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Judy Juracek

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PUBLISHED WORKS

SURFACES: VISUAL RESEARCH FOR ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS
First in the series, offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colorful visual images of surface textures –wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass – ready to be used in architectural, scenic or film designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information. Photographed by a designer for designers, these pictures show specific materials and how they change with time, weather, wear, and different lighting. Interviews with eight design professors provide practical advice on how they approach visual research, and a comprehensive glossary of visual and technical terms offers a vocabulary for professional communication. CD-ROM included.

English rights to Thames & Hudson, UK
Book Clubs: Sierra on Line, Doubleday Select
Now in its 9th printing

Entire SURFACES series is the winner of GOLDEN PEN AWARD from the U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology

Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA.

SOFT SURFACES: VISUAL RESEARCH FOR ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS
W.W. Norton, Fall 2000
Second in the series, focusing on textiles and other soft natural and artificial surfaces. CD-ROM included.

English rights to entire series to Thames & Hudson, UK
Doubleday Select Book Club

Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA.

NATURAL SURFACES: VISUAL RESEARCH FOR ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS
W.W. Norton, Spring 2002
Third in the series, focusing on landscape elements—sea, sky, foliage. CD-ROM included.

English rights to Thames & Hudson, UK
Doubleday Select Book Club

Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA.

ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES: DETAILS FOR ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND DESIGNERS by Judy Juracek and Peter Pennoyer
W.W. Norton, Fall 2005
Fourth in the series, a dazzlingly illustrated survey, for architects, artists, and designers, of significant surfaces in different lights.

Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA.

Featured Books

LOOKING FOR SALVATION AT THE DAIRY QUEEN by Susan Gregg Gilmore

“If I had to make a comparison I would compare Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing.” --Lee Smith, author of Saving Grace and On Agate Hill

BILLY BOYLE WORLD WAR II MYSTERY SERIES by James R. Benn

"Characterization and atmosphere carry Benn's third WWII mystery, a convincing blend of fact and fiction" -- Publisher's Weekly "Uncle Ike" (aka General Eisenhower) personally pins silver first lieutenant bars on Billy Boyle in Benn's stellar fifth WWII mystery (after 2009's Evil for Evil. Benn excels at depicting the impact of war on London--the bricks from bombed buildings piled neatly on the streets, families living in Tube stations, "the odor of the Blitz." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

NON-FICTION

THE BLUE COTTON GOWN by Patricia Harman

"In her sweetly perceptive memoir, [Harman] reveals how her exam room becomes a confessional. Coaxing women in thin blue gowns to share secrets—about abusive boyfriends, OxyContin habits, unplanned pregnancies—she reminds them that they’re not alone.” People Magazine “Utterly true and lyrical as any novel, Harman’s book should be a little classic.” Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Cage of Stars

SURFACES: VISUAL RESEARCH FOR ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, AND DESIGNERS by Judy Juracek

"Without a doubt, these three volumes comprise an amazing collection of images and information that no theatre designer should be without... inspirational and functional, beautiful and practical." -Theatre Design & Technology