Spine Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, and maker of things. So much so that she’s written a book, Cyclettes , where she documents a meaningful life only discovered and sustained through a two-wheeled lifestyle. Here she tells us about what it was like to design the covers for her own book.

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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

He’s done some incredible work for book design, posters, magazines and cool branding projects, working with amazing clients like Studio David Lynch, Anton Corbijn, Erwin Olaf, Stephan Vanfleteren, Aperture, Prestel Publishing and Thames and Hudson. Charlotte Dumortier.

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Tuts Plus

JULY 23, 2020

What You'll Be Creating In today's tutorial, I'll show you how to make a fairy-tale book cover with a vintage-inspired look. Vintage-style covers are big news in publishing right now, and clothbound covers are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence. How Should I Plan My Cover Design? Your front cover design is finished—great work!

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Dante’s Indiana (Biblioasis Books) is a sequel to Randy Boyagoda’s first novel Original Prin. The second book is described by the publisher as “an extraordinary journey through the divine comedies and tragedies of our time.” Thanks, past me.)

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Spine Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Natasha MacKenzie (aka miss nat mack) is a coffee-addicted book designer primarily based out of Manchester. With a professional background in marketing, branding and book design, she helps authors and publishers across the globe bring their stories to life!

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sale Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field Armstrong, Helen (Author) English (Publication Language) 151 Pages – 03/11/2009 (Publication Date) – Princeton Architectural Press (Publisher) −$22.95 $2.00 The Design of Everyday Things remains a must-read for new designers.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Here she tells us about her process for designing The Appointment. In book publishing, there are certain genres or themes that repeat year after year. As cover designers, we know what type of imagery those books require and the challenge lies in reinventing a familiar look to make it feel fresh and new.

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Spine Magazine

JUNE 8, 2020

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Maria Elias ’s Book Design Heroines. We feel it is still very relevant to today’s design industry. Design: Patti Ratchford. Salvage the Bones was given to me by a publishing friend and it’s a National Book Award Winner. Design: Unknown.

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High on Design by Wix

APRIL 23, 2019

His design work is presented in the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA and the Louvre. He’s also an author, teacher, podcaster and public speaker, and has worked with notable clients, like Adobe, Time Magazine, MailChimp and more. We spoke with James about his many creative undertakings: Designing ideas, not trends.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Used Book in Good Condition Ingledew, John (Author) English (Publication Language) 224 Pages – 10/19/2011 (Publication Date) – Laurence King Publishing (Publisher). McAlhone, Beryl (Author) English (Publication Language) 240 Pages – 08/13/1998 (Publication Date) – Phaidon Press (Publisher).

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BP&O

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It is a collaboration between publisher Thames & Hudson and Central Saint Martins, and co-authored by Programme Director of Fashion Hywel Davies and Cally Blackman, lecturer in Fashion History and Theory. The […].

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Shillington

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The resulting grotesque sans-serif provides real dramatic impact and is most famously in use by MOMA, De Wiels, Zeit Magazine and the Walker Art Centre. They make an ideal combination, then, for any design that seeks to use typography to grab visual attention and engagement from the viewer.

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Spine Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing Kat Chow’s beautiful memoir, Seeing Ghosts. “I I love you as high as the sky, and as deep as the ocean”, Kat Chow’s mother used to tell her and her sisters, quoting from the children’s book Owly.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 29, 2023

After its introduction in 1931, Times New Roman swiftly became popular beyond The Times and was adopted by other newspapers and publishing houses. He manually engraved and cast metal-type fonts of unrivalled sharpness and precision for the books he published in the royal print shop in Parma, Italy.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

But as researcher and curator Mohamed Elshahed shows in this handsome illustrated guide published by the American University of Cairo Press, the country’s sprawling capital is also a rich trove of modernist and contemporary building styles. The post 8 Insightful Design Books to Read While Social Distancing appeared first on Azure Magazine.

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Eye on Design

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In a conversation with architect David Adjaye, published by Pace earlier this year, Pendleton compared his paintings to graffiti, frescoes, and a wall where “the marks are disappearing as you look at it.”. It is also a visual experience asserting that Pendleton is as much a book designer as a painter and video maker.

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Spine Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing Juan José Millás’ From the Shadows. I designed the cover of Juan José Millás’ From the Shadows knowing little of what the novel contained.

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We And The Color

MAY 19, 2021

Living In, a book published in 2020 by Gestalten. Curated by leading design magazine Openhouse and published by Gestalten , Living In offers a rare look inside some of the world’s most extraordinary homes. The book is the result of curatorial research on 30 houses that have opened their doors to the public.

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BP&O

MARCH 18, 2020

Words by Richard Baird Queremos Sonreír – Activar la Cultura Local (We want to smile – Activating local culture) brings together the voices of a variety of cultural agents–from citizen collectives and activists to artists and managers of cultural programmes–who are generating actions that intend to stimulate local culture, empower citizens, develop (..)

