Five years in the making, Pentagram: Living by Design is an in-depth survey of the group from its beginnings in 1970s London to its current status as one of the powerhouses of international design.
Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution is the first comprehensive history of Letraset, the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression. The book tells the Letraset story from its early days as a difficult-to-use wet system, to its glory years as the first truly democratic alternative to professional typesetting. The book also looks at Letraset¿s present-day revival amongst a new set of admirers who recognise the typogr...
This book is a near facsimile of the one-off, leather-bound `sketchbook¿ that Lance Wyman made to catalogue his design process for the creation of a logo and graphic identity for the 1976 USA Bicentennial celebrations to mark the creation of the USA as an independent republic. This is a record of the creative process that Wyman went through to arrive at a refined and workable solution. It is rare for designers to reveal so much of their inner ...
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer is a monograph of the legendary US typographer and graphic designer. This 448-page book features hundreds of examples of Lubalin¿s work (many never before published), and previously unseen photographs of him at work and play. Divided into sections on his work in Advertising, Typography and Editorial, it features an extensive biographical text by Adrian Shaughnessy that includes interviews with George Loi...
Matt Pyke, founder and creative director of Universal Everything, calls his studio a ¿digital art and design collective¿. And after 15 years of revolutionary work in the digital realm, UE has its first book ¿ What is Universal Everything? Working closely with Pyke, the Spin design team of Tony Brook and Claudia Klat have designed a book that successfully brings Universal Everything¿s vivid on-screen work to the printed page. The book is printe...
Manuals 2 is a comprehensive study of corporate identity manuals from the golden era of identity design. As a companion volume to Manuals 1, Manuals 2 is a carefully-curated collection of 20th-century style guides, or as Steven Heller calls them ¿ ¿sacred texts, revered for how they help shift graphic design from simply an intuitive practice to a rigorously strategic one¿. In today¿s landscape, designers and, increasingly, non-designers rely o...
A follow-up to two highly successful monographs (1988 and 1994) on the work of the most important British designer of his generation, showcasing projects from the past twenty-five years of his career. Ever since defining the look of the 1980s music scene as art director of the Face, Neville Brody has been one of the most consistently innovative and shape-shifting graphic designers of the past fifty years. Since his second monograph was publish...
A new updated edition, completely redesigned with new images. Aimed at the independent-minded, addressing the concerns of designers who want to avoid becoming a hired drone. An important title for the increasingly sterile design business.
Published to instant acclaim in 2005, our best selling How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul has become a trusted resource for graphic designers around the world, combining practical advice with philosophical guidance to help young professionals embark on their careers. This new, expanded edition brings this essential text up to date with new chapters on professional skills, the creative process, and global trends that include ...
Gerade nach Abschluss des Studiums sind Designer oft ratlos: Wohin soll die berufliche Reise nur gehen? Gerüstet mit den handwerklichen Fähigkeiten und der eigenen Kreativität steht die Marschroute längst noch nicht fest. In diesem Band wird all das Wissen vermittelt, welches in der Ausbildung kaum oder gar nicht zur Sprache kommt: Wie finde ich einen Job? Ist die Selbständigkeit für mich eine Option? Wie führe ich ein Studio? Wie vermarkte ic...