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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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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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Jinhee Han has a love for Risograph and complex layouts

Creative Review

Currently living in Brussels, Korean book designer and illustrator Jinhee Han’s love of design was first sparked when working for an independent bookshop in Seoul called The Book Society. “That was the first time I touched art books and truly appreciated the beauty of books,” Han says.

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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.

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The Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends

Eye on Design

I’ve been calling this particular trend the unicorn frappuccino cover, due to its resemblance to Starbucks’ coffeeless drink that went viral due back in 2017. The guiding principle of “ like that book but different ” cover design has existed for decades.

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Top 20 Fonts That Will Be Popular with Designers in 2020

Shillington

With seven weights and a distinctive look, it’s no surprise that we’ve seen it used for branding, packaging, and editorial projects, both printed and online. Body text in Plantin has a rich texture and is ideally suited for editorial or book designs – though it performs perfectly well on screens as well.

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10 Typefaces That Changed the World

Tuts Plus

Design in 60 Seconds: Serif vs. Sans Serif Fonts In this quick video, instructor Melody Nieves will go over the difference between serif and sans serif fonts. 20 Mar 2017. 30 Best Blackletter and Gothic Fonts for Designers We’re celebrating all things German here at Envato Tuts+ this week. Melody Nieves. Laura Keung. Typography.

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