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Index A by Charles Wilkin

Review:

Talking about books - just indulged from cover to cover into the IndexA from one of my fav artist, Charles Wilkin.

He is an exquisite master of collages that are quirky, beautiful, challenging, original... interesting to see that every artist in a period of his life has favorites design objects or palette. You can see such different time_styles in his book. Definitely worth a place in your library!

Any of you in NYC? An exhibit of his art will take place from April 24th through May 18th at The Riviera Gallery, 103 Metropolitan Ave. (between Wythe and Berry) Williamsburg, Brooklyn, L train to Bedford Ave, G train to Metropolitan Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday 1pm-6pm

Train of Thoughts (Designing the Effective Web Experience) by John Lenker

Review:

Challenge to conventional usability and Information Architecture by Roy Johnson.

This book explores the other side of the Web usability debate. It argues that web sites should be an 'experience' - organised on principles of human psychology, creativity, and understanding to web design.

John Lenker presents his ideas as short nuggets of thought - on average no more than three or four paragraphs each. Its like Web pages. You get the idea? What he offers is basically a critique of Jakob Nielsen's arguments on Web usability testing. Lenker is saying that people spend time on the Web for more than just efficient shopping. They want to play, have novel visual experiences, and just goof around, hoping that something interesting will turn up.

Visit the accompanying book site.

Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman

Review:

Fetch - learn + grow! Will post the review shortly.

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Indie Fonts by P22

Review

See Indie Fonts the new type reference book from P22! Don't miss the { Typophile } gallery!

Excerpt from P22:

“Independent type designers have devoted their talents to producing fresh new fonts that can give your text a major boost. Indie Fonts provides a showcase collection of almost 2000 diverse fonts from 18 of today's hottest digital type foundries and features the best work of these designers. Indie Fonts will help you find some of the highest quality fonts available today.”

LOS LOGOS: brand insights for the 21st century by Mika Mischler et al

Review:

This is a MUST desktop companion book for serious designers.

400+ pages of superb logos designed by some of your fav designers / design agencies and compiled by Büro Destruct. Is there more to say?

3,500 logos are available for study, marvel and awe. The best visual study of such topic by far.

Collected themes, statistics and a comprehensive, well-structured index, LosLogos offers deep insights into a breadth of styles, as well as the techniques and theory behind contemporary logo design.

Excerpt by Roland Müller

“How does logo design react to the sociological, cultural, economic and technological changes that define our time? This is an exciting question, as there is scarcely another expressive media tool better suited to measure the current climate than the trade mark.”

Collected themes, statistics and a comprehensive, well-structured index, LosLogos offers deep insights into a breadth of styles, as well as the techniques and theory behind contemporary logo design.

Divided into four major chapters

Logos
Lettering
Typograms
Combinations