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Sait Maden

Logo Design Love

In 1979, in an effort to document the history of Turkish graphic design, Maden started the book project “Turkish Graphic Art from the Beginning to the Present.” Various retrospective exhibitions were publicly shown between 2009 and 2019, and the Turkish design great passed away on June 19th, 2013.

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Parallel Universe by Simek

We And The Color

Born in 1985 in Chalkida, Greece, Simek (aka Christos Tzaferos) is a visual artist and graphic designer who has been experimenting with graffiti and street art since the end of the 1990s and he took up painting and photography in 2009. Christos Tzaferos studied graphic design in Athens.

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“Books remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant”: the enduring value of book design

Design Week

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. Reid (2009). Since 1923 to be exact — but it’s also what’s inside that counts. Format: Book cover Graceful, elegant, inventive, lyrical and appropriate to content. Jurors’ note).

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Delve into the uncharted history of book covers from the Arab world

Creative Review

Moe Elhossieny: I studied fine and graphic arts and graduated with a BA from the faculty of fine arts in Egypt back in 2009. Back then, design did not stand as its own field and practice, it was either you do art or advertising.

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Envisioning 3D design systems for the Metaverse

UX Collective

The Mandelbulb is a three-dimensional fractal, constructed for the first time in 1997 by Jules Ruis and in 2009 further developed by Daniel White and Paul Nylander. Tessellations frequently appeared in the graphic art of M. While extending fractals in 3D, there are many great examples and tools.

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Ivan Chermayeff, rest in peace

David Airey

A past president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Ivan Chermayeff was the recipient of gold medals from the institute and from the Society of Illustrators. He was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1981. Harper Collins logo, 1990. Showtime Networks logo, 1997. Smithsonian Institution logo, 1999.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

First published in 2009, this book was updated in late 2017 to incorporate emerging trends and technologies. These small but chunky books are a beautiful exploration of different palettes and their varying applications across graphic design and graphic arts. Buy the book. Palette Mini Series 01-03.