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

Design Week

The annual competition was originally known as Fifty Books of the Year, and jurors focused on the “construction of the book and the printed page”, its current organiser Heather Strelecki tells Design Week. As book production expanded, so did the AIGA’s outlook. Why this year?”

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15+ Best Design Thinking Books to Read

Inkbot Design

1 – The Design Thinking Playbook Sale Bestseller No. Buy on Amazon First off, let's talk about what design thinking is all about. Whether looking to (re-)design products, services, processes, business models, or ecosystems, design thinking is an incredibly powerful tool for driving innovation and solving wicked problems.

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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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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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Top 10 Best Design Books to Kickstart Your Career

Inkbot Design

Design, Second Edition: The Definitive Visual Guide. Hardcover Book DK (Author) English (Publication Language) 480 Pages – 03/02/2021 (Publication Date) – DK (Publisher). I'm a designer and often think about design when working on projects. 2 – The Non-Designer's Design Book.

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The mechanics of non-human personas

UX Collective

How designers can capture the voices that represent non-human living beings. Yes, there are important movements like sustainable design, eco design and circular design. The impact of our digital interactions on the environment may be less visible compared to physical products but very real. Oxford University Press.

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

Eye on Design

Part of what makes Dixon’s post-anthropogenic world — teeming with the ancestors of animals we know today — so believable is their design, as well as the encyclopedic treatment of the book. Having studied paleontology and geology, Dixon started out his career working in publishing at Mitchell/Beazley Ltd.