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Do yourself a favor and read all of this. Every post. You will be glad you did.
Do yourself a favor and read all of this. Every post. You will be glad you did.
Off Book | Typography | PBS Arts (by PBS)
Different designers were sent a fortune cookie and designed a poster based on the fortune inside. Some really interesting stuff.
Click for a PDF of a booklet made up of quotes from the great designer Paul Rand.
So, the next time you have some extra cash and you want to buy a book, do yourself a favor and get one from one of these lists. Better yet, start at the top and get them for free from the library. At one book a week it would take you 17 years to read them all.
Lots of design history here. Dig in.
Pay attention kids! This is how you design an identity.
Good tutorial on making type look distressed in Illustrator. Good stuff on process in there too.
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Representations of 12 Paradoxes of Graphic Design visualized by Tobias Bergdahl after attending a lecture by Adrian Shaughnessy
Another great reading list from Coudal Partners, a design firm in Chicago.
If you are ever looking for a good book about/on/related to/inspired by design, look at this list.
Stefan Sagmeister has a new website with a live video feed of the office. Great idea.
You should watch this video about book designer IRMA BOOM (via DutchProfiles)
Take notes kids.
