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In his lifetime, Le Corbusier meticulously planned and realized over 40 books. In this publication these works are thoroughly and comprehensively presented in order to familiarize viewers with the lesser-known book designer. Cathérine de Smet, an art historian and critic with profound knowledge on this aspect of Le Corbusier’s work, is our guide through photographs of the(...)
Le Corbusier : architect of books
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In his lifetime, Le Corbusier meticulously planned and realized over 40 books. In this publication these works are thoroughly and comprehensively presented in order to familiarize viewers with the lesser-known book designer. Cathérine de Smet, an art historian and critic with profound knowledge on this aspect of Le Corbusier’s work, is our guide through photographs of the books and previously unpublished archive material. We come to understand the process through which Le Corbusier’s books first came into being as well as the significance that he accorded to books as an essential medium within his output.
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"By its Cover" traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight(...)
By its cover : modern American book cover design
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"By its Cover" traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, Rudy deHarak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff–Geismar, Karen Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall.
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Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it’s mysterious or even invisible. Through interiors as well as covers, designers provide structure and information that shape the meaning and experience of books. In "The design of books", Debbie Berne shines a light on the conventions and processes of her profession, revealing both(...)
The design of books: an explainer for authors, editors and other curious readers
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Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it’s mysterious or even invisible. Through interiors as well as covers, designers provide structure and information that shape the meaning and experience of books. In "The design of books", Debbie Berne shines a light on the conventions and processes of her profession, revealing both the aesthetic and market-driven decisions designers consider to make books readable and beautiful. In clear, unstuffy language, Berne reveals how books are put together, with discussions of production considerations, typography and fonts, page layouts, use of images and color, special issues for ebooks, and the very face of each book: the cover.
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This volume gathers a collection of 50 texts on book design written by designers Siri Lee Lindskrog and Amanda-Li Kollberg of Berlin-based graphic and type design studio Formal Settings. The texts are based on a selection of books from the private collection of the Hopscotch Reading Room, a conceptual bookstore and event space in Berlin. Each text centers on a single book(...)
Notes on book design: By formal settings
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This volume gathers a collection of 50 texts on book design written by designers Siri Lee Lindskrog and Amanda-Li Kollberg of Berlin-based graphic and type design studio Formal Settings. The texts are based on a selection of books from the private collection of the Hopscotch Reading Room, a conceptual bookstore and event space in Berlin. Each text centers on a single book from the collection, examining its visual and tactile elements—from materials to layout to binding to typography. The essays explore the role and potential of books through the lens of design, mapping what their physical forms communicate about their content. Lindskrog and Kollberg draw parallels between each book as a design object and the cultural movements, political landscapes and economic conditions under which they were created. The 50 texts are paired with an introduction by Formal Settings, a foreword by Hopscotch Reading Room and an afterword in which designer, author and educator Prem Krishnamurthy offers additional framing and perspective to the project.
Book Design
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Massive industrial halls, dirty overalls, spinning gears and smoking chimneys: "Factory photo-books: The self-representation of the factory in photographic publications" is the definitive overview of an extraordinary genre spanning from 1890 to 1987. From the invention of the medium, businesses recognized the power of photography as a marketing tool. Companies(...)
Factory photo-books: The self-representation of the factory in photographic publications
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Massive industrial halls, dirty overalls, spinning gears and smoking chimneys: "Factory photo-books: The self-representation of the factory in photographic publications" is the definitive overview of an extraordinary genre spanning from 1890 to 1987. From the invention of the medium, businesses recognized the power of photography as a marketing tool. Companies commissioned photobooks in order to showcase their quality, innovativeness and progressiveness. The books went out into the world as promotional gifts for clients, investors, local public figures and employees. Meanwhile, factories themselves created promotional photobooks to extol their own production value and recruit new business. These gigantic centers for production employed designers, printers and photographers at the top of their field, including Margaret Bourke-White, Piet Zwart, Bruno Munari, Alvin Langdon Coburn, André Kertész, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Jacob Tuggener, Robert Doisneau, Paul Schuitema, Jurriaan Schrofer and Eugenio Carmi. The ambition to portray the firms in unique ways often led to amazing experiments with book forms, photography and graphic design.
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twen [1959–1971]
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Une plongée spectaculaire dans le travail du directeur artistique Willy Fleckhaus pour le magazine allemand twen, qui fut sans doute, au cours des années 1960, le magazine le plus influent au monde en termes d'audace visuelle et d'innovation graphique, et qui reste une référence incontournable pour de nombreux praticiens contemporains.
