I Love Typography

JULY 11, 2020

An introduction to early African American print culture; its authors, editors, journalists, printers and publishers in America. The post Black Print appeared first on I Love Typography. From protest pamphlets to the first Black newspapers and books.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 1, 2025

Originally published in 1945, Animal Farm has been reprinted in a deluxe edition by the Folio Society 80 years later, accompanied by a full set of wonderful satirical artworks by the British illustrator Quentin Blake. But looking at whats happening now, perhaps the authors earlier allegorical novel Animal Farm is closer to the mark.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Tickets have now gone on sale for the 37th edition of the London Original Print Fair , which this year moves to Somerset House. Running from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022, this year's fair boasts prints by Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud. Picasso 'Grande Tête de Jacqueline au Chapeau'. Picasso 'Le repas frugal'.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Counter-Print's Jon Dowling explains the thinking behind a brilliant new book on culinary logos and some of the themes that emerge from it. Which makes a new book from Counter-Print a tempting buy for anyone working in logo design today. So what other logo books can we expect from Counter-Print in the future? "We

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JULY 13, 2023

Counter-Print's new book, Optic What is it about optical illusions that captivates graphic designers so much? In Counter-Print's latest book , the publisher delves headfirst into this mesmerising realm of art and design. These optical effects are often found in beloved book designs, packaging, and branding the world over.

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I Love Typography

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

By the sixteenth century, printmaking — or art prints — had become a burgeoning industry. Millions were printed and many thousands have survived until the present day. Their significance goes well beyond their value as art prints or artifacts, revealing a great deal more than artists' talents and virtuosity.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns.

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JUNE 26, 2023

© Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda, courtesy of the artists and Counter Print Spanish artists Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda have captured the world's imagination using various props and backdrops for their meticulously posed photographs. Now you can enjoy some of their favourite artworks in a new book courtesy of Counter Print.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We caught up with the publisher to hear how it crafted a winning design. Split into multiple categories, including best jacket design, best educational book and best graphic novel, the British Book Design and Production Awards have a long and illustrious history of commending landmark editions in the publishing field.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Her work lies in culture, fashion, architecture, technology, education, and place across brand, print, motion, digital, and environmental. Massive Change had just been exhibited, and the show's book was published.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Alan Kitching, one of the most celebrated letterpress printers of our time, is bringing his work to Madrid for a new exhibition that explores heritage, craftsmanship, and the evolving role of print in a digital world. Yet, despite his accolades, his passion remains rooted in the hands-on craft of printing.

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MARCH 20, 2022

The publisher, the Editions du Chêne, went all in on the printing techniques to ensure the best quality. The book is finished using 3D embossing, blind embossing, three foils, or print on the book pages edge. The 480 pages were designed by Bureau Berger in France.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2023

Generative artist Matt DesLauriers weaves together art, programming and technology to build playful, creative projects for public installations, print media, and the web. Published by Vetro Editions, the title showcases the full breadth of the Meridian collection, along with essays, full-bleed imagery and technical breakdowns.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Creative Boom has today launched eight new art prints by some of your favourite illustrators and graphic designers. Each artwork is available in an A3 poster, printed on the finest Giclée art paper and produced to museum-certified archival standards, guaranteed for more than 100 years. The Last Emperor by Noma Bar.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2023

Other key reference points include printed materials from the same era, such as booklets, magazines, and manuals. The new branding is peppered with visual references to analogue design processes, such as the use of shapes with rounded corners to mask images as a nod to looking through a camera viewfinder.

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APRIL 24, 2022

I found a lot of magazine publishers from the UK and Europe in a comic store, so I decided to study illustration in London and work as a freelance illustrator.". I love old posters, prints, matchboxes, posters from Shanghai in the Republic of China, or some Czech illustrated books. It has influenced the aesthetics of my images.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Mascioli has worked on the project in collaboration with the independent publishing house Oreri and a Risograph printing workshop based in Cagliari, Italy. SELA is printed on natural recycled Fedrigoni paper using eco-friendly Risograph methods. You could say it's a mission to preserve these designs for future generations.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

She is launching her first book on Crowdfunder, with part of the print run going to children’s charities. So, she moved back to the East Midlands to fulfil a long-held desire to create and publish an illustrated picture book. Book publishing today is rarely about one standalone story – booksellers are looking for a franchise.

