The Typography Idea Book

Name: The Typography Idea Book
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781780678498
Price: 49.99 NZD
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Inspiration from 50 Masters

By Steven Heller and Gail Anderson

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Summary

The Typography Idea Book explores 50 inspiring typographic techniques from masters worldwide, focusing on creative approaches rather than technical jargon. It covers type transformation, abstraction, hand-lettering, and playful typography ideas to help evolve your design style.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book is ideal for graphic design students and creative professionals seeking fresh, practical ideas to enhance their typographic skills without the complexity of technical tutorials.

Playing with typographic puzzle pieces is one of the joys of graphic design and typographers have many entertaining, esoteric and eccentric options at their disposal

Description

Playing with typographic puzzle pieces is one of the joys of graphic design, and typographers have many entertaining, esoteric, and eccentric options at their disposal.

The Typography Idea Book presents 50 of the most inspiring approaches used by masters of the field from across the world.

Geared towards helping you evolve different typographic styles, the book contains none of the technical jargon or tired old rules found in traditional tutorials, but is packed with practical techniques and iconic examples. From type transformation to abstraction, via overlapping, hand-lettering, vectorising, novelty typefaces, and puns, discover all the brilliant ideas you could be bringing to your own designs.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised for its clear communication and inspiring content, the book is described as nicely laid out and highly relevant for preparing students in graphic design typography by educators David Sopwith and Vida Sacic.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780678498

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 August 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 158.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Gail Anderson Laurence King Publishing Non-Fiction Steven Heller

About the Author

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Design/Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of more than 170 books on design and popular culture, and the recipient of the 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award. Gail Anderson is the director of design and digital media at SVA's Visual Arts Press. She is a designer, writer and educator who has lectured about design at organizations and conferences around the world.