Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills As a designer, expanding your knowledge is crucial for professional growth. With so many design books out there, it can take time to identify the true gems worth investing your time into reading. Read on for the cream of the crop regarding design literature.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 13, 2024

Oddval Text's distinctive letter shapes and readability enhance any layout, ensuring clarity and visual appeal across various applications. The animation team, led by Jelio Dimitrov, Rumena Petrova, and Vess Blackstone, adds dynamism to the presentation, further illustrating the font's versatility.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 24, 2023

5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills Hey there, fellow UX enthusiasts and aspiring design wizards! Are you ready to level up your user experience game and advance your design skills ? We've meticulously curated a list of the five best UX books guaranteed to propel your design skills to new dimensions.

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The Book Design Blog

MAY 2, 2018

l (Book of the Book) by famous Hungarian typographer Imre Kner and reimagines it, exploring the format of the book in relation to todays existing and emerging technologies. The book itself has a very industrial feel to it thanks to a thick, patterned slipcase reminiscent of metallic factory flooring.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The 15+ Best Comic Book Fonts for a Cartoon Look Are you a comic book enthusiast, a graphic designer, or just someone who appreciates the artistry behind comic book lettering? If so, you've likely marvelled at the power of fonts in shaping the entire comic book experience.

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Creative Review

JUNE 21, 2021

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.

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HONGKIAT

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Dive into our guide and find the perfect present to inspire the writer in your life. This 75% layout mechanical keyboard features hot-swappable Gateron Pro switches and offers Bluetooth 5.0, Choose from specific course enrollments or flexible course credits as thoughtful presents. Epomaker TH80 Pro Keyboard $99.99

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 26, 2021

A typographic inspired ‘variorum’ edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’ that highlights all the linguistic changes Charles Darwin introduced to the book since its first publication in 1859, by presenting them alongside the complete sixth and final edition of the book later published in 1872. abduzeedo 03.26.21

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 11, 2023

Top 10 Best Books for Logo Designers In a world where brands compete for attention, a powerful and memorable logo can make all the difference. As a logo designer, you understand the art of blending creativity, strategy, and technical skill to craft visual identities that resonate with audiences.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 25, 2024

The 15 Best Web Design Books to Level Up Your Skills The web design space moves fast. With new technologies and best practices constantly emerging, it can be tricky for designers to stay current. That's where great books come in handy. Why Read Web Design Books? Are you sold on the power of books?

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Shillington

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Read on to learn about Tim’s process for working with vintage slides, why taking our time—not only when reading books but also designing them—is essential and why art directing and documenting the printed editions at his Nan’s house was a no brainer. Can you walk us through your process for the book design?

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

MAY 6, 2019

What is the Purpose of a Book Cover? Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. The book buyer was responsible for getting the text blocks bound, presumably to match the rest of their library therefore no jacket or cover was supplied.

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Design Beep

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

He develops corporate identity, makes advertising banners, and packaging layouts, and can do the layout of magazines and catalogs. The work of a graphic designer is a lot of creativity, but also enough routine. An illustrator can create covers and drawings for books, design magazines, advertisements, posters, stock, and games.

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Thinking Design

MAY 6, 2019

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK COVER? Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. It was a paper wrapper for a gift book, bound in silk, entitled Friendship’s Offering (1829). Very few paper wrapper dust jackets remain.

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SpeckyBoy

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

So you’ve been tasked with designing a book cover and layout. But what happens when the time comes to present the design to your client? Using a book mockup template is a great way to help them visualize how the book will look like once it’s printed. 17,000+ Book & Product Mockup Templates.

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The best graphic design books are not dry and dusty academic tomes, but take you on an exciting journey of the imagination and transport you to new creative worlds. From classics of the discipline to the best of new releases, these books should be on every designer’s reading list. Buy the book. Buy the book.

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Envato Tuts+

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Most if not all layouts contain invisible lines. Lines can be used to create demarcation on a specific section of a design. You’ll notice that the Swiss graphic design movement from the 1950s used mostly geometric shapes in their designs. Shapes can add emphasis to a layout. Shapes add emphasis to a layout.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Quick Background… In my twenty-year role as a graphic designer, I’ve designed books, album covers, magazines, logos, websites, and built digital tools. Regardless of the final forms, if its client-based or self-initiated, I treat all my designs as opportunities for intellectual inquiry and self-expression.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Next up: Creative Collaborator, AV/VR Design of Dark Park, Charlie Athanas. Kathe Koja’s Dark Factory is a designer’s dream come true. So much opportunity from the book cover to the book design to the website to the merchandise and everything in between. Final cover.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But if you haven't taken the plunge, there's no time like the present. It's easy to start, and there are plenty of different books and apps to choose from, depending on what works best for your lifestyle. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future. Sale Bestseller No. $14.99.

