BP&O

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Text by Richard Baird 160 Faces is a new publication from Swedish artist Daniel Götesson working under the name Ekta, designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist and distributed under the studio’s publishing arm ll’Editions. The post Ekta: 160 Faces by Lundgren+Lindqvist appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Spine Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

Book cover designers Cherie Chapman and Eric Wilder have joined forces to create Chapman & Wilder, a new studio that spans specialties and, well, the Atlantic. Chapman explains that she became aware of Wilder for his work as Editor-In-Chief of Spine Magazine, a primarily online publication that covers the best in book design.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

Thankfully, this beloved book (which was also reinterpreted as a cabaret) is redolent with vibrant vignettes by numerous writers who thoughtfully illuminate this dynamic era. This little book keeps it alive. Elizabeth Pagliacolo. Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger. Kendra Jackson. Evan Pavka.

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Inspiration Feed

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you’re a graphic designer or typographer, intimate understanding of typography is vital for your success. Today we collected must read books for passionate… The post 15 Enlightening Books for Typography Enthusiasts appeared first on Inspirationfeed.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

This latest redesign adopts a far more minimal approach than its previous incarnation, replacing the magazine’s former serif masthead and side strip. Images courtesy The Paris Review “The design was inspired by the minimalism of older issues of the Review – among them no. 56 as an object,” she continues.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Michel Vrana is a graphic designer who ran his own boutique studio for ten years before deciding to go freelance in 2009 to concentrate on his passion: creating book covers. Here he talks us through his process for designing Dante’s Indiana. Central to the new book is a Dante’s Inferno theme park (in Indiana, of course!),

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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

And Belgium is known for its comic-book artists with popular titles like Tintin, Gaston, Nero and many others. The list includes book cover design, whimsical illustrations, visual identity for the arts and a campaign design for a creative awards organisation. Davy Denduyver. Charlotte Dumortier.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Alison Forner is an Art Director at Avid Read Press and Simon & Schuster, whose work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in their 50 Books/50 Covers Show. Here she tells us about her process for designing The Appointment. In book publishing, there are certain genres or themes that repeat year after year.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Lindsey Wikstrom, Founding Partner at Mattaforma Architect Lindsey Wikstrom’s forward-thinking work weaves together ideas of care, ecosystems and the positive influence that design can have in society. Intertwined with her built work, Lindsey speaks publicly, publishes and exhibits her research.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

“Once you start to see them, you’ll never understand how you didn’t see them before,” writes Roman Mars in the first few pages The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design. Was there certain opportunities that only a book afforded you? Roman Mars. I wanted to break from that.

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Spine Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Natasha MacKenzie (aka miss nat mack) is a coffee-addicted book designer primarily based out of Manchester. With a professional background in marketing, branding and book design, she helps authors and publishers across the globe bring their stories to life! View fullsize. View fullsize. View fullsize.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 29, 2023

Countless posters, advertisements, packaging, signage and books showcased Helvetica, securing its reputation as the quintessential “modern” typeface. Helvetica was even featured in the New York City subway system signage designed by Unimark International.

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Spine Magazine

JUNE 8, 2020

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Maria Elias ’s Book Design Heroines. We feel it is still very relevant to today’s design industry. Nope, I was never the girl who read the uplifting books, because they just didn’t show the world I knew, which has led me to some GREAT books. Design: Mary Schuck.

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Spine Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing Kat Chow’s beautiful memoir, Seeing Ghosts. “I I love you as high as the sky, and as deep as the ocean”, Kat Chow’s mother used to tell her and her sisters, quoting from the children’s book Owly.

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High on Design by Wix

APRIL 23, 2019

His design work is presented in the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA and the Louvre. He’s also an author, teacher, podcaster and public speaker, and has worked with notable clients, like Adobe, Time Magazine, MailChimp and more. We spoke with James about his many creative undertakings: Designing ideas, not trends.

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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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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. Basis Grotesque was created by Anthony Sheret and Edd Harrington as the bespoke typeface for a photography magazine.

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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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We And The Color

MAY 19, 2021

Living In, a book published in 2020 by Gestalten. Curated by leading design magazine Openhouse and published by Gestalten , Living In offers a rare look inside some of the world’s most extraordinary homes. The book is the result of curatorial research on 30 houses that have opened their doors to the public.

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Eye on Design

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In a conversation with architect David Adjaye, published by Pace earlier this year, Pendleton compared his paintings to graffiti, frescoes, and a wall where “the marks are disappearing as you look at it.”. A nearly 300-page book, Adam Pendleton: Who Is Queen? A Reader , accompanies the MoMA exhibition.

