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World Book Day: designers reveal their favourite children’s book designs

Design Week

Hippu by Oili Tanninen published by Tate, 2014. I love this short little book. Despite being over 50 years old, the design still feels fresh. Small and square (think Miffy sized), it’s the perfect starter book for little hands and minds. The Fox and The Star jacket design.

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7 Best Creatives from Belgium

Shillington

Since 2014, he’s been showing his paintings both locally and internationally in gallery shows and commited to his art practice full-time. For the Belgian photographer, Sanne De Wilde, we were really impressed with his book design for The Island of the Colorblind.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

Throughout the 1820s, publishers began covering annuals in a sort of wrapping paper, printed with minimal text, enough to identify the volume—these were referred to as “dust jackets”. He requested that the publisher print the title of his latest book, The Hunting of the Snark, on the spine of the “paper wrapper”.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

Throughout the 1820s, publishers began covering annuals in a sort of wrapping paper, printed with minimal text, enough to identify the volume—these were referred to as “dust jackets”. He requested that the publisher print the title of his latest book, The Hunting of the Snark, on the spine of the “paper wrapper”.

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

Eye on Design

Princeton Architectural Press agreed to publish his new series, ultimately producing three books under the title, Inventory Books. . That collection helped launch Inventory Press , which started out in 2014 — co-founded by Michaels together with Shannon Harvey. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Perfect for beginners, it introduces universally applicable design concepts like proximity, alignment, contrast, scale, visual hierarchy and more across four concise chapters. With practical applications for print and digital media, mini-exercises let you put lessons into practice as you go.

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Raising capital for inclusive design

UX Collective

Instead of being human-centered, let’s be humanity-centered An increasing voice across the design sphere is calling for designers to shift their perspective to address a wider system. But the team does more by providing CAD files for anyone to design and 3D print their own add-ons for their mouse and button controller.

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