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good book, cool ideas for typography
good book, cool ideas for typography,
best for students taking type class.

Great resource for typography inspiration
Ideas are hard to come by, as most designers know. This book is one in a very long series of 'Typography' books and is one of the best so far. It's packed full of new type styles and innovative type concepts. This is one for the coffe table and the library.

the definitive type annual
This year's typography annual is abolutely essential for anyone who is a typographer, a designer who works with type, or anyone who is a fan of this creative medium. This year's annual is extremely well produced and the design of the book itself is fabulous. The design is much better than the futuristic cover that Attik did last year - a good move on behalf of the Type Director's Club. Both annuals are excellent, but this one won't look nearly as dated in 10 years. There are a few pieces showcased this year that make you wonder how they made it, but its a minor complaint when you consider the overall quality of work featured here. With type professionals such as Matthew Carter and Robert Bringhurst as judges, you know you are going to have a great book. This is a must own. ... Can't wait for next year's offering! ... Read more

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Now in its 17th year, this unique showcase remains the mostauthoritative guide to contemporary domestic design.

Covering the best and most innovative furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles,and products created over the past 18 months by both well-known designers andnew names from around the world, this year's striking selections has been madeby internationally acclaimed designer Ross Lovegrove.

Because the unique qualities of certain materials greatly impact the conceptionand design of any object, International Design Yearbook 17 has taken a freshapproach and organized items by the material used: metals, glass, textiles,plastics, and paper/wood/ceramics. The objects are lavishly illustrated, andfull technical data is given for each. This who's who of domestic designfeatures the vibrant new talent of Anna Pamintuan and Paolo Ulian, as well asremarkable work by Campana Brothers, Hishinuma, and Karim Rashid. Acomprehensive reference section provides biographies of all included designersand a list of suppliers and their addresses, while an introduction by Charlotteand Peter Fiell provides insight into Lovegrove's own design priciples.

Other Details: 200 illustrations in full color. 9 1/4 x 11 3/8" trim size. Published 2002. ... Read more

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Drawn from work created for books, comics, magazines, art galleries, advertisements, and the portfolios of some of the finest contemporary artists in the field, Spectrum 9 has a wider reach than any previous volume, with work from the U.S., Germany, England, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Canada, and France. Divided into seven categories, including one devoted to comics, the book includes James Gurney (Dinotopia), Brom (designer of the films Sleepy Hollow and Scooby-Doo), Michael Whelan (ten-time Hugo Award winner), Leo and Diane Dillon (Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award recipients), and many more. Contact information for each artist is provided in a handy index, and the editors’ lengthy illustrated "Year in Review" preface puts the entire field in focus. 300 full-color images are featured. "A feast for the eyes and the imagination." — New Times ... Read more

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Real Art..
This book is like a kick-ass mobile art gallery. Anyone interested in some cool artists with real talent that you can't find in museums or galleries should have this edition on their coffee tables or on their mantles. A visual cornicopia of excellently presented ideas compiled in a book that will have you closely staring at the pages. Really cool.

Consistent with the series.
Not unlike the other titles in the Spectrum series, Spectrum 9 provides a great overview of contemporary fantastic art, the best emerging artists, new trends, and samples of the forever-loved art. The artwork is much better documented with sources listed for further study of fantastic art.

If you've ever admired a cover on a sci-fi book, cool credits in a fantasy movie, or even action figures of your favorite super heroes, this book might be for you. The nice thing about the Spectrum series is that you do not need to reach for a specific volume to look at specific form of art. Each volume offers a pretty even and ,personally I think, good cross section of the current fantastic art and design.

Spectacular, As Usual
I have been patiently waiting (OK, maybe not so patiently) since November for Spectrum 9 to be released. Even though I had to wait an extra month and a half, it was well worth the wait. Once again, the Spectrum series provides us with the best in contemporary and fantastic art, and it IS fantastic. Entries range from weird, to gory, to funny, to beautiful. I began this series with Spectrum 8, then bought 7. Unfortunately, the other 6 are out of print (and cost a pretty penny), but these 3 will do. If you like sci-fi/fantasy art, this is the book for you. There's something for everyone, and in my opinion, there is not one bad painting in the whole book. Buy this today - you will get more than your money's worth. ... Read more

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The best visual design work is about emotion as much as sight. Powerful, brilliant pictures presented in just the right layout can make us feel and experience a whole range of emotions, from fear to attraction, from anger to happiness.

The Society of Publication Designers’ (SPD) annual competition seeks out the very best in editorial design work. Judged by a worldwide panel of top designers, the 38th edition of Rockport’s best-selling SPD series celebrates the journalists, editorial directors, photographers, and other talented individuals who brought the year 2002 with all its triumphs and disasters to our doorsteps and computer screens.

