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

Design Week

The exhibition’s curator, Emma Mason, tells Design Week that the time had come for Freedman’s work to be given its due. She attributes it to a growing exploration into the period’s work, as well as renewed interest in the techniques Barnett used such as lithography and print-making.

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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 is a one-man print archive of culture, community, and social change based in Southport, UK. Café Royal Books has only ever been me. I studied Fine Art and had just finished my masters. We asked founder Craig Atkinson to share his story and recommend some of his favorite titles, in his own words. .

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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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History of Graphic Design: Tracing the Path of Visual Communication

Inkbot Design

New techniques and technologies emerged, allowing designers to create more sophisticated visual designs and reach wider audiences. The evolution of graphic design accelerated during the 15th century with Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable printing press. It shaped the very course of history.

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Delve into the uncharted history of book covers from the Arab world

Creative Review

Designer: Helmi Eltuni; Publisher: Al Shrouk Creative Review: Tell us about your background and how you got into design. Moe Elhossieny: I studied fine and graphic arts and graduated with a BA from the faculty of fine arts in Egypt back in 2009. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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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. On the cover of J.

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Why New Wave Graphics Are the Most Influential Designs You’ve Probably Ignored

Eye on Design

If you were asked to name the seminal, discipline-shifting “movements” that shaped graphic design, chances are they’d include Swiss International Style, Bauhaus, punk, psychedelia, and maybe even Constructivism, De Stijl, and Pop Art on the more fine art side of things. .

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