Design: Type

Book description

Featuring a curated collection of about 500 exquisite designs, along with essays from top designers about the essence and importance of good typography in design, Design: Type is an insightful resource filled with mini-workshops that dissect several featured projects and highlight the effectiveness of the type treatments. The first in a new series, this informative sourcebook offers the best of typography in practice and is an essential resource for students and professionals alike.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Design:Type. An introduction
  6. 1 Minimal:Type
    1. Less is so much more (1/2)
    2. Less is so much more (2/2)
    3. Blok Design: PAR (1/4)
    4. Blok Design: PAR (2/4)
    5. Blok Design: PAR (3/4)
    6. Blok Design: PAR (4/4)
    7. Sensus Design Factory Zagreb: First Shot 2010 (1/2)
    8. Sensus Design Factory Zagreb: First Shot 2010 (2/2)
    9. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (1/6)
    10. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (2/6)
    11. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (3/6)
    12. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (4/6)
    13. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (5/6)
    14. Magma Brand Design: Fonts in Focus (6/6)
  7. 2 Ragged:Type
    1. Breaking the rules (1/4)
    2. Breaking the rules (2/4)
    3. Breaking the rules (3/4)
    4. Breaking the rules (4/4)
    5. Wonksite Studio: mySHELF (1/4)
    6. Wonksite Studio: mySHELF (2/4)
    7. Wonksite Studio: mySHELF (3/4)
    8. Wonksite Studio: mySHELF (4/4)
    9. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (1/6)
    10. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (2/6)
    11. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (3/6)
    12. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (4/6)
    13. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (5/6)
    14. Magma Brand Design: Slanted Magazine (6/6)
    15. Brigada: Typotecture
  8. 3 Free-form:Type
    1. Embracing imperfection (1/2)
    2. Embracing imperfection (2/2)
    3. 344 Design: 344 Questions (1/2)
    4. 344 Design: 344 Questions (2/2)
    5. Jay Roeder: Blink 182 (1/5)
    6. Jay Roeder: Blink 182 (2/5)
    7. Jay Roeder: Blink 182 (3/5)
    8. Jay Roeder: Blink 182 (4/5)
    9. Jay Roeder: Blink 182 (5/5)
    10. Imagine: Cake Liberation Front
  9. 4 Traditional:Type
    1. New traditionalism (1/2)
    2. New traditionalism (2/2)
    3. I Love Dust: Choice Cuts (1/4)
    4. I Love Dust: Choice Cuts (2/4)
    5. I Love Dust: Choice Cuts (3/4)
    6. I Love Dust: Choice Cuts (4/4)
    7. Voice: Longview Vineyard (1/3)
    8. Voice: Longview Vineyard (2/3)
    9. Voice: Longview Vineyard (3/3)
    10. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (1/10)
    11. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (2/10)
    12. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (3/10)
    13. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (4/10)
    14. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (5/10)
    15. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (6/10)
    16. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (7/10)
    17. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (8/10)
    18. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (9/10)
    19. Bethany Heck: The Eephus League (10/10)
  10. Contributor Index
  11. About the author

Product information

  • Title: Design: Type
  • Author(s): Paul Burgess, Tony Seddon
  • Release date: September 2012
  • Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781610584234