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14 fonts to fall in love with: trending typefaces that designers adore

Creative Boom

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. The pair have been collaborating since 2004 on various typeface projects, most notably the award-winning Guardian Egyptian.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The following are but a few of the design solutions that have graced the cover of the book over the past seventy plus years. They represent the changing relationship of the book jacket to the book, and the changing approach to book design and by extension book marketing over time. 1955 Penguin Books.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The following are but a few of the design solutions that have graced the cover of the book over the past seventy plus years. They represent the changing relationship of the book jacket to the book, and the changing approach to book design and by extension book marketing over time. Cut to the chase.

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8 Insightful Design Books to Read While Social Distancing

Azure Magazine

Containing entries for more than 200 sites and structures, the book covers territory from Al-Azhar Park (a 30-hectare oasis completed in 2004 by Sites International and Sasaki Associates) to Zamalek (home of iconic Cairo Tower, with its concrete latticework skin). Danny Sinopoli. Evan Pavka.

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Patrick Thomas & his PULP silkscreen prints respond to the era of "truth decay"

Type room

Between 2004–05 he was Graphic Research Fellow at Liverpool John Moores University and since October 2013 he is a professor of visual communication at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art. The space will also host talks, workshops and other events, in partnership with invited designers, initiatives, collectives and institutions worldwide.

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The mechanics of non-human personas

UX Collective

Yes, there are important movements like sustainable design, eco design and circular design. Design For The Real World by Victor Papanek / Photo via Twitter We can replace “industrial design” with “interaction design”, “UX design” or “service design” and the quote is still accurate. Tomlinson B.,

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Buy on Amazon White Space is Not Your Enemy White space is easily one of the most under-utilised elements in design compositions. Buy on Amazon Logo and Branding Genius Logos and branding design require deep strategic insight combined with creative visual solutions.