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twen [1959–1971]
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Une plongée spectaculaire dans le travail du directeur artistique Willy Fleckhaus pour le magazine allemand twen, qui fut sans doute, au cours des années 1960, le magazine le plus influent au monde en termes d'audace visuelle et d'innovation graphique, et qui reste une référence incontournable pour de nombreux praticiens contemporains.
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De la pâte à papier à la feuille, tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour créer son atelier artisanal et maîtriser les gestes papetiers. Laura Conill, designeuse et papetière, propose des techniques simples avec peu de matériel, qui permettent de se réapproprier ce savoir-faire et de se lancer dans la création de papiers originaux. Créer son atelier et ses outils papetiers, dans(...)
Faire son papier
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De la pâte à papier à la feuille, tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour créer son atelier artisanal et maîtriser les gestes papetiers. Laura Conill, designeuse et papetière, propose des techniques simples avec peu de matériel, qui permettent de se réapproprier ce savoir-faire et de se lancer dans la création de papiers originaux. Créer son atelier et ses outils papetiers, dans une cuisine, un garage ou à l'extérieur, avec une presse, un tamis papetier, un mixeur.., c'est ouvrir le champ des possibles et s'inscrire dans une démarche écologique et low-tech. De la cueillette a la feuille, une présentation des différentes fibres végétales (poireau, orties, gazon...) et des plantes tinctoriales (ronces, peaux d'oignons, gaude...) pour fabriquer, teindre et personnaliser le papier. Pas à pas de toutes les étapes de fabrication du papier, de la préparation aux techniques simples (inclusions de fibres, végétales ou de pâtes de couleur, par versement, par pochoir...), tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour créer, enrichir et protéger son papier.
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Un cercle, un rond, un carré, ces formes géométriques élémentaires ont été choisies par le typographe, urbaniste et architecte Pierre Faucheux (1924-1999) pour signifier trois pratiques qui chacune, à leurs manières, questionnent l’espace. Il passait de l’une à l’autre avec passion cherchant à systématiser, comme il le formulait, une “écriture de l’espace” qu’explore cet(...)
Pierre Faucheux, espaces de lectures, lectures d'espaces
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Un cercle, un rond, un carré, ces formes géométriques élémentaires ont été choisies par le typographe, urbaniste et architecte Pierre Faucheux (1924-1999) pour signifier trois pratiques qui chacune, à leurs manières, questionnent l’espace. Il passait de l’une à l’autre avec passion cherchant à systématiser, comme il le formulait, une “écriture de l’espace” qu’explore cet ouvrage. Le livre arpente ainsi les trajectoires diverses de Pierre Faucheux en tâchant de comprendre le va-et-vient qu’il opère entre écriture de l’espace et architecture du livre; entre lecture d’espaces et espaces de lecture. Cette publication revient sur l’histoire du directeur artistique au Livre de Poche, collaborateur également d’un grand nombre d’éditeurs français des Trente Glorieuses : J.-J. Pauvert, Éditions Joëlle Losfeld, Le Seuil, Éditions Galilée.
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It's said that you can't judge a book by its cover. George Salter, a legendary figure in the field of book design, never subscribed to this belief. For more than forty years, his beautifully drawn and lettered covers served as elegant windows onto the works of such revered authors as Albert Camus, John Dos Passos, Jack London, and Thomas Mann. Salter had the rare ability(...)
Classic book jackets : the design legacy of George Salter
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It's said that you can't judge a book by its cover. George Salter, a legendary figure in the field of book design, never subscribed to this belief. For more than forty years, his beautifully drawn and lettered covers served as elegant windows onto the works of such revered authors as Albert Camus, John Dos Passos, Jack London, and Thomas Mann. Salter had the rare ability to reduce the illustrated dust jacket -- a new part of the book package -- to its essential elements. He could visually evoke -- with typography, calligraphy, and pictorial imagery -- the contents of any given book. Salter's life and work bridged two continents and cultures, and spanned the severest political turmoil of the 20th century. Through a tumultuous life, nothing halted his tireless and brilliant design work. Classic Book Jackets tells Salter's story and describes the innovative design thinking he brought to his design students (including his designation of seven different jacket types that are still valid today). It includes more than 200 reproductions of his finest works, and a complete catalogue of his jackets, designs, layouts, and lettering jobs for the book trade.
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January 2005, New York
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Over 500 books on 20th century architecture from the Marzona Collection are represented here via bibliographic information, photographic documentation, and notes on architectural and typographic history. A focus on the parallels between typography and architecture highlights the books' status as independent media of modern expression.
Book Design
January 2004, Vienna
Modern : architecture books from the Marzona collection
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Over 500 books on 20th century architecture from the Marzona Collection are represented here via bibliographic information, photographic documentation, and notes on architectural and typographic history. A focus on the parallels between typography and architecture highlights the books' status as independent media of modern expression.
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