MASTERING MATERIALS, BINDINGS,& FINISHES

Designers love to incorporate bells and whistles and special features intotheir designs to make them stand out. Often these special treatments arethe element that makes the audience really connect with the design. Thechallenge is that these special embellishments are usually expensive andgetting them right can be extremely difficult. "Mastering Materials,Bindings, and Finishes" provides a complete reference to hundreds ofspecial treatments, with information on how to approach them in referenceto your design job, what to consider, the challenges, the pitfalls and theinside scoop from experienced designers who have both successfully and notso successfully implemented each of the effects featured.