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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

Creative Boom

Its cover—a soft-edged, inky interpretation of space—was designed by Helsinki-based artist Aino-Maija Metsola. She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Her illustrations are both captivating but not too obvious.

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Creative minds unite: All Flows Festival returns to Milton Keynes with star-studded lineup

Creative Boom

For starters, David Pearson, the celebrated book designer whose typography-forward approach has caught the eye of everyone from Wes Anderson to Herms, will share insights from his remarkable career. Fancy rubbing shoulders with some of the industry's most exciting minds while soaking up fresh perspectives in an intimate setting?

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Award-Winning Design Meets Fashion at the Museum at FIT by Lily Liu

Designer Daily

Her design was inspired by classic button patterns. Liu took her design skills and brought them together with her coding knowledge. She used Processing for a code-driven design, also called generative design. Liu created unique designs by programming specific algorithms with set parameters.

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time.

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Three free archives of Victorian illustration to inspire you

Creative Boom

Ellen and Kate Bateman as Richard III and Richmond – John Tallis Edition A Midsummer Night’s Dream – John Murdoch Edition King Lear and the Fool – John Gilbert The Kelmscott Chaucer Online Designers and illustrators around the world continue to feel the influence of William Morris, a leader of the Arts & Crafts movement in the late 19th century.

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The best new typefaces for June from leading foundries and designers

Creative Boom

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. Ravenscar The latest typeface from Jeremy Tankard, Ravenscar, is an old-face slab serif.

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“Books remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant”: the enduring value of book design

Design Week

” 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. Together and through that selection process, they might reveal answers to the secret of good book design Strelecki says.