Barbican Identity Guidelines

Posted on February 12, 2009February 12, 2009 Posted in Books, Design, Industrial Design, TypographyTagged Books, futura, graphic design, guidelines, identity, International Typographic Style, logo, Typography19 Comments

I’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!

Penguin on Design Series

Posted on December 15, 2008December 16, 2008 Posted in Books, International Typographic StyleTagged Books, graphic design, history, International Typographic Style, penguin, tradition7 Comments

The 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.

AisleOne Essentials

Posted on December 10, 2008December 10, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, Grid Systems, Merch, TypographyTagged Books, graphic design, grid system, literature, store, Typography19 Comments

I’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.

Super Rare Design Books On Ebay

Posted on August 5, 2008August 5, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged Books, brockmann, graphic design, Grid Systems, helvetica, International Typographic Style, rare18 Comments

I was just doing some ebay searching and found auctions for two VERY VERY rare graphic design books.

Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry* (Chemie Werbung Und Grafik) – Published in 1967.

Moderne Werbe Und Gebrauchs Grafik Published in 1980.

Both are part of the ABC Verlag series of design books and are authored by Hans Neuburg.

I own both books and dropped a nice chunk of change for them, but they’re so worth it. You almost never find these two books anywhere so this is a super rare opportunity for some lucky person. I wanted to give you guys the heads up so one of you could grab them first. No bids on them yet so you can probably get them for a good price. And no, I have nothing to do with these auctions. Just wanted to spread the love.