Design Week

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The third year of book cover designer David Pearson’s university degree at Central Saint Martins, he admits, should have been spent focusing on his degree show. “Book design is at its most fun when you’ve got something to kick against.” ” Covers for books written by George Orwell. .”

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As designers, we all love them—whether it’s a beautifully designed cover or a weighty tome on the history of design and its major sub-genres. Though, when it comes to books on the topic of graphic design, it’s often hard to find the best ones to read. Buy the book. The Package Design Book.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 8, 2023

Top 10 Best Logo Design Books for Designers Logos are the cornerstone of a brand's visual identity , distilling a company's essence into a symbolic mark that evokes recognition and trust at a glance. Designing an effective logo requires far more strategic thinking than many realise.

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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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Fonts in Use

MARCH 10, 2024

Huang on the design : Despite its heavy themes, I found Akbar’s novel to be insanely funny,” Huang told Literary Hub. To me, humor is one of the most alluring qualities in a book (and really, in life) so it was an absolute treat to work on Akbar’s novel. This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 20, 2023

4 Tips On Promoting Your Book Cover Through Design Many people think all that matters in a book are the contents. Your cover design shows what your book is about and can provide plenty of benefits that will help you in your career. Book writing services and professionals help you throughout the process.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 1, 2022

Cita Press is a library and press devoted to curating, highlighting, publishing, and promoting works written by women. It pairs contemporary authors and designers with open-access texts, and makes thoughtfully designed books available for free. We’re now also a bilingual press, publishing in Spanish and English.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Michel Vrana is a graphic designer who ran his own boutique studio for ten years before deciding to go freelance in 2009 to concentrate on his passion: creating book covers. Here he talks us through his process for designing Dante’s Indiana. Central to the new book is a Dante’s Inferno theme park (in Indiana, of course!),

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Alison Forner is an Art Director at Avid Read Press and Simon & Schuster, whose work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in their 50 Books/50 Covers Show. 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.

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The best graphic design books are not dry and dusty academic tomes, but take you on an exciting journey of the imagination and transport you to new creative worlds. From classics of the discipline to the best of new releases, these books should be on every designer’s reading list. Buy the book. Buy the book.

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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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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! View fullsize. View fullsize. View fullsize.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

Thankfully, this beloved book (which was also reinterpreted as a cabaret) is redolent with vibrant vignettes by numerous writers who thoughtfully illuminate this dynamic era. This little book keeps it alive. Elizabeth Pagliacolo. Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger. Kendra Jackson. Stefan Novakovic.

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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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Creative Review

APRIL 3, 2020

If Covid-19 won’t let you go to the pool, then you can let the pool come to you, thanks to curator, writer, and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard’s new photo book, which explores its longstanding role as a muse to writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers. Above: book design by B.A.M.

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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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Thinking Design

JULY 29, 2019

Q&A with Penguin Publisher Elda Rotor The Evolution of the Dust Jacket, Part 2 In researching the use of the dust jacket recently for a piece I was writing — if you haven’t read my story on “The Evolution of the Dust Jacket” check it out here [link] — I became aware of the myriad of cover designs for Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 4, 2022

It found that, along with antiwar themes, students demanded more representation in school government, greater faculty diversity, and the creation of Black studies programs. . A Documentary of Student Protest publishes results from the campus study alongside news coverage, quotes from students, and agitprop artwork. Right On!:

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Ohn Mar Win

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Soon after I worked on the Healthy Hedonist cover ( see my last post) I was again approached by Kyle Books to illustrate another front cover. This time it was for a book about pancakes written by Sudi Pigott , and illustrations would also be needed for chapter openers. What I provided was taken to the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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Eye on Design

JUNE 16, 2022

I think Eames is saying that all the little, seemingly invisible decisions that no one else will notice, these are the things that make a piece of design work or not work. This idea is perhaps never more evident than in designing a photo book. I’ve collected photo books for years but, strangely, never considered their design.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Cuvelier likewise documented his time in Iran, and the resulting photographs have been incorporated into a new photo book, Paradise City, published by Gost Books. “Most graffiti I saw had the same recurring themes, mostly revolving around war martyrs and floral motifs.”

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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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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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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. Isn’t it cute?

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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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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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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. Nope, I was never the girl who read the uplifting books, because they just didn’t show the world I knew, which has led me to some GREAT books. Design: Mary Schuck.

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Colossal

MAY 14, 2024

All images © Escif, shared with permission Escif ( previously ) gained a foothold in street art by portraying playful scenes that tap into themes of capitalism, politics, and society, often relying on humor to convey messages related current events and activism. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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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. These themes flood Paley-Phillips’ writing. Ultimately the publisher was most enthused by the third route.

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High on Design by Wix

APRIL 23, 2019

With this as his mission statement, James’ design work and teachings are a celebration of self-expression, risk-taking, and autonomy of thought. James’ body of work is prolific, rich in both media and theme. His design work is presented in the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA and the Louvre.

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Shillington

MARCH 8, 2021

Hélène Baum-Owoyele is a French/German illustrator and graphic designer based in Berlin. Working for clients such as The New York Times and Tate, her artworks vary from editorial pieces and children’s books to advertising campaigns. Her recent work for publishing platform Legacy scooped an American Graphic Design Award in 2020.

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Design Week

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It is the first studio launched by News UK, the media group which publishes The Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement among others. They will aim to find the photographers and illustrators work across the whole publishing industry, not just on News UK titles. Bridge Studio is the strategic content agency owned by News UK.

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Eye on Design

APRIL 11, 2022

When it comes to her commissioned illustrations, Conejo is intentional, working mainly with women-and queer-owned businesses on themes important to her: body-related topics, sexuality, inclusion, diversity, and food. Design offered a way to stay connected to art and have a career. And she was just getting started.

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Eye on Design

JUNE 1, 2022

Rubbish can loosely be described as a family scrapbook, complete with film photography, heartwarming stories, and endearing illustrations pegged to a theme determined during a family brainstorming session, a.k.a. “I’ve obviously been proven wrong,” Aira, who turns 16 in July, said with a laugh. . time spent “talking rubbish.” Fixed at a 5.9

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In the “Back to basics” series, I would like to rediscover the content of the textbooks I read at the beginning of my industrial design studies. Victor Papanek was an American educator and designer of Austrian origin. A very UX theme! What did Victor Papanek leave for UX designers in “Design for Real Word”?

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It's easy to start, and there are plenty of different books and apps to choose from, depending on what works best for your lifestyle. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future. Choose a theme and stick with it, or pick a different one every day. Sale Bestseller No. −$11.01.

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UX Collective

MAY 24, 2023

With a book. He is Chinese and about 10 years ago his book, “The Jade Peony”, hit the North American bestseller lists. I’ll bet very few of you have heard of Wayson, let alone read his book. In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a book called “The Experience Economy”.( Think about it. Where do web sites start?

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