{"id":2155,"date":"2012-03-09T07:30:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T07:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2012-03-09T07:30:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T07:30:46","slug":"review-an-a-z-of-visual-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2012\/03\/09\/review-an-a-z-of-visual-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: An A-Z of Visual Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pikaland\/6966364601\/\" title=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas by pikaland, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7179\/6966364601_0847d3def6_o.jpg\" width=\"440\" alt=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First of all, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1856697142\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=pikaland-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=1856697142\">An A-Z of Visual Ideas: How to Solve Any Creative Brief<\/a> is a hugely underrated book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1856697142\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=pikaland-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=1856697142\">An A-Z of Visual Ideas: How to Solve Any Creative Brief<\/a><br \/>\n224 pages, softcover<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been stumped for ideas on how to push the envelope in your work or to add context by twisting thing ups a notch, then you must, absolutely, get this book.<\/p>\n<p>What this book does is to link, connect and inspire new ways of thinking and creative solving. From A to Z and start to finish, the book not only outlines how to breathe new life into your ideas, but show you many examples of how others have done them. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pikaland\/6966363171\/\" title=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas by pikaland, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7045\/6966363171_99046d2713_o.jpg\" width=\"440\" alt=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pikaland\/6820241934\/\" title=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas by pikaland, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7194\/6820241934_b21fbcf8a5_o.jpg\" width=\"440\" alt=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pikaland\/6820239980\/\" title=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas by pikaland, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7053\/6820239980_83fd22c274_o.jpg\" width=\"440\" alt=\"An A-Z of Visual Ideas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From focusing on hidden messages to adding maths into the equation, there&#8217;s so many ways of seeing. I&#8217;m using some of the techniques for problem solving and coming up with new ideas already, but I&#8217;m so pleased to see that there are so many left to explore.<\/p>\n<p>The book isn&#8217;t just meant for just graphic designers or advertising agencies. It&#8217;s for copywriters, artists, illustrators, and every profession in between who dabbles in visuals in their everyday work. I&#8217;d consider it a modern textbook that belongs in every syllabus as recommended reading material if you&#8217;re studying. It makes you think. It makes you squint. Above all it makes you want to create and put the ideas you see here in the book to use immediately.<\/p>\n<p>And that to me, is a hallmark of an excellent book.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a few more spreads and purchase the book over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1856697142\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=pikaland-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=1856697142\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming up tomorrow: A new column with links that I&#8217;ve collected over the week for your weekend reading pleasure!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Review: An A-Z of Visual Ideas\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2012\/03\/09\/review-an-a-z-of-visual-ideas\/\" aria-label=\"More on Review: An A-Z of Visual Ideas\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}