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This Experimental Publisher Is Rethinking How Design Books Get Made

Eye on Design

Since its inception in 2009, Kickstarter has hosted approximately 3,700 campaigns centered around art books, with an estimated 500 specifically about design. That is when he realized there were other “ignored areas of publishing” that he might be able to tap into. The idea of crowdfunding books on design is no longer a new concept.

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15+ Best Design Thinking Books to Read

Inkbot Design

1 The Design Thinking Playbook: Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems (Design Thinking Series) Lewrick, Michael (Author) English (Publication Language) 352 Pages – 05/22/2018 (Publication Date) – Wiley (Publisher) −$11.01 $25.99

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Has the collective experience of the pandemic reset our relationship with the future?

UX Collective

Around 2009, Stuart Candy from Carnegie Mellon University presented the Future Cone as a way of depicting different kinds of potential futures. The diagram consists of a number of cones that expand out from the present into the future. What are our inspirations and have these changed because of the pandemic?

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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?

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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?

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Sale Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field Armstrong, Helen (Author) English (Publication Language) 151 Pages – 03/11/2009 (Publication Date) – Princeton Architectural Press (Publisher) −$22.95 $2.00 He examines why some products confuse users while others feel intuitively easy to operate.

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Dissecting deceptive patterns in nature and technology

UX Collective

In 2009, the hacking group 4Chan created automated voting software that bypassed human authentication processes and voted their founder to become Time Person of the Year on the Time Inc website. Patterns are the laws of nature and life that present themselves in all disciplines of life — from the smallest microorganism to macrocosm.