Three video clips about the design process of a book. C.S. Richardson briefly explains the history of book design, interior layout and cover design. One of his most important points is that good book design is invisible.
Tag: design
The Wayfinding Handbook
A review of The Wayfinding Handbook. I’d like to see a copy before buying, but it looks like a good addition to the collection.
F1 controls resemble video game
Formula One user interfaces. A quick peek at a few iterations of F1 steering wheels, if you can call still call them wheels.
Meta book covers
Books on book covers, an emerging meta-trend in cover design. Eventually, walking into a bookstore will become an Escher-esque event that blows your mind.
The League of Moveable Type
The League of Moveable Type is an attempt to bring quality open-source typography to the web. It’s an honourable pursuit and will hopefully gain some traction, but I’m not really a big fan of the name.
Canons of Page Construction
Canons of page construction. A few details about the Van de Graaf canon, used in medieval manuscripts, and Tschichold’s musings on the golden ratio.
typo/graphic posters
Typo/graphic posters, pretty much what the tile says. Loads of graphic and typographic posters for your viewing and purchasing pleasure.
Legistyles
Legistyles are a set of NetNewsWire themes from Antonio Carusone. Of course, I didn’t even realize you could apply a new stylesheet to the feed reader. I’m now using his serif, white on black theme featuring Baskerville.
Book Design Primer
A book design primer from Tom Christensen. It sums up my year at Reading in a nutshell.
Creative Characters
Creative Characters at MyFonts features an interview each month with a different type designer or foundry.