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Shillington

DECEMBER 9, 2019

ARS Maquette and Copernicus Book. Designed by Angus R. Copernicus Book is a much more traditional serif that exudes authority and a sense of formality, yet still with friendly and approachable letter-shapes. A sans-serif font, Didact Gothic was designed to present each letter in the form most often used in elementary classrooms.

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UX Collective

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Consider all users and use assistive text Another example is asking, have you read any book recently? Then the next question reads, ‘what is the title of the book you read recently?’ What happens to the user who said they had not read any book recently?

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Inkbot Design

MARCH 2, 2023

Font decision refers to choosing a specific typeface for a design or communication project. It can include selecting a font for a website, a logo, a book, or any other medium that uses text. The font choice can influence the design's hierarchy, balance, contrast, and harmony. What is a Font Decision Process? Why is it important?

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UX Collective

MARCH 17, 2023

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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UX Collective

MARCH 23, 2023

.” — Steve Krug “Don’t Make Me Think” by Steve Krug was one of the first reading materials recommended to me when I started as a Product Designer. However, given the limited options and the ever-increasing benefit of performing tasks online, aspects such as emailing, mobile banking and travel booking have become a need.

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Eye on Design

JUNE 16, 2022

I think Eames is saying that all the little, seemingly invisible decisions that no one else will notice, these are the things that make a piece of design work or not work. This idea is perhaps never more evident than in designing a photo book. I’ve collected photo books for years but, strangely, never considered their design.

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Tuts Plus

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A Brief History of Type Text is never simply text—typography, or the way type is arranged on a layout, has a huge influence over the visual impact of a message, setting the tone and. Books can be lengthy, and for this task you need a typeface that, above everything else, reads well. Grace Fussell. 10 Aug 2018. Grace Fussell.

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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…

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Instead of falling back on norms and universal rules, designing for the pluriverse gives us the opportunity to move beyond the gender binary into a more sophisticated space. Due to the inherently queer nature of the project, I was highly experimental with the combinations of imagery, illustration, typography, and layout.

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Envato Tuts+

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The horizontal layout, illustrations, and colors make it a really nice menu template. As a bonus, the menu book layout easily accommodates a deep menu. Menu Template (INDD) "Clean and trendy" accurately describes this creative menu design idea. Neutral tones and bold typography make this cool menu design a solid choice.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 10, 2024

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and layout design software mainly used for creating professional print materials like books, magazines, brochures , posters and more. Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor mainly used for creating illustrations, digital graphics and interactive designs.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 6, 2023

Filled with the style of illustrations that have earned her over one hundred thousand followers on Instagram , the book has been something of a lifelong ambition for Hazel. "I I first had an idea for this book when I was 17," Hazel tells Creative Boom. Inclusivity is at the heart of Hazel's work, and her book is no exception.

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UX Collective

MARCH 20, 2023

Emotional design is not just about making things look pretty. It’s about creating a design that speaks to the user’s emotions and motivations, making them feel understood and valued. A well-designed dashboard not only presents data in a clear and meaningful way, but it also creates a positive and engaging experience for the user.

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Eye on Design

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Paepcke shared Bayer’s vision for collaboration between the artist and the corporate culture, an extension of Bayer’s continued realization of the Bauhaus principles, that includes functional design through the use of minimalism, simplicity, and experimental layouts.

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Inspiration Feed

DECEMBER 22, 2019

How do you think people feel when it’s time to give that annual report again? You’ll probably hear groans and moans all around, depending on their performance. Regardless of how people performed however, there is no stopping the fact that…

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As designers, we all love them—whether it’s a beautifully designed cover or a weighty tome on the history of design and its major sub-genres. Though, when it comes to books on the topic of graphic design, it’s often hard to find the best ones to read. Buy the book. The Package Design Book.

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Creative Review

JUNE 3, 2021

“We were learning about layout composition and it struck me that composition could be applied to the crappy digital snapshots I had been taking for fun,” he remembers. “Luckily, my husband is and helps me out with some of the more math-y part of photography, Photoshop and book design,” he says.

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