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

Design Week

” The jurors must make a selection of 50 books and 50 covers from a selection of hundreds; any book published in the past year is eligible for submission. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says. Why this year?”

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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 The Design of Everyday Things remains a must-read for new designers.

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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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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. Buy on Amazon The book results from extensive international research involving multinationals, governments, and non-profits. Look no further than Graphic Design Thinking by Ellen Lupton.

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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

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.

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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. Design For The Real World, Pantheon. Sams Publishing. The Elements of User Experience: User-centered Design for the Web. Papanek, V.