Design Week

MARCH 3, 2021

Hippu by Oili Tanninen published by Tate, 2014. Courtesy of Tate Publishing “My pick is Hippu by Finnish author-illustrator Oili Tanninen. I love this short little book. Despite being over 50 years old, the design still feels fresh. “It’s now my son’s favourite book too.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Best Graphic Design Books to Buy. I recently updated one of the more popular posts on the blog entitled the best books for Logo Designers and thought a corresponding page of the best Graphic Design books could be helpful. 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design. Know Your Onions: Graphic Design.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 23, 2021

Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby (designed by Random House’s Rachel Ake Keuch ) has been one of the most consequential pieces of mainstream fiction to publish this year: a modern relationship story that offers a view into urban trans culture. Three books that exemplify the “frappuccino unicorn” trend.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Asser Levy Bathhouse, from the series ‘Bathhouse’, New York, 1975 © Deborah Turbeville Author and curator Nathalie Herschdorfer discusses her new book on Deborah Turbeville and why this trailblazing fashion photographer should no longer remain in the shadows. In terms of Deborah Turbeville's work, they had everything ," she recalls.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills As a designer, expanding your knowledge is crucial for professional growth. With so many design books out there, it can take time to identify the true gems worth investing your time into reading. Read on for the cream of the crop regarding design literature.

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Creative Review

JULY 14, 2022

Art and design publisher Counter-Print has released From Africa, the seventh book in its popular From series, which has so far brought us work from Japan, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Switzerland and South Korea. Moving between fashion, illustration, lettering, book design and more.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of covers for new titles. There’ll be some catching up to do in 2021, that’s for sure.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 9, 2022

Last summer, while browsing the fiction aisles at Powell’s Books in Portland, a fat black spine caught my attention. At the top, the book’s title was typeset in tapering white capitals. I slid the book out. Image courtesy Third Mind Books. Anthony dollar coin floating at the top like a cold silvery moon.

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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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Communication Arts

APRIL 28, 2022

This collection of work published by Counter-Print meditates on how designers cut through the clutter with an emphasis on typography.

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Eye on Design

JULY 5, 2022

In 2010, graphic designer Adam Michaels was looking for a different kind of book series. He wanted to see more accessible, visual and editorially experimental books, books that were typographically and materially nuanced, research-based, and socially-driven. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But with the slowdown caused by the strike, I have experienced fewer bookings and demand in general." That's when I started shifting my work from prints, book designs and brand identities to key visuals to promote a certain play or show," he continues. "I I liked how it was more image-driven than my other work.

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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. What You Will Learn in This Fairy-Tale Book Cover Design Tutorial.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 29, 2022

Café Royal Books is a one-man print archive of culture, community, and social change based in Southport, UK. This impressive image-based publisher shares the best of documentary photography in weekly releases that cater to those interested in subcultures, British and Irish post-war history and more. It started in 2005.

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BP&O

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Text by Richard Baird 160 Faces is a new publication from Swedish artist Daniel Götesson working under the name Ekta, designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist and distributed under the studio’s publishing arm ll’Editions. The post Ekta: 160 Faces by Lundgren+Lindqvist appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The weights variation from Hairline to Super with corresponding italics form a coherent and versatile family, making it suitable for book design, poster design, branding, signage systems and more. Their type designers, it's claimed, receive a much better percentage of license sales than on average. Everett by Weltkern 4.

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Creative Boom

JULY 13, 2023

Counter-Print's new book, Optic What is it about optical illusions that captivates graphic designers so much? These optical effects are often found in beloved book designs, packaging, and branding the world over. I think Op Art, in this context, works really well to deliver the brand message."

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The Design Blog

APRIL 25, 2021

V&J designed Molly’s first cookbook, published by @clarksonpotter They worked on the Editorial Design, Graphic Design and Custom Typeface for the Cover logotype. Editorial design was composed with V&J’S awesome typefaces, Kobe, Voyage, and Dida, and the text was set in Gt Haptik.

