Tag: book

Myquillyn Smith has a theory, and it's a good one. Empty rooms don't feel peaceful. They feel abandoned. In House Hushing: The Simple Method...

I bought this book on a whim back in June, mostly because the cover pattern looked sharper than anything else on my shelf that...

A review of Vintage Graphic Design, Steven Heller and Louise Fili's sourcebook of type, monograms, and ornaments from the golden age of printing. I bought...

I recently bought Rainbow Dreams mostly because I wanted to know if a 256-page book could hold that much color without collapsing into visual...

The Art of Less is not a book about owning fewer things. That's the first assumption gestalten wants readers to drop before they even...

My copy of The Graphic Design Bible has a coffee ring on page 214. It sits right on top of the Swiss grid systems...

I had this Japanese interior design book on loan for three straight weeks, and it never left my desk. Not once. That's rare for...

A logotype book only earns shelf space if it survives contact with an actual deadline. So I put From Type to Logo, published by...

A friend of mine lent me his copy of The Art Book three weeks ago and told me, half-joking, "Just don't spill coffee on...

Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 is a 447-page survey by Ian Lynam that finally gives English-language readers a real history of Japanese design, not...

James Edmondson built OH no Type Co. into one of the most recognizable names in independent type design, and now he's put the whole...

GridType Vol. 1 just landed from Slanted Publishers, and it does something most type books don't bother with. It shows you the tool, not...