The 3D Type Book

Book description

This book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios.

Contributors include Sagmeister Inc, Vaughan Oliver, Milton Glaser, Alvin Lustig, Louis Danziger, Roger Excoffon, Paul Elliman, Marian Bantjes, Geoff Kaplan, Clotilde Olyff, Italo Lupi, Marion Bataille, Antoine+Manuel, Frost*Design, Mervyn Kurlansky, Non-Format, Oded Ezer, Rowland Scherman, Post Typography, Rinzen, Underware’s Type Workshop, J. Kyle Daevel, Ji Lee, Pleaseletmedesign, and Strange Attractors Design.

As well as pioneering milestones from as far back as the 1940s, this book focuses on recent and brand new typographic projects. 3D type specialist Andrew Byrom explains the context and motivation behind these innovative works in an insightful foreword. Please visit the dedicated website 3d-type.com for additional info.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword: Type as Object by Andrew Byrom
  6. Introduction
  7. A–Z Showcase
  8. A
    1. Antoine+Manuel
    2. Amandine Alessandra
    3. Akatre
    4. Adam Voorhes
    5. Alexander Egger
    6. Anna Garforth
    7. Anna Garforth and Eleanor Stevens
    8. Allistair Burt
    9. Alex Robbins
    10. AT.AW.
    11. Axel Peemoeller
    12. Arslan Shahid
    13. Atelier van Wageningen
    14. Autobahn
    15. Andrew Byrom
  9. B
    1. Bela Borsodi
    2. Brent Barson
    3. Bola Cooper
    4. Bradley–McQuade collaboration
    5. Benoit Lemoine and Cécile Boche
    6. Benoit Lemoine
    7. BANK
  10. C
    1. Cheil USA
    2. Craig Ward
    3. Craig Ward, Sean Freeman and Alison Carmichael
    4. Conor & David
    5. Craig Ward
    6. Clotilde Olyff
    7. Corriette Schoenaerts
    8. Clotilde Olyff
    9. Chris Tozer
    10. Corriette Schoenaerts
    11. Chris Wilkinson
    12. Charlie Hocking
    13. Charlotte Cornaton
    14. Chrysostomos Tsimourdagkas
  11. D
    1. Denise Gonzales Crisp
    2. Daryl Tanghe
    3. Dave Wood
    4. Daryl Tanghe
    5. David Aspinall
    6. Detail. Design Studio
    7. Dolly Rogers
  12. E
    1. Émilie Chen
    2. Ed Nacional
    3. Efsun Senturk
    4. Elfen
    5. Ersin Han Ersin
    6. ÉricandMarie
    7. Emeline Brulé
    8. Evelin Kasikov
  13. F
    1. Farina Kuklinski
    2. Ferdinand Alfonso
    3. Form
    4. Fluid
    5. Funda Cevik
    6. Fajn Hajp Agency
    7. Frost*Design
    8. FL@33
  14. G
    1. Go Welsh
    2. Georgina Potier and Itamar Ferrer
    3. Gluekit
    4. Gareth Holt
    5. Geoff Kaplan
  15. H
    1. Hijack Your Life
    2. HunterGatherer
    3. HandMadeFont
    4. Hoax
    5. Happycentro
    6. Helen Mycroft
    7. Hort
    8. Helena Dietrich
    9. Huy Vu
    10. Helena Dietrich
    11. Handverk
    12. Hat-trick
  16. I
    1. Intercity
    2. Italo Lupi
  17. J
    1. John Morgan studio
    2. (Theres) Jörger
    3. John Morgan studio
    4. Jörger-Stauss
    5. Jamie Hearn
    6. Jan von Holleben
    7. Jonathan Hall
    8. Juan Camilo Rojas
    9. Juan Pablo Cambariere
    10. Johanna Bonnevier
    11. Jack Curry
    12. João Henrique Wilbert
    13. Jan Olof Nygren
    14. Jarrik Muller
    15. Jung Eun Park
    16. Jenna Burwell
    17. J. Kyle Daevel
    18. Ji Lee
  18. K
    1. Kris Hofmann
    2. Kate Lyons
    3. Kris Hofmann
    4. Karin von Ompteda
    5. Karina Petersen
  19. L
    1. Lee Stokes
    2. Lee Basford
    3. Lisa Rienermann
  20. M
    1. Miguel Ramirez
    2. Mervyn Kurlansky
    3. Mark Formanek
    4. Miguel Ramirez
    5. Miranda van Hooft
    6. Michelle Jones
    7. Michael Hübner
    8. Mario Hugo
    9. Me Studio
    10. Mesh Design
    11. Merci Bernard
    12. MAGMA Brand Design
    13. Marion Bataille
    14. MoreGood
  21. N
    1. Non-Format
    2. Nemanja Jehlicka
    3. Nathan Gale
    4. NR2154
  22. O
    1. Oded Ezer
    2. Open Studio
  23. P
    1. Praline and RSHP Model Shop
    2. Pesca Salada
    3. Post Typography
    4. Piero Glina
    5. Pleaseletmedesign
    6. Plasticbionic
    7. Peter Crnokrak and Karin von Ompteda
  24. R
    1. Rowland Scherman
    2. R2
    3. Rebootlab
    4. Rafael Farias
    5. Ryan Molloy
    6. Ryan Molloy and Jim Stevens
    7. Rick Myers
    8. Rinzen
    9. Raphaël Legrand
  25. S
    1. Sean Martindale
    2. Sebastian Lemm
    3. Sagmeister Inc.
    4. Sveta Sebyakina
    5. Shotopop
    6. Sebastian Gagin
    7. Siobhan Tarr
    8. Sharon Pazner
    9. Satsuki Atsumi
    10. Superscript2
    11. Studio Xavier Encinas
    12. Start
    13. Studio Output
    14. Stefan G. Bucher, 344 Design
    15. Stylorouge
    16. Strange Attractors Design
    17. Supermundane
    18. Strange Attractors Design
    19. Sakis Kyratzis
    20. Sean Freeman
    21. Simone Stecher
    22. s3studio
    23. Studio Lundsager
    24. Studio for Virtual Typography
  26. T–Z
    1. Thijs Verbeek
    2. Underware’s Type Workshop
    3. Vaughan Oliver
    4. Wilfrid Wood
  27. Contributor Profiles
  28. About FL@33
  29. Acknowledgements

Product information

  • Title: The 3D Type Book
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: April 2011
  • Publisher(s): Laurence King
  • ISBN: 9781856697132