Typography Sketchbooks
Author: Steven Heller
Format: Paperback, 185mm x 245mm, 1240g, 368 pages
Published: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012
Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on screen, and selected by the world's most knowledgeable and well-connected graphic design commentator, Steven Heller, this survey gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word-images and logos through their private sketchbooks.
Arranged by designer, this collection reveals how the world's top typographers and designers strive to find new and exciting ways of communicating through letters and words.
Contributors include both the world-renowned - Milton Glaser, Erik Spiekermann, Peter Bilak and Jean Baptiste Levee - and the up and coming, while Steven Heller and Lita Talarico's text provides invaluable commentary on the designers' creative process, their design philosophies, inspirations, techniques and influences.
Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.
LitaTalarico is the founding editor of American Illustration & Photography and the other co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department at the School of Visual Arts. She is also reporter-at-large for Italian Design Graphics.
Author: Steven Heller
Format: Paperback, 185mm x 245mm, 1240g, 368 pages
Published: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012
Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on screen, and selected by the world's most knowledgeable and well-connected graphic design commentator, Steven Heller, this survey gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word-images and logos through their private sketchbooks.
Arranged by designer, this collection reveals how the world's top typographers and designers strive to find new and exciting ways of communicating through letters and words.
Contributors include both the world-renowned - Milton Glaser, Erik Spiekermann, Peter Bilak and Jean Baptiste Levee - and the up and coming, while Steven Heller and Lita Talarico's text provides invaluable commentary on the designers' creative process, their design philosophies, inspirations, techniques and influences.
Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.
LitaTalarico is the founding editor of American Illustration & Photography and the other co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department at the School of Visual Arts. She is also reporter-at-large for Italian Design Graphics.