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DMTV Milkshake: Book Designer Michael Russem on Why “Everything Is Garbage”

Design Milk

This is, in fact, a defense of modern book design: “When we look at the books about the history of printing and typography, we’re only getting the greatest hits and that tends to give the idea that things were better back then. So what’s wrong with printing and design now? How do we fix it?

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AIGA's 50 best covers of the year are a celebration of the physicality of books

Creative Boom

Earlier this month, the American Institute of Graphic Arts revealed the winners of its 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition, and the results are an insight into how design choices celebrate the object quality of the book. As ever, though, there's always room for improvement.

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8 Female Graphic Designers That’ll Rock Your Socks Off

Just Creative

Get inspired by these rockin’ female graphic designers! 8 Top Female Graphic Designers Paula Scher: The Dame of Grande Design Louise Fili: Elegant Romance Marian Bantjes : Step Away From the Computer! A 2006 installation created with female designer Stefan Sagmeister shows off her handwork in an ultra-modern context.

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A new book designed by Span pays homage to lowrider culture

Creative Boom

Navy Pier – one of the largest tourist destinations in the Midwest – has hosted the festival for the past two years, as people come from far and wide to celebrate Lowrider culture in a tour-de-force of gravity-defying, candy-coloured rebuilt classic cars while also enjoying Chicano, Mexican, and Aztec art and performances.

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Rafael Medeiros on enduring the Hollywood strikes as a freelance graphic designer

Creative Boom

Graphic designer and art director Rafael Medeiros shares his experiences. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Medeiros moved to LA in 2012 after graduating in Brazil in graphic design. But with the slowdown caused by the strike, I have experienced fewer bookings and demand in general." I love it, I really do!"

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“Books remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant”: the enduring value of book design

Design Week

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says. “But books, physical books, remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant.”

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From Africa showcases some of the continent’s best design work

Creative Review

Art and design publisher Counter-Print has released From Africa, the seventh book in its popular From series, which has so far brought us work from Japan, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Switzerland and South Korea. Moving between fashion, illustration, lettering, book design and more.