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Barnett Freedman “saw no difference between commercial work and fine art”

Design Week

This sparked a trend; he went onto design jackets for Oliver Twist, Wuthering Heights, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Those final two are recognised as some of the finest examples of 20th century book design. But he also studied portraiture and painting at the Royal College of Arts, lending his design work a fine art quality.

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Hingston Studio's designs for Garry Fabian Miller, the 'camera-less' fine art photographer

Creative Boom

Dubbed 'one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography', Garry Fabian Miller's work is currently on show at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. The pair also worked closely together on the book's design accompanying the show, also called Adore.

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Five Questions with Creative Director and Book Designer Linda Secondari by Copyright Alliance

Thinking Design

From Copyright Alliance, original post can be found here: copyrightalliance.org/ca_post/book-designer-secondari/ This week we would like you to meet Creative Director and Book Designer Linda Secondari. What was the inspiration behind becoming a Creative Director and Book Designer? It is not fine art.

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10 Featured Speakers to Check Out at Human/Nature

Azure Magazine

Lindsey Wikstrom, Founding Partner at Mattaforma Architect Lindsey Wikstrom’s forward-thinking work weaves together ideas of care, ecosystems and the positive influence that design can have in society. Intertwined with her built work, Lindsey speaks publicly, publishes and exhibits her research.

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Luke Bird on Designing Diana Athill's Don't Look At Me Like That

Spine Magazine

Luke Bird is a graphic designer specialising in book design, branding, food packaging and limited edition packaging for music and books. Since 2018, I’ve been designing a sort of ‘standalone series’ for Granta in the UK, called Granta Editions.

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A “One-Man Print Archive of Culture, Community, and Social Change” — Café Royal Share Five Favorite Books

Eye on Design

Café Royal Books has only ever been me. I studied Fine Art and had just finished my masters. It’s been neglected by galleries, because it’s not fine art and the photographers haven’t really had a platform to present that work easily and affordably. It started in 2005.

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History of Graphic Design: Tracing the Path of Visual Communication

Inkbot Design

By the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg's revolutionary movable type printing press enabled the mass production of books and pamphlets, launching a new era of visual communication conveying knowledge, ideas, and beliefs with unprecedented speed and scale. In graphic design, Art Nouveau had a considerable influence.