The brilliant Barcelona based studio Folch Studio updated with some new sexy projects. Folch studio is one of my all time favorite design practice…
2009 Yearly archive
Every 2 years the National Center of Applied Arts in France publishes this little boo, giving a point of view on the state of graphic design in France. This year the focus is on typography. This book includes articles from Thomas Huot-Marchand, Jean-Baptiste Levée, Peter Bil’ak and Michel Wlassikoff.
For each issue a new design studio is in charge of the Art Direction and Graphic Design, this years the french duo Atelier Müesli crafted a beautiful piece.
This publication is in French only.
I really like the entire portfolio of french graphic designer Toan Vu-Huu, and especially his project (along with André Baldinger) for the École Estienne Paris.
Based on the premise that good advise sticks, we asked 9 leading designers, “What’s the best piece of advice that you have been given or gave, that has stuck with you?â€
Sticky advice given by Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook, Wim Crouwel, Michael C. Place, Ben Stott, Mark Farrow, Storm Thorgerson, Daniel Eatock and Hamish Muir. Printed white ink on clear tape, Design [+ thanks to] Jame Greenfield.
£5.75 over at Blanka
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is a unique, absorbing compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. Covering a huge range of material – from historic titles by pioneering type foundries to the best of recent monographs from today’s leading studios – it provides a striking insight into the evolution of graphic design in the twentieth century.
Classic graphic design manuals by László Moholy-Nagy and Josef Müller-Brockmann are included, alongside groundbreaking instructional titles on advertising and corporate identity. Monographs designed by and covering the major individuals and studios of the era – from A.M. Cassandre and Alexey Brodovitch to Stefan Sagmeister and Peter Saville – are explored, along with seminal anthologies on trademark design, Polish film posters, the impact of the avant-garde and more.
All titles, whether classic histories of Bauhaus design or rarely seen sourcebooks of symbols and type, are illustrated with a wide selection of spreads and their covers, all in colour.
In addition, top international designers have provided lists of favourite books from their own libraries. Bibliographic will be a rich source of ideas for graphic designers and a fascinating series of histories of great design books, and should find a place in any studio’s library.
Jason Godfrey, director of Godfrey Design, London, studied at the Royal College of Art before pursuing a career in print and digital media in London, New York and Austin, Texas. His work has been shown in the annuals of D&AD and the New York Type Directors Club.
Hardback
600 illustrations
224 pages
288 x 235 mm
£30.00
Published by Laurence King August 2009
