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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. 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 Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends

Eye on Design

Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby (designed by Random House’s Rachel Ake Keuch ) has been one of the most consequential pieces of mainstream fiction to publish this year: a modern relationship story that offers a view into urban trans culture. Three titles from Verso. Image by Laura Thompson.

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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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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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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.

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How research builds the designer

UX Collective

Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels The practice of design has been around since 2.5 The central message of the book Design, When Everybody Designs by Ezio Manzini is that nowadays, everyone designs, actively playing a role in devising strategies to make their lives, companies, societies better. 2017, December 29).