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Shillington

MAY 28, 2020

Vince Frost Design Your Life. In his 2015 book, Design Your Life, Vince Frost laid out his central idea that design thinking can apply to everything from business to life. Stack is a company that delivers a different independent magazine to your door every month. The Honest Designers Show. Listen here.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Quick Background… In my twenty-year role as a graphic designer, I’ve designed books, album covers, magazines, logos, websites, and built digital tools. Regardless of the final forms, if its client-based or self-initiated, I treat all my designs as opportunities for intellectual inquiry and self-expression.

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Eye on Design

JUNE 1, 2022

When Claire and Pann Lim floated the idea of starting a magazine with their two children back in 2013, their daughter, Aira, then 6, was bewildered. Who’s going to want to read a magazine about our family?” Fixed at a 5.9 “bLAh bLAh bLAh” exhibition in 2012.

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Eye on Design

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Long before higher education in art and design was within reach for me, and before my imagination stretched to even considering book design as something one could do for a living, I accidentally found a publication in the school library that absorbed me and still sits in my heart as one of the “magic” books of my life. .

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The book formant allows you to go through stories, peruse it, check things out and form your own narrative and view of the world. We were trying to keep text and visuals working together to make a cohesive designed object, so if it wasn’t for the book designer Raphael Geroni it could have so easily gone off the rails.

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Shillington

APRIL 19, 2021

The truth is, employers will not be looking at your degree in design to determine if you’re qualified for the job. . The industry thrives upon designers who can deliver a range of creative content in the arenas of advertising, book design, magazine design, information maps, typography and beyond.

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Eye on Design

JULY 1, 2022

It was originally published in issue #02 of Eye on Design magazine. As the man behind Magic Eye, Baccei and his small team of designers orchestrated one of pop culture’s most bewildering whims, turning an obscure perceptual experiment into a publishing empire. Image courtesy of Ron Labbe/Studio 3D.

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Inspiration Feed

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you’re a graphic designer or typographer, intimate understanding of typography is vital for your success. Today we collected must read books for passionate… The post 15 Enlightening Books for Typography Enthusiasts appeared first on Inspirationfeed.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While most covers are fairly easy to credit, particularly if shared by the designer, or added to their personal website, a few usually remain elusive for a time. More than a minor inconvenience for me, this is indicative of a wider problem for book cover designers. Book publishers! Art Direction: Helen Yentus.

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Tuts Plus

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Now recognised as a transitional serif type style, Baskerville remains one of the most widely used typefaces in book design, and has been refined and adapted into many other related and well-loved fonts, such as Mrs Eaves and Big Moore (sometimes referred to as Baskerville Old Face ). Didot: The Typeface of Aspiration. Melody Nieves.

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As the title suggests, Graphic Design School introduces visual design for modern media and breaks it down in a way that’s easy to follow for any student pursuing a creative discipline. You’re introduced to the latest in graphic design software, as well as traditional printing techniques such as risograph and screen printing.

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UX Collective

MARCH 17, 2023

(Head First Design Patterns, FREEMAN et al., The pattern-based design paradigm emerged in the 1970s when architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander (1977; 1979) published a set of descriptions about common problems in architecture and their solutions within specific contexts. Whitenton (2013).

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Spine Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days by Giles Paley-Phillips. Ultimately the publisher was most enthused by the third route. As a reader, the verse novel is one of my favorites.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 22, 2023

The counterculture movement of the 1960s pushed graphic design into more experimental territory, evident in psychedelic rock posters and underground press publications. Today, graphic design spans all realms of society and culture, from branding major corporations to giving expression to personal creativity through platforms like Instagram.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 10, 2024

InDesign vs Illustrator: Which Design Software Should You Use? In graphic design and publishing, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator are two of the most popular software tools. Released in 1999, InDesign built upon Adobe's previous publishing software, PageMaker, to become their next-generation publishing solution.

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UX Collective

MAY 24, 2023

Jacob Neilson and his advocacy of an engineering approach to web design in his book “Designing Web Usability” comes close when the first sentence of the book is, “I am a usability expert, so my choice of medium is governed by what is most usable for a given communications goal and not what is in fashion at any given time.”

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Creative Review

APRIL 3, 2020

Above: book design by B.A.M. ” Pool, Hamptons, 2014 © Sasha Lytvyn Pools: Lounging, Diving, Floating, Dreaming: Picturing life at the pool is published by Rizzoli, and is available to pre-order now ; bamlondon.com. I started to notice that I’d become slightly fearful of water,” she says.

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Eye on Design

APRIL 11, 2022

With words by Mendelson and illustr ations by Conejo, Pussypedia, A Comprehensive Guide (Hachette Books) was published in 2021. . Design offered a way to stay connected to art and have a career. Prior to agency life, she spent 15 years at Communication Arts magazine and served on the board of AIGA San Francisco.

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