It says something about the value for money of today’s coffee-table books that 35 quid looks relatively expensive. For this, though, you get a volume – the first in a set of two, divided chronologically – that, with the addition of four legs, could actually be a coffee table. continue reading at www.macuser.co.uk
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Type: A Visual History
on 11 September 2009
The pros and cons of me dot com
on 19 August 2009
Can Apple justify charging Mac owners £59 a month for an email address and some syncing shenanigans? Read the full article on MobileMe in MacFormat issue 212, on sale now.
For a book about words, this is surprisingly visual, beautifully laid out on a matt stock, with nice use of background tints and neat, legible type. What’s great about Shaw’s introduction to copywriting is that he explains the real world processes, not just the principles. continue reading at www.macuser.co.uk
Designing Sustainable Packaging
on 19 June 2009
Part manifesto and part textbook, Designing Sustainable Packaging provides just what you want from a guide to a creative field: a sound overview of the subject in its contemporary context, followed by practical tutorials and examples. continue reading at www.macuser.co.uk
Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture
on 5 December 2008
Jennifer Hudson’s previous titles include 1000 New Designs and 1001 Buildings You Must See Before you Die. This time she’s gone for depth rather than breadth, and the result is a striking insight into the ways designers and manufacturers work together to bring products from conception to reality. continue reading at www.macuser.co.uk
How to Be an Illustrator
on 6 June 2008
If you know how to make pictures but don’t know how to sell them, this should help. It’s written by Darrel Rees, a former illustrator who now heads the well regarded Heart agency, and takes you in general terms through all aspects of where the work is, how to get it, and how to get money for it when you’ve done it. continue
Contemporary Graphic Design vs One Hundred at 360°
on 14 September 2007
If there were awards for book titles, One Hundred at 360°: Graphic Design’s New Global Generation would be unlikely to trouble the judges. What the authors (a designer and a design journalist) are trying to get across is that they’ve rounded up 100 designers from all around the world. continue
New Typographic Design
on 13 April 2007
Roger Fawcett-Tang, also known as half of Struktur Design, has not only collated this anthology of type-led projects but also designed the book, and he’s made a good job all round. continue
Caffeine for the Creative Mind
on 19 January 2007
Subtitled 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain, this book adopts the premise that ‘the only thing keeping you from reaching a new level of creative thought is inaction’. continue
SketchFighter
on 5 January 2007
It may not have beaten polonium poisonings off the front pages, but SketchFighter generated a lot more pre-launch interest than your average shareware release. Courtesy of author Lars Gäfvert and the small but perfectly formed publicity machine of Ambrosia Software, sneak peeks have been buzzing around the blogosphere for months continue
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