Penguin by Design
This is a book that I would really really like as you all know I love penguin books and I hope that I’ll get over this obsession soon as I don’t even know why I have it.
Book Design
This book I found whilst looking further into Book Design, it says in its blurb: This comprehensive and practical guide is an essential resource for students and experienced designers alike. The carefully structured text, illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams, takes the reader through every aspect of book design, from interpreting a design brief to...
The Essential Principles of Graphic Design // Debbie Millman
This book, which I received for Christmas, I thought I’d have a quick read through yesterday to see if it could help me with my essay, and it’s exactly what I was looking for. This book is not what I’d call a textbook with everything that you need to know about Graphic Design but it...
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister was born 1962 in Bregenz, Austria and is a graphic designer and typographer currently based in New York City. He has his own design firm, Sagmeister Inc. He has designed album covers for artists such as Lou Reed, the Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny. I have just been looking at...
It's not how good you are…
“Not all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking”… …which is good to know. This book, I like to dip into every now and then, and notice different things about it each time. Graphic Designers can definitely take advice from this book even if it isn’t particulary aimed at us,...
How to be a Graphic Designer…
I recently found this book on one of my recent adventures to the library, I found it was very useful. It is aimed mainly at Students I would say or those who want to improve their Graphic Design life. There is advice on how to deal with clients, and how to present your portfolio. It...
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
This was the Christmas Present I was so excited about when I opened it. I saw this book first of all when my friend came home from Nottingham to show us what he had found there. I just had to have it because it was just too exciting for words. First of all, it has...
Penguin Books and David Pearson
I found this website on my travels through the most recent grafik magazine, I didn’t realise the nature of Pearson’s work but when looking through his website I realised that it very much relates to my project at the moment. He works mostly in book design and branding, most of his work seems to be...
The art of looking sideways – Alan Fletcher
In reading ‘The Art of looking sideways’ – It’s like looking around a really good book shop where you find everything interesting and want to buy everything – ‘The art of looking sideways’ is so good I just want to use all of it as inspiration. Here are some quotes from the book which jumped...
