books, books, books

Books to look at...(a little reminder to me for when I go back to uni in January)

1. Designing Information, Harmut Bruckner, Hauschild; $132
81 pieces from Prof. Bruckner;s Munster-based information Design and Typography
course
2. Data Flow: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design, R Klnten, N Bourquin and d S
Ehmann, DieGestalten Verlag; $78
Facts and figures as diagrams
3. Grid Systems in Graphic Design (Raster Systeme), Joseph Muller-Brockmann, Niggli, $78
Revised fourth edition of JMB's classic type/layout manual

Playful Type

Title: Playful Type; Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts
Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige
Language: English
Release: September 2008
Price: £35,00
Format: 24 x 28 cm
Features: 240 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-220-1


This book shows a selection of work by illustrators who are choosing to stick with handmade letterforms in an increasingly digital world.
This book is also going onto my christmas list!! I love seeing the unique ways people are creating type. I am especially interesting in handcrafted type, it is incredible what designers can do!

Below are few examples of the contains of the book....

11th international contemporary artists' book fair

At the moment one of my projects for my graphic design course is to produce a book of 100. So, as a result we visited the fair being held at Leeds university. I could not believe what some people had achieved, there was such a diverse range of media, style, size and colour present at the fair I had no idea where to begin!

Reflecting back on my afternoon at the fair I have picked a collective of book artists and illustrators called 'Lucky Dip'. I loved their work and was definitely inspired by them. Below are images and website links so you can have a look.....


This piece is by Alison Hardcastle . . . . www.alisonhardcastle.co.uk



This piece is by Ruth Martin.


And this is done by Georgina Littlejohn.

There are another two designers in Lucky Dip; Staffan Gnosspelius and Anwen Williams. Anwen's website is ..... www.anwenwilliams.com
I like the page layout and how easy it is to move around the site. Her work reminds me a little bit of Kerry Roper.

THE MAIN WEBSITE = http://www.myspace.com/luckydipcollective