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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. As a topic, wild foraging presented Hoxton Mini Press with a unique opportunity.

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Anniversary book from Semi Permanent is a 20-year time capsule of stunning creativity

Creative Boom

It also includes fresh contributions from filmmaker Roman Coppola, industrial designer Sabine Marcelis, architect Bjarke Ingels, artist CJ Hendry, and digital entrepreneur Mikaela Jade. Making sense of creativity Each body of work featured in the book presents a different approach to the creative process.

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Why Do Books are the perfect life companion for creatives

Creative Boom

The Do Book Company is an independent publishing house in London that grew out of the Do Lectures, which has been gathering together the world's doers, disruptors and pioneers to share their stories since 2007. They've been translated into multiple languages and published in print, digital and audiobook formats.

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The New Yearbook of Type #6 2022/2023 by Slanted Publishers

We And The Color

The Yearbook of Type #6 2022/23 is a great collection of new typefaces to help you find the right one whether you’re browsing the book or quickly peeping through the index, which neatly sorts typefaces by class, designer, and font foundry. All typefaces and font families are presented on a double-page spread.

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Kieron Lewis updates The Brownies' Book to inspire a new generation of black children

Creative Boom

Featuring more than 50 new black writers and artists spread out across 208 pages, The New Brownies' Book was a mammoth undertaking to design. I also feel that a sense of trust with the publishers, authors and myself was established early in the process. But always ensuring quality wasn't compromised."

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

Design Week

” The jurors must make a selection of 50 books and 50 covers from a selection of hundreds; any book published in the past year is eligible for submission. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says. Why this year?”

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One of Wim Crouwel’s classic tomes gets a stylish reissue

Creative Review

Born in 1928, Dutch designer Wim Crouwel became a major figure in contemporary graphic design during the 20th century, with his influence extending well beyond borders of the Netherlands. Over a decade on, the classic title has been reissued by French publisher Éditions B42.