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MARCH 3, 2022

An ambitious project by Peter Linck and editor Kresten Schultz Jørgensen, it reinvented the printed press with quality journalism, pleasing layouts and beautiful typography. Dagen ceased to exist after a mere 41 days in print, declaring bankruptcy the same year it was introduced. But it went bust after just 41 days.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Published by the Folio Society in 2023, González used oil pastel and pencil for his initial drawings, later enhancing them digitally. Claire Harrup 's artwork for Britain's Landmarks, published by National Trust and Harper Collins, transports viewers to ancient heritage sites across the UK. Shepard, Quentin Blake, and Posy Simmonds.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

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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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2024

This original approach has won him work with commercial clients, including Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Huawei, Nestle, Starbucks and China Post, while his list of editorial and publishing clients features the likes of People's Literature Publishing House, China Children Press and Publication Group and Jieli Publishing House.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Further inspiration also came from Jarrolds' heritage as a leading printer and publisher during the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1878, they printed and published the first edition of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, one of the most famous children's books.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The whole zine and the prints were then riso-printed based on a simple black and white PDF," he adds. "I Riso-printing at its best!" Facts & Figures is just one of the many zines that Sebastian regularly releases, with most being similarly Riso-printed and self-published.

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MAY 26, 2024

Published by Counter-Print, Fashion Play is described as an "endless fashion playground" where creativity knows no bounds. In the meantime, Fashion Play is available to order from Counter-Print now. We have also been making a little stop-motion animation with them!"

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At university, Joe's interests expanded into the realms of editorial and publishing projects, along with forays into screen-printing and frame-by-frame animation. This reductive, print-making-inspired approach is super satisfying," he adds. "It Once these sketches are digitised, he turns to Photoshop and uses a Wacom tablet.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock In print and online, these are the best places to find visual inspiration, tips and tutorials, and expert advice on photography. Both online and in print, these titles will provide a wealth of insights, tutorials, reviews and breathtaking imagery to ignite your passion.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, upstate New York, has mounted 28 larger-than-life prints of his photographs on its lawn overlooking Otsego Lake. But the outdoor installation, with its monumental, weather-exposed prints, remixes just what a portrait exhibition can be. My portraits are reframed yet again on the printed page."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 17, 2022

Published by Volume, Kids of Cosplay is the result of a three-year photographic project. The special print edition includes a beautifully produced 280 x 150 mm signed Giclée print of a Mystique cosplay, which is also the first print to be produced and released by Thurstan.

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MARCH 20, 2024

"A combination of analogue film and photography, stop-motion animation, paintings, letterpress printing, scale models, and built sets create a rich visual universe in which the story unfolds." Speaking of the story, Two Deserts is an account of Randall Henderson, the editor and publisher of DESERT Magazine.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 14, 2023

Produced with analogue equipment and hand-printed, these photographs depict and document an unusual, remote community of (mainly) men near his hometown in South Italy who gather at the end of a disused pier. He works mainly with black and white photography while expanding his darkroom skills with traditional handmade prints.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

David Cousens Based in Wiltshire, David Cousens is an experienced cartoonist, illustrator and author who works for a range of publishing houses and entertainment brands. One of my first private commissions was printed in a magazine, which led to a book contract that kicked off my career."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2023

All photography by Yeshen Venema TYPEONE magazine isn't just a beautifully designed print publication; it's also full of key insights about the evolving interaction between typography and graphic design. A bi-annual magazine, TYPEONE has published six fantastic issues to date. Read on to find out what it's all about.

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Creative Boom

MAY 13, 2024

Sister Mary has designed a limited-edition printed publication for an emerging current affairs brand, The Signal. It pays homage to samizdat, which translates to "self-publishing" in Russian and refers to literature clandestinely written, copied, and circulated during the Soviet era.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Under a new brand called London Strike, the first of six matchboxes has been released today by Blue Crow Media , an award-winning publisher of distinctive city guide maps and more, including an ongoing celebrated series dedicated to Brutalist architecture.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Most importantly, I applied various print-making textures to the image (including woodblock print, monotone print, silkscreen print, etc.). This magazine is published in China, but I hope that Chinese kids worldwide can feel empowered by it. I also tried to use a more pastel/opaque colour palette.

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I Love Typography

JULY 31, 2020

Woodcut, engraving, etching, and drypoint were techniques used by the likes of Albrecht Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch, and Raphael, while printmaking publishers like Hieronymus C**k, helped popularize the print and expand it into a burgeoning industry. The post Inventing Posters appeared first on I Love Typography.

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