Category: Books
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Observed|Books
3D Book Cover
Helen Yentus, the art director of Riverhead Books, designed a 3D book jacket for Chang-rae Lee’s new novel, On Such a Full Sea.
Warren Lehrer|Books
The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley
An excerpt and slideshow from Warren Lehrer’s A Life in Books.
Jessica Helfand|Books
La Grafica
Typography is, of course, her lingua franca: and who better than to write this book than Louise Fili?
Louise Sandhaus|Books
Greetings from the Left Coast
A natural history of graphic design in California
Louise Sandhaus|Books
The Art of Arts & Architecture
The designers that gave a mid-century tastemaking magazine its identity
Louise Sandhaus|Books
The Counterculture was Never What it Used to Be
The darker side of the sixties was still graphically rich
Véronique Vienne|Books
Against Objectification
Leonard Koren’s books
Jessica Helfand|Books
The Observer Decameron—Second Day
The top ten books of 2015 picked by our contributors
The Editors|Books
A Few Minutes of Design
A series of deceptively simple—and fun—exercises.
Jon Contino|Books
Branding Baseball By Hand
Baseball, survivial, tradition, make-believe: the most exciting way to spend an afternoon.
Steven Heller|Books
The Bauhaus is Forever
You can never have too much Bauhaus.
Steven Heller|Books
The Motivational Industrial Complex
This publishing season I’ve found three motivational books, each on the benefits of creative activity that, despite the biases noted above, I would suggest you read, if only to be entertained.
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