Unit Editions launches
Unit Editions is a new, progressive publishing company dedicated to producing high-quality, affordable books about graphic design and the visual arts. As well as superlative visual content, Unit books will have insightful texts, and offer the highest standards of design and production.
Our website will be the place to find information about current and forthcoming titles. From time to time, we’ll post samples of content and additional material not contained in the books. And of course, visitors to the site will be able to buy books. Some of the books bought from here will have added extras that won’t be available in the shops.
But the site isn’t just about Unit books. We’ll also post reviews, comments and articles about design and the world of visual culture. We hope to make this an important destination for design fans, book lovers and anyone who has ever had a tremor of excitement after seeing a bit of nicely kerned Akzidenz Grotesk, a record sleeve by Vaughn Oliver, or a Herb Lubalin ligature.
Unit Editions is a collaboration between Tony Brook (Spin) and Adrian Shaughnessy (ShaughnessyWorks). You can see our growing archive on Flickr; we’re also on Facebook.
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Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio is the first title to be published by Unit Editions.
It will be on sale here and in bookshops from September 2009.
Studio Culture provides a unique glimpse into the inner workings of 28 leading graphic design studios. In a series of penetrating interviews, the mechanics of building and maintaining a vibrant studio culture are laid bare with disarming frankness.
Studio Culture is a book for both seasoned professionals who have been running studios for years, and for idealistic designers contemplating starting up. It is the complete guide to creating, maintaining and growing a studio culture.
312pp, 165×230mm, 4 colour + 1 PMS
£24.95 + P&P
