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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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Inside Lottozero by Studio Mut

BP&O

The exhibition took place at Lottozero / textile laboratories in Toscana, Italy and ran until November 20th, 2016. It was conceived by Arianna and Tessa Moroder and curated by Alessandra Tempesti. Under the concept of “Non-stop Fruition”, the exhibition […].

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14 fonts to fall in love with: trending typefaces that designers adore

Creative Boom

The weights variation from Hairline to Super with corresponding italics form a coherent and versatile family, making it suitable for book design, poster design, branding, signage systems and more. This is a strongly contrasted, edgy, blazing serif typeface suitable for display purposes on screens and in print.

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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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Depero Futurista, Dinamo-Azari

Fonts in Use

Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: [link] © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE Rome. Today it’s recognized as the first modern-day artist’s book. There are a few other typefaces that were used elsewhere in the book, but the vast majority was typeset in the fonts identified here.

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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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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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