Zeixs are currently looking for submissions of work from designers around the world to be included in their new set of books to be released in Autumn 2008. New titles include Graphic Design 2, Label Design, Logo 2, Best Package Design, Brochure, Letterheads & Business Cards, Poster and a Graphic Design Worldwide series. For more [...]
Here’s a sample of a few images from “Reuters – Our World Now”, a book that features 350 pictures taken by the news agency’s photographers in 2007. You can see all 19 of the samples here, and buy it here for £6.50. Be a nice snapshot of 2007…
Picked up this book yesterday…and have to say it really is a nice addition to the shelf (one which I’ll actually take down from time to time)…The design of it is even funkier, with a lime/neon green plastic slipcase, and a carpet-esque material cover, and embroidered type on the front & spine…enough about that, it’s [...]
“Be a part of history… Graphis strives to serve as a platform for outstanding work in Design, Photography, and Advertising. This year, we take our celebration of remarkable work to the next level, with the introduction of Graphis Awards. This prestigious recognition will be reserved for those artists who produce particularly outstanding work. Click on [...]
We all love to look at posters, we all love to criticize posters and we want to be inspired by them. Its all a part of the mental imbalance that is a designers head. So i was wondering around London’s book section of the design museum when i saw this book POSTER ART: INNOVATION IN [...]
s’more viral advertising, quite clever. cant find much info on who did them. so how’d you like ‘em? well done?
In a new book called “Loving the Machine,” author Timothy Hornyak presents a cultural history of robots in Japan, where the high-tech machines are much more likely to have a friendly face than in places like the U.S. The robots may even be downright cuddly. Hornyak opens the handsomely illustrated book with a depiction of [...]
Most of the lads & lassies i go to college with keep a keen eye on flyers, not only for their informative content but also their graphic content, a lot of the Irish ones are shit (sorry). Anyway barcelona being the city that it is, a design magnet, produces some of the nicest flyers, but [...]
This is great and to be honest i’m not sure why! Amaztype is a typographic search engine that looks for a keyword in the category that you search and then spells that word out of the books it finds. There is also an Amaztype Zeitgeist section that tells you about all the popular searches that [...]
On a trip to London recently i made a detour to the Design museum, where i picked up this Type Selector. Published by Thames & London this is a great little addition to any designers goodie bag. Containing 226 fonts from all the major type libraries. The selection of font types ranges from Serif to [...]
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