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

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"It's very important to have a good and functioning connection with the designers and art directors in order to create a cover that supports the book." Metsola has shared such a relationship with Vintage Books creative director Suzanne Dean and, more recently, Headline Publishing Group's senior book designer Yeti Lambregts.

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Why Do Books are the perfect life companion for creatives

Creative Boom

Each title is small and beautifully formed, with the same design philosophy running through the entire range. That's thanks, in part, to cover designer James Victore and book designer Wilf Whitty , who've worked with the publisher from the start. So I design the typography for all the books first in that way.

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Type trends for 2024 every designer needs to know about

Creative Boom

Royal Television Society's annual two-day event by Studio Kiln We canvas a selection of design industry experts to learn what will be big in typography over the next 12 months. Whether you work as a type designer, graphic designer or any other form of creative, you probably find typography central to your work, at least occasionally.

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DMTV Milkshake: Book Designer Michael Russem on Why “Everything Is Garbage”

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This is, in fact, a defense of modern book design: “When we look at the books about the history of printing and typography, we’re only getting the greatest hits and that tends to give the idea that things were better back then. So what’s wrong with printing and design now? How do we fix it?

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A Crowdfunding Campaign To Support We Are Type’s Work

Designer Daily

In London, there is a place that tell the story of print by gathering information on typography, graphic design, book design, and printing. To celebrate this anniversary, designers Lucienne Roberts, Matt Willey, and David Pearson have create We Are Type artworks.

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DUNE Hardcover Artwork of the Penguin Classics Hardback Version of Frank Herbert’s Classic Book Designed by Alex Trochut

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The post DUNE Hardcover Artwork of the Penguin Classics Hardback Version of Frank Herbert’s Classic Book Designed by Alex Trochut appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ For Alex, typography functions on two hierarchical levels.

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Oddval Text Typeface: Enhancing Typography & Font Design

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Oddval Text Typeface: Enhancing Typography & Font Design abduzeedo 0313—24 Explore Oddval Text, a font family improving legibility for web and print, supporting over 220 languages with advanced typography related features. Among the latest innovations, Oddval Text emerges as a noteworthy addition to the Oddval Font Family.

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