Design
DAAN WUBBEN - PEACEKEEPERS
Written by Daan Wubben
The world of toy guns is an imaginative world of brightly colored water pistols and oddly shaped laser weapons. Yet it is also a world of eerily realistic guns that can easily be mistaken for the real deal. These toys are so well designed that they could scare you to death, or, at least, look like nothing to play with. Peacekeepers is a selection of one hundred EU-approved toy guns.
KAREL MARTENS - PATTERNS
Written by Karel Martens
This publication contains a collection of patterns designed by Karel Martens between 1960 and 2021. Although Martens is widely recognised for his specialisation in typography, the dozens of colourful full-page patterns shown here are devoid of any text, allowing the sequence to become a mesmerising pattern in itself.
TERRESTRIAL TALES 100+ TAKES ON EARTH
Written by Marc Angélil
Terrestrial Tales: 100+ Takes on Earth is a collection of representations of the globe over the last 2000 years - from a sculpture of the 2nd century Farnese Atlas, in which the celestial sphere rests heavily on the Titan's shoulders, to one of the many "Fridays for Future" demonstrations, in which a huge globe is balanced over the heads of pupils and students.
AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY - MATERIAL EXPERIMENTS IN PRODUCT DESIGN CONDUCTED AT ECAL
Written by Thilo Alex Brunner
"This volume summarizes the results of "The Aesthetics of Sustainability", a research project led by ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne. It brought together master's students of product design, established materials specialists, manufacturers and researchers with the aim of exploring and defining the aesthetic potential of a new generation of sustainable materials.
GOTICO-ANTICA, PROTO-ROMAN, HYBRID 15TH CENTURY TYPES BETWEEN GOTHIC AND ROMAN
Written by Christelle Kirchstetter
La première étude scientifique globale et approfondie des caractères typographiques créés en Allemagne, en Italie et France entre 1459 et 1482, qui ne sont pleinement ni gothiques ni romains : conduit par l'Atelier national de recherche typographique, ce projet permet la réhabilitation d'une quinzaine de caractères initiée au cours de workshops en écoles d'art et de design internationales, la cons
ILLUSTRATED SURVIVAL GUIDE - EDITORS AND PUBLISHER
Dopo l'esordio di The Illustrators Survival Guide, la guida dedicata al mestiere di illustratore, arriva la Survival Guide dedicata al lavoro di editor e di editore, sempre realizzata da Mimaster Illustrazione in collaborazione con la Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori e con il contributo di Fondazione Cariplo.
PLAY & DESIGN FROM CAMEROON - 12 PROTOTYPES INSPIRED BY THEME OF PLAYING
Written by Michele Brunello
Strumento di conoscenza e relazione con gli altri fin dall'infanzia, il gioco può anche essere una formidabile modalità progettuale nel campo del design: parlare di gioco è parlare di progetto, e viceversa.
REJECTED - DESIGNS FOR THE EUROPEAN FLAG
Written by Jonas von Lenthe
When on 8 December 1955 the Council of Europe chose a design with 12 yellow stars arranged in a circle on blue background as the new flag of Europe, they refused more than 200 proposals that people had submitted until then. Each proposal documents an individual idea of Europe; while some of the proposals load existing symbols with new meaning (e.g.
KAREL MARTENS - TOKYO PAPERS (OP)
Written by Karel Martens
Tokyo Papers comprises a collection of 41 monoprints created by Dutch graphic designer and typographer Karel Martens between 2019 and 2020. In 2018, Martens received a package from artist-curator Pierre Leguillon that contained filled-in Japanese forms which he had found at a street market in Tokyo.
JOST HOCHULI - SYSTEMATIC BOOK DESIGN?
Written by Jost Hochuli
Does designing a book follow a logical and well-thought-out process ? Swiss graphic designer and typographer Jost Hochuli studies the crucial role played by instinct throughout the various stages of planning a book, from selecting a character type and size to determining the layout of the block of texts. Systematic Book Design ?
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