Page 1: Great Expectations

Posted on May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 Posted in Books, Design, Merch, TypographyTagged Books, graphic design, print, typographic, Typography4 Comments

Page 1: Great Expectations

GraphicDesign& publishing house is releasing its first title, Page 1: Great Expectations. The book includes 70 different typographic interpretations of the first page of Dickens’ novel Great Expectations from some of today’s best designers.

Contributors include: APFEL, Phil Baines, Tony Brook, Cartlidge Levene, Tony Chambers, William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand, Experimental Jetset, Fraser Muggeridge, KarlssonWilker, Frith Kerr, Robin Kinross, Ellen Lupton, Luke Hayman, Morag Myerscough, Erik Spiekermann and Sam Winston.

Page 1 is 110mm x 178mm and contains 320 pages. The cover is printed in two colours and foiled on 300gsm Olin Rough Cream. The interior pages are printed in black on 70gsm Ensonovel. A letterpress tip-in is also included.

You can pre-order the book now.

Studio Lin

Posted on May 8, 2012 Posted in DesignTagged booklets, graphic design, posters, print

Studio Lin

A lot of excellent work from Alex Lin.

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Posted on May 8, 2012 Posted in SponsorsTagged Sponsors

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Emil Olsson Launch Poster

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 Posted in Design, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, International Typographic Style, poster, print1 Comment

Emil Olsson Launch Poster

Really digging’ these posters designed by David Bennet for Emil Olsson’s site launch. And it’s not because I’m mentioned in the text. For reelz.

The Marber Grid

Posted on May 1, 2012 Posted in Design, Grid SystemsTagged Books, composition, graphic design, grid system, grids, layout

The Marber Grid

The Marber Grid was developed in 1961 by Polish graphic designer, Romek Marber, for Penguin book covers. This grid layout is admired by many designers and is example of how a well-designed grid can stand the test of time.

Read more about the Marber Grid on The Book Design Blog.

Neue Haas Grotesk

Posted on April 25, 2012 Posted in TypographyTagged font, helvetica, neue haas grotesk, sans-serif, type, typeface, Typography4 Comments

Neue Haas Grotesk

Font Bureau has created this wonderful mini-site all about the excellent typeface Neue Haas Grotesk. It explains the history of the face, along with a nice section on its features and what makes it different from Helvetica. An instant valuable resource.