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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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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Key insights: Good design requires understanding diverse needs Build empathy through interviews and panels Consider how tech fails people, unlike the designer Compassion allows you to solve more significant problems. Both students and professional graphic designers should reference this when starting any design project.

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A Massive Catalogue of Stitched CMYK Studies by Evelin Kasikov Merges Printing and Embroidery

Colossal

“XXXX Swatchbook” (2010-2016), 180 x 210 millimeters. In “ XXXX Swatchbook ,” Evelin Kasikov ( previously ) explores all of the variables of CMYK printing without a single drop of ink. “I prepare the image in InDesign or Illustrator, then pierce the design onto paper and stitch with CMYK colored threads.

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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. Here are the five principles of humanity-centered design, abridged version: a. One louder voice is Don Norman’s. The MIT Press. link] Wong, E.

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10 Typefaces That Changed the World

Tuts Plus

German printer Johannes Gutenberg invented the first mechanical moving type in 1439, with the chunky, Gothic letterforms of blackletter being used to print Bibles, pamphlets, and manuscripts. . 30 Best Blackletter and Gothic Fonts for Designers We’re celebrating all things German here at Envato Tuts+ this week. Laura Keung. Typography.

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Soirée Fantastique

Fonts in Use

Conceived and designed by Pierre Pané-Farré , the book won the Gold Medal in the competition Best Book Design from all over the World and also was awarded at the Walter Tiemann Prize 2018. Stacks of posters from Oskar Leiner’s print shop. 1838–41), made by the book designer himself.

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The best record sleeves of 2020

Creative Review

The physical record also featured collaged fan art, plus reams of additional behind-the-scenes photographs of the singer (though at this point, it’s all behind-the-scenes), while the process was documented in more detail as part of a PDF book designed by Studio Nari. Zara McFarlane: Songs of an Unknown Tongue.

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