Creative Boom

JULY 17, 2023

Earlier this month, the American Institute of Graphic Arts revealed the winners of its 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition, and the results are an insight into how design choices celebrate the object quality of the book. As ever, though, there's always room for improvement.

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Just Creative

MARCH 23, 2024

Get inspired by these rockin’ female graphic designers! 8 Top Female Graphic Designers Paula Scher: The Dame of Grande Design Louise Fili: Elegant Romance Marian Bantjes : Step Away From the Computer! Louise Fili and her design work Marian Bantjes: Step Away From the Computer!

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Design Week

JANUARY 29, 2020

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says. “But books, physical books, remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant.”

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Cairo-based designer, researcher and writer has been working alongside volunteer researcher Nourhan El Banna, also based in Egypt, and assistant researchers Omayma Dajani (Palestine) and Yaman To’meh (Lebanon) to create the first digital archive for Arabic book cover designs published between the 1950s and 1990s.

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Shillington

MARCH 3, 2023

It also features forewords from revolutionary graphic artist Emory Douglas and sociologist Ruha Benjamin to give the book historical and socio-political context and an afterword from Eddie Opara, partner at Pentagram. The book is a true tour de force in the past, present and future of Black design.

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Inspiration Feed

APRIL 5, 2020

Design School. Two relatively ordinary words, but once put together take on a distinct meaning – a glorified institute subliminally pushing the notion that the combination of art and academia is the recipe for success. Let’s start off by stressing…

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Inspiration Feed

APRIL 5, 2020

Design School. Two relatively ordinary words, but once put together take on a distinct meaning – a glorified institute subliminally pushing the notion that the combination of art and academia is the recipe for success. Let’s start off by stressing…

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