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The best book cover designs of 2020

Creative Review

During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of covers for new titles. There’ll be some catching up to do in 2021, that’s for sure.

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Designer Yannis Karlopoulos’s Work is a Celebration of Greek History and Culture

Eye on Design

Descending from street level, the first room is an assemblage of shops signs, early 2000s Macs, various bricks, and a vitrine full of supermarket product packaging. In my home there were not a lot of books. When I got my first books at my childhood primary school, it was a whole new world,” he says. Photo by George Kafka.

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Emerging UX patterns in Generative AI experiences

UX Collective

This curation may look like highlighting or picking our certain keywords of interest in a conversation or manually highlighting in a book. For example, the act of buying coffee is driven by the desire for caffeine, the presence of money and a nearby coffee shop, and the coffee shop sign serving as a prompt.

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Maybe we don’t have to (re)brand everything

UX Collective

They are being framed within selected shapes, colours, and patterns, just to reinforce the identity of their new upcoming fitness “brand.” Everyone could use a giggle now and then when they see a tacky shop sign seemingly made with Powerpoint. Think stylised social media posts and posters of people in ideal exercise poses.

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

Sale Logo Modernism Hardcover Book Remington, R. Logos from this era incorporated floral patterns, curved typography, and intricate illustrations. How did the Middle Ages use signs and signifiers for communication? In medieval Europe, shop signs were used to identify goods or services, as most people were illiterate.

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Cultural appropriation: can designers ever responsibly “borrow” from other cultures?

Design Week

.” Struggling to articulate how the loss of this hand-crafted sign actually felt, Oberoi launched the platform to record other instances of India graphic design that remained. ” Products designed by Urban Outfitters, identified by Pater in his book, The Politics of Design Exposure to non-western design practices. .”

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15 Illustration Portfolio Websites That Are Brimming with Talent

High on Design by Wix

The internal project pages of her illustrator website provide a more in-depth showcase of her works, ranging from editorial illustration, to book covers, and even illustrated products like jigsaw puzzles. He’s also illustrated many book covers, and is the author of a children’s seek-and-find book series. Brian Cronin.