Designing With Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography

Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography, authored by James Craig and Irene Korol Scala, is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for typography enthusiasts. With updated content and full-color images, the book covers fundamental principles, historical developments, and practical aspects of typography, emphasizing its importance in conveying meaning and emotions. It explores the role of technology in contemporary typography and delves into the artistry and aesthetics of design, offering valuable guidance on effectively incorporating type in various mediums.

TypographyZachary FaustJuly 23, 2023Type, Typography, Design, Graphic Design, LayoutComment

Do the F*cking Work

Do the F*cking Work: Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity is a candid and straightforward guide that emphasizes the importance of taking action, overcoming creative blocks, embracing discomfort, and cultivating the discipline to unlock one's creative potential. The book encourages readers to actively seek inspiration, embrace failure, take risks, and surround themselves with a supportive community.

AdviceZachary FaustJuly 16, 2023Type, Typography, Color, Design, Graphic Design, Design Advice, MotivationComment

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual

Compiled by Jesse Reed and Hamish Smith, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual is a meticulously crafted brand book that details the graphic design standards of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The manual was originally published in 1975 and has since become an iconic artifact of American design.

BrandingZachary FaustApril 19, 2023Type, Typography, Design History, Standards Manual, Historical, Logo, Logo Design, ColorComment

Thinking With Type

Thinking With Type is the go-to guide to learning and using typography in visual communication. This book focuses on the essentials like typefaces, typesetting, hierarchy, alignment, and using the grid.

TypographyZachary FaustSeptember 23, 2021Photography, Type, Typography, Ellen Lupton, Type History, Type Guide, Design History, Books for BeginnersComment

The Eye: How the Worlds Most Influential Creative Directors Develop Their Vision

Bringing together advice from over 90 of the world’s most iconic creative directors, The Eye brings readers behind the scenes how some of the most influential readers succeed in their fields.

AdviceZachary FaustSeptember 22, 2021Design Advice, Creative Director, Photography, photographer, Influence, Inspiration, Design CareerComment

Stockholm Design Lab

Marking their 21st year in the design industry, Stockholm Design Lab compiled their work to create a monograph that features over 550 pages of work, inspiration, and insight in their creative processes and portfolio.

How To Use Graphic Design To...

How To is Michael Bierut's monograph of his work at Vignelli Associates and Pentagram as well as his manifesto. This book features over 35 of his projects ranging in brand identities, poster designs, and experience design, and publication design. Bierut shares his design philosophy as well as his process through each project. How To is one of the most important books in the industry and there’s no secret as to why.

Graphic DesignZachary FaustNovember 23, 2020Michael Bierut, Branding, Pentagram, Bierut, MIT, identity design, Publication Design, sports, institution, museum, universityComment

Run Studio Run

Run! Studio! Run! is a creative business guide written by the Creative Director, Eli Altman. This guide focuses on helping creative leaders look at their business’ critically, and honestly, to help them do the work they want to do.

BusinessZachary FaustSeptember 8, 2020Eli Altman, Creative Business, Business, Project Management, Design, CreativeComment

Make It Now! Creative Inspiration and the Art of Getting Things Done

Make it Now is a blend of monograph, advice, and auto-biography by graphic designer, Anthony Burrill. This is his second of four books, and includes examples of his work and stories from his life up until 2016. Make it Now offers advice on various topics like finding inspiration, communication, and creating self-initiated work. Burrille weaves his personal experience throughout the advice that provides a glimpse into his life and career.

Graphic DesignZachary FaustAugust 23, 2020illustration, Editorial, Art, letterpress, printmaking, anthony burrill, typography, advice, design adviceComment

Pareidolia

Pareidolia is a retrospective of James Jean’s work up to 2015. The breadth of work in this book includes professional work from album covers to commercial art to special projects with Prada, and personal work from concept sketches to spreads of sketchbooks.

IllustrationZachary FaustMay 20, 2020illustration, James Jean, Editorial, Publication, Cover Design, Art, Painting, IllustratorComment

Fables: Covers: The Art of James Jean

Fables: Covers is a collection of covers from the Fable comics series illustrated by James Jean. This book also includes sketches, insight into Jean’s process, alternate sketches, and discarded concepts interspersed between the official covers.

The Crafter’s Guide to Patterns

The Crafter’s Guide to Patterns is an excellent primer for learning about surface design and pattern making. This book is a collection of information on various pattern types, how to make color palettes, and finding inspiration, and how to make patterns analogously and digitally. There are also interviews, and projects that inspire crafters to implement patterns into their crafts.

Screenprinting: The Ultimate Studio Guide

Screenprinting: The Ultimate Studio Guide from Sketchbook to Squeegee is the Holy Grail of screen printing manuals. Written by Print Club London, this manual guides screen printing novices through the field from creating an idea to final production. Filled with advice, step-by-step tutorials, artists profiles, and countless examples of screen printed work, this book is the go-to guide.

Nice to Meet You Again | Book Flipthrough

Nice to Meet You Again is a collection of unique business cards, greeting cards, and invitations from designers and businesses around the world. This collection of work presents new and interesting concepts and designs, and not only showcases the beauty, but also the importance of making a memorable first impression that solidifies the tones of the brands they represent.

Feck Perfuction | Book Review & Flipthrough

Filled with his no bullshit and can-do-anything demeanor, Victore’s new book, Feck Perfuction, is going to leave readers feeling one of two ways about it: they’re either going to love it, or absolutely hate it. Better yet, Victore wouldn’t want it any either way.

Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity | Review

Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity is a collection of blog posts turned essays by comic artist Hugh MacLeod, creator of gapingvoid.com. This mix of creative life advice, and comics sketched on the backs of business cards offers readers a unique look into MacLeod’s life as he navigated through the world of advertising.

Design ThinkingZachary FaustFebruary 15, 2019Creativity, advice, scott macleod, inspiration, philosophy, not recentComment

Magazine B: Instagram

This issue of Magazine B revolves around the global social media app, Instagram, showcases how the worlds most popular social network is transforming into a marketing platform and e-commerce network.

Magazine B: Tsutaya

This issue of Magazine B revolves around the Japanese book store chain, Tsutaya, and showcases how this chain is revolutionizing the way books are sold in today’s ever-increasing digital market.

Branding, Publication/PublishingZachary FaustJanuary 27, 2019Tsutaya, Book Store, Publication, Magazine B, Brand, Branding, Publication Design, not recentComment

Goodtype: The Art of Lettering

Goodtype’s Art of Lettering is a compendium of lettering work from some of the greatest letterer’s on Instagram. With over 280 pages, this book features work, the processes, and essays that showcase what lettering is all about. All of the work included has been submitted to Goodtype by artists and designers from all around the globe.

TypographyZachary FaustJanuary 23, 2019Goodtype, Review, Flipthough, Lettering, Typography, Jessica HIsche, Ken Barber, InstagramComment

Everything I've Learned in My Life So Far

Things I Have Learned in My Life so Far by Stefan Sagmeister is a collection of his own personal maxims that he has accrued throughout his life. Each maxim is constructed into a piece of typographic work, and is separated into its own signature, resulting in a collection of booklets housed in a laser cut slip case that can be interchanged, mixed, and matched to create new cover designs.

TypographyZachary FaustJanuary 18, 2019typography, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Shimizu, Type, Life, Design Life, Advice, MaximsComment

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