Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Great street art
Via Wooster is this fabulous piece of site-specific graffiti (that I now think is a painting). This reminds me of a piece that artist John Christie produced for a book of correspondence between he and artist/author John Berger, of Ways of Seeing fame. Christie painted a square of egg-yellow on a wall where a patch […]
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Tags: I Send You This Cadmium Red, John Berger, John Christie, Ways of Seeing
Caricature
The art of the caricature has always astounded me. How do these brilliant illustrators simplify a person’s character to their absolute essence without watering it down? My new favourite caricaturist is now Noma Bar thanks to a new book by Steven Heller called Guess Who? The Many Faces of Noma Bar. (See how I have […]
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The Night at the Museum
Over at the AIGA site, Steven Heller talks to Milan Trenc, the illustrator of the book behind the Ben Stiller movie, The Night at the Museum. Note the similarities between his original cover and the final movie poster. Trenc is extremely diplomatic and humble when talking about the process. Link >
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More cool old stuff
This Flickr site has some wonderful images relating to the history of graphic design and photography. From El Lissitzky (above) to the Bauhaus and Samurai film posters. A very eclectic mix. Link> If you like the work of El Lissitzky and his contemporaries, then head to MOMA for a site dedicated to the Russian […]
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Handouts
OK, the trees have said ENOUGH. I am going to try to cut down a little on the amount of paper I give you. If you like these articles, then you can print them out yourself or read them digitally. They are basically articles on good typography for publication design and how to choose a […]
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Go look at this book
You want to make your grids great? Go up to the library and have a look at Josef Müller-Brockman’s Grid Systems in Graphic Design. In previous classes the students have read this book and subsequently created some beautifully designed pages. It’s on close-reserve at the library, which means you can only look at it in […]
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This series of Penguin novels is named My Penguin. The covers are white and you are asked to design your own cover using whatever media you choose. They have a gallery of some of what readers have done so far. The one above is for Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Geddit? Hangman…
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Interesting projects
Logolalia has some very interesting art projects, including this one entitled Altered Books. The project is described as follows: Cut the bindings off of books found at a used book store. Find poems in the pages by the process of obliteration. Put pages in the mail and send them all around the world. Lather, rinse, […]
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Penguin Book covers
A great collection of Penguin book covers here on Flikr. Via Thinking in Pictures.
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Binding techniques
For those of you who would like to bind your own publications, here are a few links. This tutorial is for a very simple book. This tutorial is for a hard cover book. This PDF booklet.pdf shows you how to make a book with just staples and glue. I would suggest that you practice your […]
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