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Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration

Creative Boom

Image courtesy of publisher Sit back, relax and reacquaint yourselves with the joys of devouring a beautifully designed print magazine. It showcases the best in visual communications, from typography to illustration and everything in between. Idea Idea is a magazine about graphic design and typography published quarterly in Tokyo.

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

Creative Boom

And if there's one obsession that designers feel truly passionate about, it's typography. The company's main goal is to value font creators and to better distribute the revenue share of the objects, books and fonts they produce and publish. The company publishes retail fonts developed by the two, their staff, and outside collaborators.

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Becoming type-sensitive with the psychology of fonts

UX Collective

Typography also drives a handful of other cognitive processes that often get overlooked?—?but The following science-backed ideas will hopefully inspire some typography decisions that will best suit your project and goals. First, aesthetically pleasing typography improves creative thinking. but we can remedy that. Childers, T.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

To help, I've compiled this list of the 37 best design books covering various specialities – from typography and layout to UX and web design. Norman (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 09/19/2002 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) −$14.98 $1.97

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Thomas Tanselle, an authority on dust jackets, it was likely these slipcases “gave prominence to the idea of a detachable publisher’s covering.” What is the Purpose of a Book Cover? According to G.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Thomas Tanselle, an authority on dust jackets, it was likely these slipcases “gave prominence to the idea of a detachable publisher’s covering.” WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK COVER? According to G.

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From Mad magazine to B-Movies: An Oral History of Beastie Boys’ Artwork

Eye on Design

A number of other ideas were exercised before we landed on the one that was published. The typography is my handwriting. To the 5 Boroughs (2004) . Manhattan Unfurled was an accordion-format book published by Random House depicting the East and West Side skylines as seen from the surrounding rivers. It’s not graffiti.

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