Patrick Nugent Email & Phone Number

Find my sequence of thriller novels published with Black Twist Books on Amazon 1 SILENT HAMMERS, the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/ptotafo 2 HUNTER'S WAY, the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/lfklwhs 3 BAD SEED, the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/owtksa74 TAKEN COLD, the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/zhnnuthI am highly experienced design and publishing professional, having worked in the industry for over thirty five years, I have extensive knowledge gained at the leading edge of high quality illustrated book publishing.The list below is a small selection of books that I have designed or art directed.The Gaia Atlas of Planet Management, 1st and revised editions (Gaia Books); Labyrinths and Mazes (Gaia Books); The Peace Atlas (Gaia Books); The Photographers Handbook (Dorling Kindersley); The Macmillan Guide to Family Health (Dorling Kindersley); Gaia, The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine (Gaia Books); Curing Everyday Ailments the Natural Way (Readers Digest, New York); New Organic Architecture (Gaia Books and University of California Press); The Beatles, An Illustrated Record (Pan Books); The Natural History of Evolution (Marshall Editions); The Ordnance Survey National Atlas of Great Britain (Country Life Books); The Book of Wine (Quarto Books). Big Questions series (Quercus), Gateway for the Gods, The Rise and Fall of Babylon (Quercus) Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Quercus)Lectures and papersI was a speaker at a conference at Harrow School of Art (University of Westminster) with publisher Peter Kindersley and designer Michael Peters on the "Process of Design". I gave a keynote lecture on "The Function of Language Devices in Diagram Design". Published as a paper in the proceedings of the "Design Process Conference".I spoke at the London Ecology Centre titled "Inner Design", on how the design function relates to conservation and ecology. Published in the journal of the Ecological Design Association.Specialties: Fully experienced designer, including the preparation of books for CTP production.I visualise and have great experience in diagram and map design, commissioning illustrators and art direction of photo sessions. Skilled in Mac OS, familiarity with Microsoft Windows.Applications used: QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, and Microsoft Word. Internet Applications: Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Explorer. Email applications: Entourage, Outlook (network), Outlook Express,

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