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

Design Week

” And while there might not be one rule to good book design — Strelecki calls it a “process” between designers and clients — the jurors bring together a wealth of experience. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says.

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Gustavo Piqueira’s Book Covers Show the Creativity (and Cost) of Constraints

Eye on Design

Gustavo Piqueira will make you wholly rethink book design—and, well, books at large. . The crew opened a studio, which would eventually evolve into Piqueira’s current practice in 2010. And then we started to enter visual identity contests…and we started to win the contests.”. They took on work for multinational companies.

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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. Papanek, V.

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Typographically Nuanced, Reseach-Based, and Socially Driven — Inventory Press Share Their Favorite Books

Eye on Design

In 2010, graphic designer Adam Michaels was looking for a different kind of book series. He wanted to see more accessible, visual and editorially experimental books, books that were typographically and materially nuanced, research-based, and socially-driven. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

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These Uncanny ’80s Illustrations of Life After Humans Are More Relevant Today Than Ever

Eye on Design

And 1990’s Man After Man investigated how humans would use genetic engineering to adapt to climate change, while in 2010, Greenworld documented an alien planet invaded and polluted to environmental catastrophe by humans. The New Dinosaurs explored how dinosaurs might have evolved had they not been wiped out by mass extinction.

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Top 10 Best Design Books to Kickstart Your Career

Inkbot Design

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. Lupton, Ellen (Author) English (Publication Language) 224 Pages – 10/06/2010 (Publication Date) – Princeton Architectural Press (Publisher). −$16.46. $11.49. Buy on Amazon.

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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 Experimental Typography Typographer and designer Rob Carter examines creative and unconventional approaches in Experimental Typography.