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Thinking Design

APRIL 11, 2018

From Copyright Alliance, original post can be found here: copyrightalliance.org/ca_post/book-designer-secondari/ This week we would like you to meet Creative Director and Book Designer Linda Secondari. What was the inspiration behind becoming a Creative Director and Book Designer? Who will it live with?

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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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Inkbot Design

JUNE 23, 2023

Our journey will cover the spectrum of essential topics: from germinating a compelling idea, researching, writing, proofreading, and formatting to the final touchdown of publishing and marketing your digital masterpiece. The Rise of eBooks in the Digital Era Let's face it—the world has gone digital, and books are no exception.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

MAY 6, 2019

What is the Purpose of a Book Cover? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages.

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Fonts in Use

APRIL 28, 2023

Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.theideaofthebook.com The Idea of the Book. Book jacket (second edition by Niggli, Teufen, 1964) Dan Reynolds, esteemed friend of the site, writes on Mastodon : 125 years ago today – at exactly 12:05 in the afternoon, Berlin time – H. The Print Arkive.

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Creative Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In comparison, we know relatively little about 20th century Belgian graphic design — despite a rich, bold history in pushing boundaries across posters, flyers and other printed ephemera, typography, editorial design, and more. A new book hopes to change all that.

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Thinking Design

MAY 6, 2019

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK COVER? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages.

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Creative Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Currently living in Brussels, Korean book designer and illustrator Jinhee Han’s love of design was first sparked when working for an independent bookshop in Seoul called The Book Society. “That was the first time I touched art books and truly appreciated the beauty of books,” Han says.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 26, 2021

A typographic inspired ‘variorum’ edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’ that highlights all the linguistic changes Charles Darwin introduced to the book since its first publication in 1859, by presenting them alongside the complete sixth and final edition of the book later published in 1872. abduzeedo 03.26.21

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crowdspring

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Like it or not, people judge books by their covers. In a store packed with books (or sitting at home browsing Amazon) your book cover design is the most effective way to catch people’s attention. A shoddy book cover will make prospective readers question the value of the content within. Design by espacioM.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 29, 2023

Countless posters, advertisements, packaging, signage and books showcased Helvetica, securing its reputation as the quintessential “modern” typeface. Helvetica was even featured in the New York City subway system signage designed by Unimark International.

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Type room

OCTOBER 7, 2019

A-Z presents , exhibition , Patrick Thomas , talk , Berlin , fake news , truth , artivism , silkscreen , silkscreening prints , newspaper , printing. In 2005 he published Black & White, a compilation of his work for the International Press. A revised edition was released in April 2019. In 2007 he set up his first press.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

“Once you start to see them, you’ll never understand how you didn’t see them before,” writes Roman Mars in the first few pages The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design. Was there certain opportunities that only a book afforded you? Roman Mars. I wanted to break from that.

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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

And Belgium is known for its comic-book artists with popular titles like Tintin, Gaston, Nero and many others. The list includes book cover design, whimsical illustrations, visual identity for the arts and a campaign design for a creative awards organisation. Davy Denduyver.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 11, 2023

Top 10 Best Books for Logo Designers In a world where brands compete for attention, a powerful and memorable logo can make all the difference. As a logo designer, you understand the art of blending creativity, strategy, and technical skill to craft visual identities that resonate with audiences.

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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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Mindsparkle Mag

APRIL 11, 2023

The first major published work from the recently-founded Semi Permanent Brand Studio , 20 YEARS FORWARD & BACK, is presented as a non-linear time capsule exploring two decades of creativity forwards and backwards charting, reflecting and refracting a broad spectrum of excellence across multiple disciplines.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Whole Booke of Psalmes. All images courtesy of The Grolier Club, shared with permission Critics have been lamenting the conformity of contemporary book coves for more than a decade, railing against the same abstract blobs and bland stock imagery gracing many titles. London: Company of Stationers, 1643. Bound with Eusebius.

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Aldus Manutius & the Paperback

Thinking Design

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

1450–1515) was the father of modern publishing. The Aldine Press premiered an immensely popular new format well-designed editions of the secular classics Manutius called libelli portatiles , or “portable little books” because they easily fit in the hand of the reader. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Denarius of Titus (80 AD).

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