Daily Book Graphics
October 6th, 2009Daily Book Graphics is a year-long project by Julian Montague where each day he posts, on his blog and his Flickr page, a graphic element from a book that he’s purchased. He started on February 21, 2009 and plans to post something new each day until February 21, 2010. The collection is incredible and it includes a ton of classic book graphics that are designed in the International Typographic Style. An excellent resource for any designer.
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Unit Editions
September 30th, 2009This is a little late but better late then never right?
The brilliant Tony Brook (Spin) and Adrian Shaughnessy (ShaughnessyWorks) have started Unit Editions, a new publishing venture that produces high-quality, affordable books on graphic design and visual culture. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time and it’s refreshing to see that it’s being manned by two highly respects and talented people. Their attention to print quality and design is superb and it’s very much apparent in their first release, Studio Culture.
Studio Culture, designed by Spin, focuses on the inner workings of 28 leading graphic design studios and acts as a guide to creating, maintaining and growing a studio culture. It’s not only a informative guide, Studio Culture is also a work of art in my opinion. That’s what makes Unit Editions so unique.
I’m super excited for their next release. Actually, a subscription service would be awesome. Just auto-bill me and send me the book. No matter what it’s about, I know it will be gorgeous and informative.
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Design by Music
September 17th, 2009Not much to say about Manchester based studio Music other than that they produce amazing work. Pictured above are a series of reports printed on sugar paper for the Manchester Independent Economic Review.
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Michael Kosmicki
August 25th, 2009Michael Kosmicki is a graphic design student at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, and his work simply blows me away. I’m amazed at how refined it is, but what I love the most is Michael’s classic sense of style. A lot of his pieces feel like they’re right out of the golden age of Swiss design. Perfect in every way. If we did any print work here, I’d hire this kid in a second.
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Emmi
July 8th, 2009Emmi is a graphic design practice based in London that was established by Emmi Salonen. They focus on environmentally sound solutions for identities, websites, catalogues, books and other printed matter. Their broad portfolio really shows off their attention to detail. Love it. Pictured above is an annual review for the Finnish Institute and uses environmentally friendly papers and printing methods.
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Counter Print Canvas Bag
July 7th, 2009The excellent new online book seller Counter Print has created this wonderful limited edition canvas bags. It has a bottom gusset, long handle and is made from 8oz cotton canvas. You can receive one free, while stocks last, on orders above £40 or purchase it on its own for £6.00.
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TEN
June 19th, 2009Awesome new work by the talented bunch at Bunch.
They’ve designed ‘TEN’, the latest promotional stock book for Igepa paper merchant, after Milton Glaser’s essay* ‘Ten Things I Have Learned’. The limited edition of 300 presents a cross section of paper stocks available from the paper merchant.
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Counter Print
June 8th, 2009Category: Art, Books, Design, International Typographic Style, Merch, Typography
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Counter-print.co.uk is a new site aimed at the sale of out of print and hard to find Art & Design related material. I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time. The site already has a bunch of gems on there, like this Stedelijk Museum catalog designed by Wim Crouwel. This site’s not going to be kind on my wallet.
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A2/SW/HK
May 19th, 2009A2/SW/HK is a London based studio that consists of Scott Williams & Henrik Kubel. The duo are pumping out exquisite work evident in their online portfolio. Fantastic and inspiring work.
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Barbican Identity Guidelines
February 12th, 2009I’ve been drooling over this Flickr set featuring a bunch of photos of the gorgeous Barbican Identity Guidelines book designed by North. Well done.
Update
Some posted a link to the downloadable PDF of the book. Thanks!
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Penguin on Design Series
December 15th, 2008The Penguin on Design series has been extended with four absolutely gorgeous reissued books on artists Bruno Munari, Marshall McLuhan, Susan Sontag and John Berger.
Yes Design was approached to redesign the covers for the four titles and they did an outstanding job.
I love the simple and minimal design and pure white wasn’t used in the colour palette to create an history feel. Just perfect.
Must. Get. Full. Set!
You can read more at Creative Review.
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AisleOne Essentials
December 10th, 2008I’m big on books, not only for their aesthetic value but also for their educational value. Duuuuhhhhh!!!!!
Anyway, it think it’s important for any designer to have a good collection of design oriented books from which they can seek inspiration, ideas and knowledge.
So I’ve put together an Amazon store called AisleOne Essentials to act as a single place for all designers to find the most essential books on graphic design, typography and grid systems. These are all “must reads” in my opinion.
The collection will grow over time so keep checking back for the latest books and I also welcome you all to send me suggestions. If you know of a book that should be included please let me know. Thanks.