Resources on book design and retail graphics
Hi there.
I am a student who would like to get into book design and retail graphics. If anyone has any good suggestions on books or websites which give good examples/introduction I would be very grateful.
6.Apr.2005 8.04pm
There might be something here, but besides just looking at lots of books and deciding how they made what look good and/or work well (which I fully intend to do someday, when I have time), there's always amazon. Sorry I couldn't help more.
8.Apr.2005 3.01am
Maybe you'll like Jost Hochulis ideas on books typography, I do.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0907259235/104-5588801-7179926
Regards,
ute
8.Apr.2005 9.27am
Notes on Book Design by Derek Birdsall
On Book Design by Richard Hendel
The Design of Books by Adrian Wilson and Sumner Stone
The Form of the Book by your cranky ol' grandpa, Jan Tschichold
(I'm still looking for those last two myself.)
11.Apr.2005 3.54am
Methods of Book Design, Hugh Williamson, Yale U Press. This is pretty good, but I just happened to glance up at it on my bookshelf; there are many others. Available at
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/Viewbook.asp?isbn=0300030355
8.Apr.2005 9.09am
The Well Made Book: Essays and Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike
Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography by Robin Kinross