Design Week

JANUARY 29, 2020

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. 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.

Book Design 101

Book Design Publishing Publishing Arts and Crafts 101

Just Creative

MARCH 23, 2024

New York-based senior designer Paula Scher, one of only two female partners at mighty Pentagram, is a graphic design rock star of the highest order. Her clean, bold, and inventive use of typography editorial design has influenced a generation of young designers.

Graphic Design 232

Graphic Design Graphic Arts and Crafts Portfolio 232

Inspiration Feed

APRIL 27, 2020

There’s something absolutely fascinating about the Korean culture. It has taken over the entire world, with Korean pop stars, Korean makeup, Korean fashion, and everything else Korean dominating the scene everywhere you look. Of course, among the trends are Korean…

Graphic Design 77

Graphic Design Fashion Graphic Environmental Graphic Design 77

Shillington

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Buy the book. Typographic Systems of Design by Kimberley Elam. Typography is nothing if not a complex beast, tasking the designer to balance so many competing factors including hierarchy, order of reading, legibility and contrast, to name but a few. Buy the book. Typography fan? Buy the book.

Graphic Design 140

Graphic Design Graphic Arts and Crafts Publishing 140