I am currently reading Graphic Design: A User’s Manual by Adrian Shaughnessy with a Foreward by Michael Bierut. It’s a book that offers insight to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. I’m about 70 pages into the book, and it is nicely designed and organized alphabetically. I’ve already read topics about art direction, art v. design, book cover design, branding, broadcast design, clichés, creative block, and found each little section very helpful and informative. It’s books like this that make learning about graphic design fun! I would recommend this book to anyone wanting insight into the field of graphic design or simply wants to brush up on design knowledge.
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I came across this article Best Practices Part 2: More Tips for Green Printing by Jeremy Lehrer on the Print website. It’s the second part of his Best Practices article about ways designers can print more sustainable. He spoke to Jeremy Carroll, of Imagine! Print Solutions, Sarah Riegelmann, an independent print-production consultant, and Nicole Smith of Design & Source Productions. In the interview they cover the estimating stage, the printing stage and packaging, each relating to sustainability. It’s a very informative article that I find very helpful for the next time I send a job to the printer
On a lighter note. I came across this hilarious spoof of Lady GaGa’s “Pokerface”. I found it at http://jarkandmason.blogspot.com/. Next time you need a break involving laughter…check this video out. Kudos to Jark and Mason.
Ever wonder what type you are? Pentagram has the answer! This question was researched with a team of 23 academics across Eastern Europe, ‘What Type Are You’ asks the four key character questions of our day, analyses your responses in exceptional detail and recommends one of 16 typefaces as a result. This is a fun application at the Pentagram website! Check it out at: www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you.
I came across this interview on the Print website about sustainability. Trevor Hacker is a designer at Lunar, which is a San Francisco based design company, and he talks about working as a designer in the city, and the challenge’s he faced when creating the “Designer’s Field Guide to Sustainability.” You can find this guide at http://www.lunar.com/fieldguide.html. I had a chance to read through it, and found it very helpful. It gives insightful information about sustainable product development and the product life cycle.
Ever since moveable type was invented, printing has become more and more accessible to anyone. Today, we are not limited to just a few printing processess, there are many different processes at our disposal. When dealing with a printer, there is always a lot to take in. Especially if you are a first timer. I built this tutorial, Printing Process, as an informational website, that gives the basic information of different processes and examples so students know what is out there.
