Tag Archives: Books

March 27, 2014
Type Rules! 4th Edition
The latest edition of Type Rules! is on the shelves and it was worth the wait.

March 8, 2012
Erik Spiekermann’s Book Lift… who wouldn’t want a bookcase like that?

May 24, 2011
The Curious Misconception Surrounding Sentence Spacing
There’s a widespread misconception that “proper” English requires two word spaces after a sentence.

February 15, 2011
Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition
In 1906, a small university press in Chicago published its standardized typographical practices.

December 25, 2010
Jan Tschichold for Penguin Scores, 1949
Oliver Tomas has posted some nice mid-century visual inspiration with his Penguin Book Covers Flickr Collection.

December 22, 2010
Type In Print by Sergey Shapiro
Handlettered title made for a LiveJournal community dedicated to vintage books with “beautiful typography and calligraphy.”

December 18, 2010
5 Year Datebook
“Black covered cover. Removable transparent plastic protective case. A two-page spread for each week. Daily schedule from 8am to 10pm.”

December 13, 2010
The Story of Eames Furniture
In this video with Gestalten.tv, Marilyn and John Neuhart reflect on the 30 years they have worked at the Eames Office, its designers, products, and work culture.

December 13, 2010
Colours in Culture by AWH
Always With Honor maps various cultures’ perceptions of color.

December 8, 2010
50 Reading Lists for Designers
“Spin/2 – 50 Reading Lists, a paper based on asking major figures in graphic design the question: what are the top ten books that you believe designers should read?”

November 22, 2010
Oslo Bokfestival ID by Robin Snasen Rengård
Nice ID for the Oslo Bokfestival by Robin Snasen Rengård

November 19, 2010
Prison Tattoos of Danzig Baldaev
Rick Poynor on the Russian prison tattoo flash art of Danzig Baldaev on show in London along with photographs of tattooed prisoners by Sergei Vasiliev.

November 15, 2010
Colophon’s Aperçu
Brighton based designers Anthony Sheret and Edd Harrington have recently launched their specimen catalogue to accompany the release of Aperçu, the latest font to come out of their font foundry, Colophon.

October 11, 2010
Nijhof & Lee: Amsterdam’s Best Bookstore
No graphic designer or typophile should miss a trip to Nijhof & Lee.

September 15, 2009
Unit Editions Makes Books for Designers
From Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook comes Unit Editions, a south London publishing company producing books on design and visual culture. I talked with Adrian Shaughnessy to get up to speed with what’s in store at Unit Editions.

January 24, 2009
e-books vs paper, what's your take?
Are you an old school bibliophile? Do you care what font a text is set in? Is resolution an issue? Is print dead?

January 24, 2009
e-books vs paper, what’s your take?
Are you an old school bibliophile? Do you care what font a text is set in? Is resolution an issue? Is print dead?