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The 10 Most Beguiling Designs at Maison&Object 2024

Design Milk

This year’s theme “Tech Eden” emphasized a dreamy optimism, biophilia, technology, and well-being while kaleidoscopic patterns, neon hues – including yellow, orange, purple, and green – as well as an eclectic pastiche of periods from art deco to 1970s were also on display.

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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

Shillington

This first volume of Jens Müller’s comprehensive and enlightening 2017 book traces 70 years of graphic design, designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after the Second World War. First published in 2009, this book was updated in late 2017 to incorporate emerging trends and technologies.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

First published in 2009, this book was updated in late 2017 to incorporate emerging trends and technologies. Print Matters: The Cutting Edge of Print. In an attempt to examine the cutting edge of printmaking, this book brings together an amalgam of print designs that have gone beyond pure digital printing.