Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It's arguable that more than anyone, she transformed the discipline from being purely commercial and functional to becoming an art form in its own right. Her objective was to explore the intersection of fashion photography and the art world, a theme that had been gaining significance but was still relatively underexplored.

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Design Week

JANUARY 29, 2020

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. ” 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.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 19, 2024

So dive into the latest offerings, and we hope you find the perfect font to elevate your design projects this June. It's been principally designed for typographers to craft extended text, book design, and publishing detail. In the words of type designer Jonathan Hill: "It's a free-solo climb of experimental sans".

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The weights variation from Hairline to Super with corresponding italics form a coherent and versatile family, making it suitable for book design, poster design, branding, signage systems and more. Their type designers, it's claimed, receive a much better percentage of license sales than on average. Everett by Weltkern 4.

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Shillington

AUGUST 27, 2020

Annette Dennis is a Shillington teacher in Melbourne, a graphic designer and art director who specialises in branding, visual identity and editorial design. I had always had a love of print and books in particular. Can you walk us through some of your process for the book design?

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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.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

David Hockney famously said that “people tend to forget that play is serious,” but for the artists and designers behind some of the world’s most visionary parks and museums, recreation has never been a trivial matter. Pick up a copy of The Art of Play for a dose of whimsy and perhaps to help plan your next family vacation.

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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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Design Week

MARCH 3, 2021

Hippu by Oili Tanninen published by Tate, 2014. Courtesy of Tate Publishing “My pick is Hippu by Finnish author-illustrator Oili Tanninen. I love this short little book. Despite being over 50 years old, the design still feels fresh. ” Jon Dowling, co-founder of art and design book publishers Counter-Print.

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Shillington

APRIL 19, 2022

You recently landed a job as a Book Designer for Scholastic ! I am very passionate about illustration for children and about children’s books. I have gotten to know many people in children’s publishing and have been involved in several groups centred around children’s books. Congrats, how did that come about?

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Creative Review

JULY 14, 2022

Art and design publisher Counter-Print has released From Africa, the seventh book in its popular From series, which has so far brought us work from Japan, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Switzerland and South Korea. Moving between fashion, illustration, lettering, book design and more.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 23, 2021

Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby (designed by Random House’s Rachel Ake Keuch ) has been one of the most consequential pieces of mainstream fiction to publish this year: a modern relationship story that offers a view into urban trans culture. Three titles from Verso. Image by Laura Thompson.

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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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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

The list includes book cover design, whimsical illustrations, visual identity for the arts and a campaign design for a creative awards organisation. Joachim Lambrechts has a background in street art and has been involved in the graffiti scene in Antwerp since the 90s. Read on to see who made the list!

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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.

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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? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. According to G.

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Thinking Design

MAY 6, 2019

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK COVER? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. According to G.

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UX Collective

MAY 24, 2023

Jacob Neilson and his advocacy of an engineering approach to web design in his book “Designing Web Usability” comes close when the first sentence of the book is, “I am a usability expert, so my choice of medium is governed by what is most usable for a given communications goal and not what is in fashion at any given time.”

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A pair of cherries, painted by British artist Rose Wylie and chosen by art editor Na Kim – who’s previously spoken to CR about her approach to book design – breaks up the expanse of the cover. 56 as an object,” she continues.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Kelty’s projects span from highly urban block sized cultural precincts, mixed use developments, streetscapes, and public plazas to naturalized parks and waterfront design. Intertwined with her built work, Lindsey speaks publicly, publishes and exhibits her research.

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Design Week

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

From the Flower Power movement of the 1960s, to the intricate art of Japanese Ikebana, the influence of flowers on the world’s creatives is diverse and extensive. The idea, Clarke says, was to create something that would appeal to both art and design practitioners, as well as those simply interested in flowers.

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Thinking Design

APRIL 11, 2018

From Copyright Alliance, original post can be found here: copyrightalliance.org/ca_post/book-designer-secondari/ This week we would like you to meet Creative Director and Book Designer Linda Secondari. What was the inspiration behind becoming a Creative Director and Book Designer? It is not fine art.

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Spine Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, and maker of things. So much so that she’s written a book, Cyclettes , where she documents a meaningful life only discovered and sustained through a two-wheeled lifestyle. Here she tells us about what it was like to design the covers for her own book.

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Eye on Design

JULY 5, 2022

I had many friends and colleagues producing significant work which at that time, didn’t have a natural publishing outlet in the US.” Princeton Architectural Press agreed to publish his new series, ultimately producing three books under the title, Inventory Books. . I Mean Me. I Mean You.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 28, 2023

So, without further ado, let's embark on this enlightening journey and discover the most insightful web design books that will unleash your creativity and help you master the art of web development. Buy on Amazon The book's well-structured sections encompass many industry sectors, catering to various niches and markets.

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Lisa Maltby

JUNE 12, 2023

Unlike stock imagery or AI-generated designs, illustration offers a completely original, tailor-made approachcrafted to reflect the essence of your story rather than relying on pre-existing visuals. Selecting a creative whose style and process align with your vision will help ensure the best results for your book cover.

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

How gender presentation shows up in design Acknowledging the masculine or feminine roots of a design, instead of erasing or ignoring them, unlocks the potential for multifaceted, nonbinary solutions. First, let’s look at a few binary examples of feminine and masculine art directions. Thanks so much for reading!

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Design Week

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It is the first studio launched by News UK, the media group which publishes The Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement among others. They will aim to find the photographers and illustrators work across the whole publishing industry, not just on News UK titles. Bridge Studio is the strategic content agency owned by News UK.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 1, 2022

Cita Press is a library and press devoted to curating, highlighting, publishing, and promoting works written by women. It pairs contemporary authors and designers with open-access texts, and makes thoughtfully designed books available for free. We’re now also a bilingual press, publishing in Spanish and English.

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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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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 22, 2023

This groundbreaking innovation facilitated the mass production of typographic designs and enabled the distribution of visual communications on an unprecedented scale. Graphic design emerged as a distinct discipline during the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century.

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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. Miller is passionate about helping creative entrepreneurs strike the perfect balance between art and business. Australian Design Radio.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sale Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) Krug, Steve (Author) English (Publication Language) 216 Pages – 12/24/2013 (Publication Date) – New Riders (Publisher) −$11.41 $33.59 The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0:

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Inkbot Design

JULY 29, 2023

The Top 10 Fonts of All Time Ranked Typography is a captivating art form that can subtly yet profoundly influence how we interpret and interact with the written word. Whether they evoke heritage and tradition or embrace progress and minimalism, all demonstrate the astonishing power of font design.

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Thinking Design

JULY 29, 2019

Q&A with Penguin Publisher Elda Rotor The Evolution of the Dust Jacket, Part 2 In researching the use of the dust jacket recently for a piece I was writing — if you haven’t read my story on “The Evolution of the Dust Jacket” check it out here [link] — I became aware of the myriad of cover designs for Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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Creative Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Currently living in Brussels, Korean book designer and illustrator Jinhee Han’s love of design was first sparked when working for an independent bookshop in Seoul called The Book Society. “That was the first time I touched art books and truly appreciated the beauty of books,” Han says.

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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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