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Here’s another great studio from down under. Round is based out of Melbourne and has produced a solid body of work. My personal favorite is the beautifully designed Sydney Design Guide, a guide for the design savy tourist. Even though I live worlds away from Sydney, I might purchase this book just for the aesthetic aspect of it.
Yesterday I posted about the talented studio House Of Burvo but what I forgot to mention was their excellent book “Be Invisible Be Seen”. It’s a collection of typography created by them between 2005 and 2007.
Contains 158 pages of black; and 80% red ink throughout. Content as seen in pictures below, but with the new cover design. (QR code takes you directly to Houseofburvo.co.uk with code readers available for mobile phones!)
Compare and contrast all of HouseOfBurvo’s fonts on an unprecedented scale! View samples and examples of the fonts in use! Read about how they were made and what ideas inspired them! Even includes two full type-discussions essays in book format! Read about Helvetica-Serif in Sans-no-More! Wonder about Times-New-Roman-Sans in ‘Sans Means Without’! This book is an interesting companion to anyone with an interest in typography/letterering and is available now!
I’m obsessed with design books, to the point where I’ll buy a book just because it has a well designed cover. What’s interesting (or weird) about my obsession is that I really don’t read much of what’s written in these books, I skim through. If it’s a book that’s strictly text, for example a book about type formating and structure, I’ll read it word for word. But if the book mostly contains great visuals, I’ll concentrate on that for inspiration. I’m definitely more of a visual person.
Anyway, I’m slowing building a nice collection and so I’m going to post the books on here for all to enjoy. In this edition of AisleOne Bookshelf we have a book, a magazine and an exhibit catalogue: Wim Crouwel Alphabets, Grafik Magazine Issue 150 and Wim Crouwel: Typographic Architectures.
Wim Crouwel Alphabets
A book by Kees Broos in which Wim Crouwel explains in detail the reasoning and working methods behind his typefaces. The text is accompanied by many of Crouwel’s illustrations and designs.
Grafik Magzine: Issue 150
This limited edition copy contains a cover hand printed by K2 Screen in London. Since it’s hand printed, each issue is unique.
Wim Crouwel: Typographic Architectures
Published for ‘Wim Crouwel: Architectures Typographiques, 1956-1976’, an exhibition that took place in Paris featuring texts by Wim Crouwel, Catherine de Smet and Emmanuel Bérard and various work by Wim Crouwel. The publication also includes his catalogue work for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The catalogue was designed by Experimental Jetset.
You can view more photos of the books on my Flickr page.
These limited edition prints by artist Tavis Coburn are sensational. Absolutely beautiful! The color palettes and textures give it a wonderful vintage feel. Printed on Epson Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper using Epson’s archival-quality Ultrachrome ink system. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist. A little pricey in my opinion but they are so great they might be worth the price tag.
Here’s a beautiful Pantone like calendar by Moritz Zwimpfer where each day is a different color. You can purchase one of these at You Work For Them
Details: Following the huge success of the Colour Calendar 2007, here is the Colour Calendar 2008 – and every day once again gets its own special color from Switzerland’s design genius, Moritz Zwimpfer. This appealing, spiral-bound desk calendar is a bit like a Pantone book with room for notes; each day’s color brings its own scent, taste and sound, the implications of memory, the possibilities of the future. A beautiful little object, impeccably printed, for the desk or attaché case of a design aficionado, promising enjoyment long after 2008 is history. The appendix includes a calendar overview for 2008-2009, Pantone codes for the 365 colors, and blank pages for memos.
Dimensions: 4.75″ x 6″ (inches)
Languages: English & German
Along with Brockmann, Crouwel and Aicher, Seitz is one of my biggest influences. His work has influenced many and is considered to be some of the best of our time. Design Observer has a great article on Seitz by Andrew Blauvelt, who also designed a book with Ryan Nelson called Peter Seitz: Designing a Life, a book featuring his work for the Walker Art Center. You can read about the making of the book on Ryan’s site and you can purchase the book from the Walker Art Center bookshop.