Stunning full-page layouts present everything from products to people, objects to events, in ways that made each palpable and unforgettable. Including work published in a wide range of mediums and designed by journalistic, design, and publishing talent from around the world, this stunning volume celebrates the people and firms who represent editorial design at its very best. ... Read more

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In the mid 1950s Lippincott & Margulies began self-publishing Sense, an industry magazine dedicated to exploring the leading issues surrounding identity and design. Each issue contains a series of thought provoking perspectives and insights that explore how companies and their products can become better known andbetter understood. In addition to insightful case studies on some of their more prominent clients, Sense explores topics such as: How to bridge the gap between reality and perception; What to do after a merger; Establishing a new identity; Struggling for distinctiveness; What?s the true measure of a brand?; Foundation for a new business; Managing brand risk, and Corporate Brand and Wall Street.

Sense is a two-book package that celebrates the best of the magazine. The first book is a collection of the articles from all 96 issues and the second book explores each issue visually by showcasing the cover and several spreads. This book provides insights from some of the top talent in identity design and is a must-have for every designer. ... Read more

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The best selling international review of the year's most innovative work in visual communication. Featuring, in full color, the winners of the toughest competition in the field. The book presents, with exceptional clarity and detail, the work of gold and silver medalists and distinctive merit winners in national and international advertising, graphic design and new media. ... Read more

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Indispensable for anyone involved in defining a corporate message, Annual Reports 8 delivers powerful examples from all over the world and across a range of industries including fashion, technology, transportation, and finance. This comprehensive volume presents sample reports based on excellence in design, photography, and illustration, and credits the creative personnel and clients for each. With 300 color photos, this is an essential reference for designers and marketing writers. ... Read more

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9 x 12 400 color illustrations US and Canada Distribution previous edition: Point of Purchase Design Annual Number 6: 1-58471-010-1 The POPDA Number 8 is the definitive resource for what's hot and what's not in point-of-purchase advertising. Every award-winning idea in this guide was chosen by a blue-ribbon team of leading brand marketers and retailers based on its superlative design, use of retail space, ability to drive sales, and its overall excellence.The point of purchase advertising institute is the only international trade association devoted to serving the needs of brand marketers, retailers, and producers of P-O-P and in-store marketing. ... Read more

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Devoted exclusively to typography, this volume is the quintessential source in which to find a complete, up-to-date record of the most exemplary typographic work produced worldwide. Winners of the Type Directors Club's most recent competition were selected from thousands of entries of graphic design for books, magazines, logos, annual reports, video graphics, and other categories. The results of a separate contest for typeface design are also included. Full information for each entry lists all names of the creative team and other relevant data. ... Read more

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Bookstore Blockbuster
I just got this book today ... I have been on the edge of buying it for about a year and lo and behold my stinginess on price paid off! I love this book the quality of the work contained within is fantastic, and the jacket outside done by our friends at ATTIK design is just wonderful. A must by especially at the price! ... quick go get it!!!

One of Attik's masterpiece
Typography 21 is a original and creative book. The content inside were very inspirational to me, as a graphic designer. It has a variety of designs, so it should satisfy your eyes.

I thought that the page designs by Attik were much better than the works they reviewed. It was a good book, but not the best.

I am thinking of getting NoiseFour by Attik next.

Worth The Money
I don't buy many design books because many of them tend to blur together and look the same after a while. What I really like about 'Typography 21' is that it is an 'annual' for design across many mediums. There is a nice introduction about the jurors and it showcases some of their work, to give you a sense of their backgrounds and then gets right into the work. It is a great source of reference for many needs.

The book itself it very beautiful and if you think the book-jacket is pretty, wait until you see what's underneath it.

Is it any surprise that Imaginary Forces practically owns the motion-graphics category???

I really like this book.

Inspirational
Check this book out. I'm sure a bunch of designers already have their copy. I initially bought for the fact that ATTIK designed it. Some cool work but the book as a whole is a comprehensive look at contemporary typography. Some really great pieces. One for the collection...

Beautiful...
This book is beautiful. I have just got it 20 minutes ago and went through some of the pages and all I had to say was.. wow. Inspiring. In my opinion the cover is inspiring enough. Never seen anything like this... Next, I will probbably get 72 dpi. ... Read more

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Every year Graphis collects the best examples of outstanding designs across a range of disciplines. Like its predecessors, Design Annual 2003 includes high-quality color reproductions, detailed indexes, and complete credits. This year’s collection showcases more than 300 color works that reflect current artistic trends as well as classic interpretations of design solutions, categorized by corporate identity, exhibit, product, and interactive and typographic design. This reference is extremely popular with design professionals and creative personnel worldwide and Design Annual 2003 is the most comprehensive of all the Graphis annuals. ... Read more

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Awesome!
A great compendium of the most spectacular designs of the year, from posters to ads. The quality and the brightness of the color pictures is worth gold - a book suitable for both design professionals and coffee table books lovers ... Read more

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This publication contains a broad selection of international pieces of work which have won awards in the categories of the Grand Prix and the Junior Prize as well as honorary awards for High Design Quality and the Highest Design Quality in the fields of advertising, company and product communication, financial communication, television and electronic media, culture and sport, public areas, publishing, and multimedia. ... Read more

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Now in its 15th year, this unique showcase remains the mostauthoritative guide to contemporary design.

Covering five major areas of domestic design, International Design Yearbook 15 devotes separate chapters to furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past 18 months by both well-known designers and new names from around the world. This year's selection has been made by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Ingo Maurer.

