DESIGN
Books about graphic design, typography and visual composition.
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Letterpress: Select Designs from San Francisco and New York
$25.00A rediscovery of the beauty of letterpress by young designers. Learn More -
Lettering and Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces
$24.95No component of graphic design has attracted as much interest or inspired as much innovation in recent years as lettering and type. Learn More -
Japanese Patterns
$24.99Japan's ornamental tradition is famous for its subdued and highly stylized motifs. Learn More -
IdN Extra 08: Typo/graphic Posters – Data Typography, Graphics, and its Application in Creative Poster Design
$25.00A Peer's-Eye View Of Today's Design World. Learn More -
I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now
$24.95This book offers a rare chance to read what graphic designers feel about their education and profession. Learn More -
I Love Type Volume 6: Franklin Gothic
$29.95The sans-serif typeface Franklin Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1902 and continues to be widely used in newspapers, books, billboards, and advertisements. Learn More -
I Love Type Volume 5: I Love Gill Sans
$29.95Gill Sans, a sans-serif typeface widely used today, was designed by Eric Gill in 1926; the first public usage of the typeface was that same year, when Gill used it on signage for a new bookshop opening in his hometown of Bristol. Learn More -
I Love Type Volume 4: I Love Din
$29.95Featuring fluent curves and strokes without serifs, DIN, released by Frankfurt’s D Stempel AG foundry in 1923, is minimal in appearance, bold, striking, and highly legible. The design was based on a 1905 typeface for the Royal Prussian Railway Administration and was originally used for schematics and blueprints. Learn More -
I Love Type Volume 3: I Love Bodoni
$29.95Designed in 1798 by Giambattista Bodoni, the serif font Bodoni drew inspiration from elements of the English typeface Baskerville and the French typeface Didot, with the result widely-regarded as one of the most influential and easily-recognized typefaces in history. Learn More -
I Love Type Volume 2: I Love Avant Garde
$29.95First designed by Herb Lubalin as a logo, not a typeface, Avant Garde has had a tumultuous history. Once a representation of innovation and singularity, its popularity in the 1970s has given it a distinctly retro connotation in modern times. Learn More
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