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An exhibit of Riso printing presented at San Francisco State under the auspices of the faculty and students of the Design Gallery class of the department of Visual Communication.
I received an e-mail from Katie Smith of Creative Market calling my attention to their infographic on design trends of the past year. “f you feel this article…
Since I’m taking a batch of my homemade ginger beer to an event in a few days I slapped up this little label for it. It goes on…
I realized recently that I’ve designed at least 50 books (those are the ones I can remember). No wonder I feel as tired as Madelaine Kahn in Blazing…
This is what I’m thinking of for the cover of my new book, a selection of my essays. We’ll see if my publisher likes it. I’m happy again…
I proof color professionally in my job as a museum publications specialist, and I feel like I’m pretty good at it. So I was pleased to get the…
Kim Neill at kimcreativestar.com tells you how to bake them.
Project Thirty-Three aims to connect the dots: The seemingly infinite number of vintage record jackets that convey their message with simple shapes like the dot never ceases to…
Tara at Graphic Design Blog lists seven mistakes beginning designers make. It’s a pretty good list — I see the first item a lot. Producing two or more…
Craig Mod makes an interesting case for celebrating the (supposed) demise of “disposable books” — he elaborates at some length a simple distinction between books where the content…
These are preliminary design pages for a new book about the art of Bali. The font is Garamond Premier Pro. The image is a cool piece by I…
The first post at The Art of American Book Covers, by Richard Minsky, was made on August 26, so this blog is less than a month old. I regret that I don’t remember who directed me to it, but this blog is so rich in knowledge about techniques of book production that it makes me feel like an absolute novice. The blog will apparently focus on fine books of the nineteenth century.
Recently Wired magazine asked a group of designerz to reenvision Craigslist. According to Wired, “Visitors arriving at craigslist are confronted by a confusing homepage cluttered with links most…
I have been toying with the idea of starting a little imprint to publish mainly world literature and other titles with international scope. It would be called Hanuman…
Over at Eye blog they’ve pitted Robert Klanten and Matthias Hübner’s Fully Booked against Jan Tschichold’s The Form of the Book in a book design battle. Find out…
Over at the Asian Art Museum blog I’ve written a post briefly outlining some of the issues involved in designing Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950. I oversaw this project; the book was designed by Tag Savage of Wilsted & Taylor.
There are special issues for American designers when working with Southeast Asian subjects. This book demonstrates, I think, how they can be successfully addressed.
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The design firm Pentagram was recently honored for its long-term collaboration with the Public Theater in NYC. The video includes more than 300 pieces. .
From bulooji’s photostream. . via Fosfor Gadgets .
Can we agree the whole branding thing has got out of hand? I wish that branding had never left the cattle corral. These days, instead of selling an…
This is a little map I did for Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, a catalogue of a forthcoming exhibition at the Asian Art Museum. The…
Admit it designers, you’re a bunch of playbabies. Witness:
Almost a year ago, the excellent India Ink was tagged for excellence in blogging, an award she rebranded as the Charles Montgomery Burns Award. Mr. Burns is the…
Crave that prominent-grid, basic-fonts, industrial design aesthetic? Massamo Vignelli would tell you that you can’t just imitate the surface, which must emerge as an epiphenomenon from an essential…