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A new book designed by Span pays homage to lowrider culture

Creative Boom

Slow & Low was originally founded in 2011 as an annual Chicago street festival but has since grown to a high-profile event with over 10,000 attendees. Initial discussions focussed on a "desire to diverge from the conventional aesthetic commonly found in car culture and photo books", according to Adam.

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In CAPS LOCK, Ruben Pater Untangles the Relationship Between Graphic Design and Capitalism

Eye on Design

With less hope to be placed in computers, designers have been finding it out in the streets, drawing energy from waves of opposition that encompass inflection points ranging from the 2011 “movements of the squares” to last year’s protests around the murder of George Floyd. There is no way around it…. We have to get rid of capitalism.”

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Patrick Thomas & his PULP silkscreen prints respond to the era of "truth decay"

Type room

A-Z presents , exhibition , Patrick Thomas , talk , Berlin , fake news , truth , artivism , silkscreen , silkscreening prints , newspaper , printing. In 2011 Laurence King Publishing , published his second book Protest Stencil Toolkit. Since 2011 he is based in Berlin. A revised edition was released in April 2019.

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Are Mockup Designers the Most Influential Designers of Our Era?

Eye on Design

The Vilnius-based designer uploaded his first mockup – a brochure design – onto GraphicRiver in 2011 and set up Mockup Cloud in 2017. On Behance or Instagram, a mocked-up book design can sit next to a completed, printed and distributed book. Mockups are so neutral that they sacrifice personality.

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The Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends

Eye on Design

It is current proof that as with any other kind of graphic or textile design, book jackets are part of a trend cycle, borrowing from looks of the past, and absorbing styles from the present. . Three books that exemplify the “frappuccino unicorn” trend. Image by Laura Thompson. Image by Laura Thompson.

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15+ Best Design Thinking Books to Read

Inkbot Design

If you want to learn more about the power of design thinking, this book is a must-read. Buy on Amazon Looking for an essential graphic design book that demystifies the creative process? Graphic Design Thinking comes here, as it presents many methods applicable to any brainstorming scenario.

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10 Fresh Font Pairings for Editorial Design in 2020

Shillington

Elena is a lovely font designed specifically for digital text. A clear, crisp and modern-looking serif, it was designed by Nicole Dotin and released through Process Type Foundry in 2011. A sans-serif font, Didact Gothic was designed to present each letter in the form most often used in elementary classrooms.

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