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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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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. Their type designers, it's claimed, receive a much better percentage of license sales than on average. Everett by Weltkern 4.

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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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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. Sams Publishing. Design Think Make Break Repeat: A Handbook of Methods (Revised Edition), BIS Publishers. Sustainability, 8(2), 174.

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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. Written and d esigned by Depero, it was published in 1927 and dubbed “a typographical racing car” by Futurism’s founder, F.T. Today it’s recognized as the first modern-day artist’s book.

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5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills

Inkbot Design

1 Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) Krug, Steve (Author) English (Publication Language) 216 Pages – 12/24/2013 (Publication Date) – New Riders (Publisher) −$9.00 $36.00 Sale Bestseller No. Sale Bestseller No. Sale Bestseller No.

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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. The Interaction Design Foundation. One louder voice is Don Norman’s. link] Roseland, M., & Spiliotopoulou, M. Social Sciences , 5 (3), 28.

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