Papercraft: design and art with paper
Gestalten, $128
Papercraft is an extensive survey on the insatiable trend of innovative art and design work crafted from paper. It explores the astounding possibilities of paper and gathers the most extraordinary creations – from small objects and figures to large-scale art installations and urban interventions as well as three-dimensional graphic sculptures from a vast spectrum of artistic disciplines ranging from character design, urban art, fine art, graphic design, illustration, fashion, animation and film. The book also includes a DVD with fun DIY printable templates for creating your own paper characters and toys as well as a curated selection of the best stop-motion animations.
Filed under: Design
A visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, vol 1 1628 – 1900
Cees W.de Jong, Alston W. Purvis, Jan Tholenaar (Ed.)
Taschen, $125
This exuberant selection of typographic fonts and styles traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed catalogues showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Also included are borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations, and many spectacular examples of their use. Victorian fonts, spectacular in their complexity, are accorded a prominent place. In addition, examples from lithography and letters by inscription carvers and calligraphers are also included and described.
Featuring works by type designers William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger.
Filed under: Design
Epica book twenty two: Europe’s best advertising
Patrick Taschler (Ed.)
AVA, $120
Epica book twenty two: Europe’s best advertising features more than 950 commercials, print ads, innovative media ideas, publications, internet sites, direct marketing operations, packaging design projects and integrated campaigns honoured in the 2008/09 Epica awards, Europe’s premier creative awards show.
Epica Book 22 is introduced by Amir Kassaei, Executive Creative Director of DDB Germany. It includes articles by Lewis Blackwell and Mark Tungate, author of Media Monoliths and Adland (Kolan Page), who also contributed the creative synopses.
Filed under: Design
What do you love?
IdN, $79.90
What do you love? is IdN’s 15th anniversary edition and is their biggest-ever publication to-date! A massive 452-page hardcover packaged with higher resolutions DVD-9 production! Featuring specially commissioned work from 250+ of the highly talented creators who have collaborated with IDN over the last decade and a half — sharing their thoughts on the past; and their visions of the future.
