You have probably heard they say, don’t judge a book by its cover. But is that true? Don’t we all pick up a book from a shelf because its cover…
Effective Book Covers to Inspire you and more by Book Design Stars
Do We Need a Completely New Approach to Marketing Books? A series of articles by Designers & Books
Designers & Books started a new series of articles with the hope to evolve into an ongoing forum for discussing best practices, creative thinking, and innovative approaches to marketing books….
Designing the Future: A 2020 Vision
Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species is a brand new book from the co-founder of WIRED magazine that offers 25 visions for designing our collective future. The…
Designers & Books Launches a Kickstarter for the Second Printing of Its Acclaimed Facsimile of the “Bolted Book” by Fortunato Depero
This sold-out facsimile of the first artist’s book of the twentieth century is coming back in print. January 18, 2019 (New York) — Designers & Books is launching a Kickstarter…
Warszawex an alternative city guide
Warszawex is an alternative, english, 50-page Warsaw city guide, which very recently is available for sale both in main artistic bookshops in Warsaw and on-line at www.warszawex.pl Through written word…
Chinese character creative idea and 3D printing
Chinese character creative idea and 3D printing, co-written by Li Xu and Qin Zou, Originally published in 2016. This book was published by Beijing art and Science Electronic Press. The…
How to spot dodgy clients and deal with them
If you’re a designer, especially a freelancer then it’s inevitable that you’ll be dealing with a dodgy client at some point in your career. This dodgy client might be a…
Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World
Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World, is a collection of over 1,000 posters designed by an international roster of artists representing 55 countries, from Japan to Colombia, Greece,…
‘Designers & Books’ Launch Kickstarter for Seymour Chwast’s New Illustrated Antiwar Book
Seymour Chwast is a design legend. As co-founder with Milton Glaser of Push Pin Studios, he led a revolution in graphic design in the 1960s and ’70s, producing bold, vibrant…
SAVARI sketchbook by Bianca Tschaikner
Bianca Tschaikner was born in Austria in 1985. After studying Media Design at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg in Austria, she moved to Morocco and began to work as…
Designers & Books Fair 2015™
The very promising “Designers & Books Fair 2015™ “ has been scheduled for October (2nd-4th), in New York City at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a collaboration between Designers & Books and…
Fall of Gods – Fantastic Illustration Novel
A uniquely realised illustration graphic novel, Fall of Gods brings the legacy of the Norse mythology to life in a new and breathtaking way, designed and illstrated by the visual…
Visual Design in Action by Ladislav Sutnar
Designers & Books Launched a Kickstarter on April 28 to Reissue Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action in New Facsimile Edition An iconic book on modern graphic design, out…
1000 covers for 1000 books | Poetry book receives unique covers for each copy
Award wining design consultancy Casa Rex has provided a set of hand painted covers for ‘42 Haicais e 7 Ilustrações’ (’42 Haikus and 7 illustrations’), a collection of Haiku poetry…
Just Bookmarks ?
This project is unique in many ways. Firstly, the function of a bookmark helps highlight tactile sensations of paper, celebrate simple joy of something analog in a world obsessed with…
Illuminated Medieval Bibles, Redesigned (and rewritten) for the 21st Century
Gustavo Piqueira mixes fiction, history and design for the launch of his new book “Mateus, Marcos, Lucas e João” and the exhibition “Inanis: iluminuras para o século 21”. The book…
The Reggae Band Rescues
The Reggae Band Rescues is the first book of Sanjay Charlton who did all the illustrations, graphics, design and layouts. It’s a children’s book targeted at 2-8 year olds, hardcover,…
How Oslo and writer J.G. Ballard meet Typography
Non-Format designed the Only Connect Festival of Sound 2014 catalogue presenting essays, photography and various printed ephemera relating to British science fiction writer and predictor of the near future J.G. Ballard. Non-Format finds inspirations…
Very Creative Book on Typewriter Art
The Typewriter Art book by Barrie Tullett for Laurence King Publishing, designed by Mucho, showcases some of the best examples by typewriter artists around the world. Apart from the major…
2013 Taiwan Design Expo | Branding
Based on the concept of “a city in constant development”, Chinese characters “設計” are presented in a three-dimensional way. Designed like a building, the characters are added with scenic…