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Eye on Design

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Long before higher education in art and design was within reach for me, and before my imagination stretched to even considering book design as something one could do for a living, I accidentally found a publication in the school library that absorbed me and still sits in my heart as one of the “magic” books of my life. .

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Spine Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing Juan José Millás’ From the Shadows. I designed the cover of Juan José Millás’ From the Shadows knowing little of what the novel contained.

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BP&O

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It is a collaboration between publisher Thames & Hudson and Central Saint Martins, and co-authored by Programme Director of Fashion Hywel Davies and Cally Blackman, lecturer in Fashion History and Theory. The […].

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 16, 2021

An essential part of generating this list of ten favourite book covers of the year is tracking down the designer behind each one. While most covers are fairly easy to credit, particularly if shared by the designer, or added to their personal website, a few usually remain elusive for a time. Book publishers!

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Shillington

APRIL 19, 2021

Although a design degree is not required, design education is important to gain fundamental knowledge and continue learning at every stage of your career. From bootcamp courses to online classes and books, there is a wealth of information to help with gaining the skills and knowledge that you need. .

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Shillington

MAY 28, 2020

Vince Frost Design Your Life. In his 2015 book, Design Your Life, Vince Frost laid out his central idea that design thinking can apply to everything from business to life. North v South is a podcast hosted by two English graphic designers, one from ‘up North’, the other one from ‘down South’. Listen here.

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BP&O

MARCH 18, 2020

Words by Richard Baird Queremos Sonreír – Activar la Cultura Local (We want to smile – Activating local culture) brings together the voices of a variety of cultural agents–from citizen collectives and activists to artists and managers of cultural programmes–who are generating actions that intend to stimulate local culture, empower citizens, develop (..)

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Tuts Plus

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Although designers today often praise particular fonts for their ability to make a webpage heading look punchy, most typefaces of the 17th and 18th centuries were designed with typesetting books in mind. . Books can be lengthy, and for this task you need a typeface that, above everything else, reads well. Melody Nieves.

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Eye on Design

JULY 1, 2022

It was originally published in issue #02 of Eye on Design magazine. Books with taglines like “ A new way of looking at the world,” lined and then disappeared from store shelves as people snatched up more than 20 million copies of the series. Postcards filled gift store racks. Image courtesy of Ron Labbe/Studio 3D.

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Eye on Design

JUNE 1, 2022

When Claire and Pann Lim floated the idea of starting a magazine with their two children back in 2013, their daughter, Aira, then 6, was bewildered. Who’s going to want to read a magazine about our family?” Fixed at a 5.9 “bLAh bLAh bLAh” exhibition in 2012.

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UX Collective

MARCH 17, 2023

(Head First Design Patterns, FREEMAN et al., The pattern-based design paradigm emerged in the 1970s when architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander (1977; 1979) published a set of descriptions about common problems in architecture and their solutions within specific contexts. Navigation design patterns.

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Creative Review

APRIL 3, 2020

If Covid-19 won’t let you go to the pool, then you can let the pool come to you, thanks to curator, writer, and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard’s new photo book, which explores its longstanding role as a muse to writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers. Above: book design by B.A.M.

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UX Collective

MAY 24, 2023

With a book. He is Chinese and about 10 years ago his book, “The Jade Peony”, hit the North American bestseller lists. I’ll bet very few of you have heard of Wayson, let alone read his book. In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a book called “The Experience Economy”.( Think about it. Where do web sites start?

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 22, 2023

The counterculture movement of the 1960s pushed graphic design into more experimental territory, evident in psychedelic rock posters and underground press publications. Today, graphic design spans all realms of society and culture, from branding major corporations to giving expression to personal creativity through platforms like Instagram.

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Spine Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Here she takes us through her process for designing One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days by Giles Paley-Phillips. Ultimately the publisher was most enthused by the third route. As a reader, the verse novel is one of my favorites.

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Spine Magazine

JUNE 17, 2020

Nicole Caputo is the Creative Director of Catapult and Counterpoint Press and the co-founder of She Designs Books , an organization that celebrates women in book design. She also regularly contributes to our monthly Book Covers We Love! The book is full of heart and grit and the heartbreak of motherloss.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 10, 2024

InDesign vs Illustrator: Which Design Software Should You Use? In graphic design and publishing, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator are two of the most popular software tools. Released in 1999, InDesign built upon Adobe's previous publishing software, PageMaker, to become their next-generation publishing solution.

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