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How Hoxton Mini Press and Here Design crafted the best-illustrated lifestyle book

Creative Boom

Hoxton Mini Press and Here Design recently scooped the best-illustrated lifestyle book at the British Book Design and Production Awards. We caught up with the publisher to hear how it crafted a winning design. Here Design was responsible for managing the illustrations," Martin adds. "We

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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. These are things we can see in all sorts of design, not just book design.

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Sudesna Samanta passes on joy to audiences with her colourful illustrations

Creative Boom

Baltimore-based illustrator Sudesna Samanta specialises in creating work based on themes of nostalgia, children's stories and travel. Sudesna Samanta's work ranges from book design to branding, social communication, and caricatures. One day, my mum suggested that I try looking for design degree options," she adds. "I

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Books, Design & Culture #icon #gun #book #illustration #type

Designspiration

Discover more of the best Print, Typography, Books, Illustrations, and Type inspiration on Designspiration Saved by Ferdinand-Noel Bacani (@xariusound).

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“How Do You Live?”: The Superb Illustrations by Julia Tveritina

Design You Trust

In addition to winning a silver medal for her master’s diploma in graphic techniques in 2015 and a grant from the Ukrainian president in 2013, she also won the 2018 Best Book Design award for “Girls Power.” ” She was listed in the 2018 illustrators catalog of the Ukrainian Book Institute, alongside Anna Sarvira.

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“Traveling Through the Seasons”: A Series of Beautiful Illustrations by Oamul Lu

Design You Trust

Oamul Lu , an illustration artist based in China specializing in painting, digital painting and animation. He is also a frequent traveller with his sketches and illustrations being used to record the beauty of the world around him. More: Oamul Lu , Instagram , Behance Source

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Meet Paul Hallam, Shillington Graduate and Book Designer at Scholastic

Shillington

Paul Hallam studied graphic design with a major in illustration at uni, before diverging his career into ministry work shortly after. Fortunately, it re-sparked his creative interest and Paul began to pursue his design journey again! What made our design course stand out from the rest? Why Shillington?