As a special feature for this millennial edition, the previous editors have contributed their personal assessment of where design stands as we approach a new century. A who's who of domestic design, they include Robert A.M. Stern, Emilio Ambasz, Philippe Starck, Arata Isozaki, Oscar Tusquets Blanca, Mario Bellini, Andre Putman, Borek Spek, Ron Arad, Jean Nouvel, Alessandro Mendini, Richard Sapper, and Jasper Morrison.

450 full-color illustrations ... Read more

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"365" is the American Institute of Graphic Art's annual presentation of the best in American design, and features cutting-edge projects that were selected by a jury of preeminent designers and design critics in 2001. New this year, America's largest and most esteemed design organization has transformed its "Communications Graphics" and "50 Books/50 Covers" competitions into a suite of 12 individual, narrowly focused, independently judged competitions, including: branding applications, design and typography, environmental graphics, experience design, and package design. Conceived by AIGA in conjunction with award-winning Chicago-based book designers studio blue, this year's version of "365" will include 12 essays that contextualize the ever-changing shape of contemporary graphic design and a special section that details statistical findings on creativity and the design process. In addition, AIGA's 2001 gold medalists Samuel Antupit and Paula Scher will be profiled in insightful biographical essays and retrospective portfolios. Who were the designers, illustrators, photographers, typographers, and printers involved in this year's most notable designs?
Edited by Andrea Codrington. Essays by Darcy Cosper, Melissa Milgram,et al. AIGA medalists include Samuel Antupit and Paula Scher.

10 x 10 in.
1200 color illustrations ... Read more

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Get out your magnifying glass
Annual awards recipients' biographical material as always appetizing and interesting. However, the following sections depicting current work focus on first-person design-incantations rather than the work. Due to smaller format (reduced dimensions) it's difficult to see the work examples and all nuance is for the most part completely lost.

A surprising amount of lengthy unilluminating explanatory text.

A very odd section attempting to illustrate very simple survey results in a bizarrely complex manner.

I can't use this book as a design reference as I do with previous AIGA annuals, so I'm going through the bother of returning it. ... Read more

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365 is the American Institute of Graphic Art's annual presentation of the best in American design, featuring cutting-edge projects selected by a jury of preeminent designers and design critics from a year of design activity in the U.S. This year's awards are divided into a suite of 13 narrowly focused, independently judged competitions, including typographic design, illustration, editorial design, environmental graphic design, design for film and television, experience design, brand and identity systems design, and--the competition dearest to our own hearts--book design: 50 books/50 covers. Conceived by AIGA in conjunction with award-winning Houston-based Rigsby Design, who've put together a charming, refreshingly straightforward, McSweeney-esque package, this year's version of 365 includes 13 short essays by top design critics that contextualize the ever changing landscape of contemporary graphic design. In addition, AIGA's 2002 medalists, Robert Brownjohn and Christopher Pullman, are profiled in insightful biographical essays and retrospective portfolios. All artwork is reproduced in color and accompanied by detailed captions listing the designers, illustrators, photographers, typographers, printers, and others involved in the creation and production of the year's notable designs. Jurors' comments and statements about the design process help to further elucidate the featured projects.

Who were the designers, illustrators, photographers, typographers, and printers involved in this year's most notable designs?

Edited by Alice Twemlow.
Essays by Andrea Codrington, Richard Eckersley, Peter Hall, Jessica Helfand, Julie Lasky, David Womack and Michael Worthington.

Hardcover, 7.25 x 12 in., 508 pages,450 color & 15 b/w Illustrations ... Read more

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At the intersection of design and experience
365
Talking about book design. Standing tall and white, the new 23rd AIGA 365 Design Annual expresses my thoughts, and I applaud it for its cover design. The centered title "The Twenty-third Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts" is printed on a thin uncoated paper that wraps around the front and back cover. On the front cover the number "365" is printed in black and barely shines through the wrapper appearing as a ghost underneath the title. To me it suggests the 365 days that will sink into oblivion and that, as with everything past, we will have to wait patiently for those moments of re-emerging experiences. Good design happens in us. ... Read more

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Now in its eighteenth year, this unique showcase remains the most authoritative guide to contemporary domestic design.

Covering the best and most innovative furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past eighteen months by both well-known designers and new names from around the world, this year's striking selections have been made by the acclaimed New York-based furniture and product designer Karim Rashid.

In a departure from the Yearbook's traditional format, objects are grouped thematically according to current global design trends: Futuretro, Nukitsch, Phenomena, Organic, Embellishment, Multiplicity, Minimum, and Techno. The book is richly illustrated in color throughout, and many images are accompanied by extended captions explaining their form, function, and innovations. Full technical data is given for each object, and a comprehensive reference section is included with designers' biographies and a list of suppliers' contact details. An introduction by Jennifer Hudson provides an insight into Karim Rashid's background, working practices, and design vision, while Rashid's own introduction explains the reasoning behind his selections as well as his transformation of the Yearbook's presentation to reflect the multiple directions of international design today.

Other Details:200 color illustrations ... Read more