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Three free archives of Victorian illustration to inspire you

Creative Boom

Ellen and Kate Bateman as Richard III and Richmond – John Tallis Edition A Midsummer Night’s Dream – John Murdoch Edition King Lear and the Fool – John Gilbert The Kelmscott Chaucer Online Designers and illustrators around the world continue to feel the influence of William Morris, a leader of the Arts & Crafts movement in the late 19th century.

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

Design Week

” And while there might not be one rule to good book design — Strelecki calls it a “process” between designers and clients — the jurors bring together a wealth of experience. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says.

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Sébastien Cuvelier’s photos contrast utopia and reality in Iran

Creative Review

Inspired by his uncle’s manuscript, Luxembourg-based Cuvelier traced his steps by making the journey all these years later, and discovered a stark contrast between the pre-revolution Iran his uncle detailed, and the present-day Iran that he himself encountered.

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A Massive Catalogue of Stitched CMYK Studies by Evelin Kasikov Merges Printing and Embroidery

Colossal

In total, the printing-focused book is comprised of four base tones, 16 elements, and 400 swatches of color entirely hand-embroidered in 219,647 stitches. During the next six years, though, the project evolved into the uniquely comprehensive artist book it is now. via Present & Correct ).

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

This enables the design experience to be reused. The concept of a pattern library in interaction design/human-computer interaction began to gain recognition in 1997, when Jennifer Tidwell presented her scientific article on the topic at the annual conference on human factors in computing systems (ACM/SIGCHI).

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The Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends

Eye on Design

It is current proof that as with any other kind of graphic or textile design, book jackets are part of a trend cycle, borrowing from looks of the past, and absorbing styles from the present. . Three books that exemplify the “frappuccino unicorn” trend. Image by Laura Thompson. Image by Laura Thompson.

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Genderless design is a myth

UX Collective

With sensitivity to race, culture, class, sexuality, gender, ability, and more, we can make design solutions that celebrate and acknowledge user differences, rather than erase them with a single solution. The reality of Swiss design is that it perpetuates the idea that masculinity is the norm; masculinity equates to neutrality.

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