many of the events happened in 2003, or earlier, and there was a heavy number of "retro" examples using Rosewood font and "farmer's almanac" type graphics. Overall, this is a nice addition to my reference collection but I hope future titles will be more current.