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The Space between Look and Read

The Space between Look and Read

The Space between Look and Read

Designing Complementary Meaning

by Susan M. Hagan

ISBN: 9780262545471

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 18, 2023

Unleashing the potential that can be found in the space between words and images.
Shapes of Imagination

Shapes of Imagination

Shapes of Imagination

Calculating in Coleridge's Magical Realm

by George Stiny

ISBN: 9780262544139

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 15, 2022

Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge's “imagination”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge's “fancy”).
Catalog Design Progress

Catalog Design Progress, facsimile edition

Catalog Design Progress

Advancing Standards in Visual Communication

by Ladislav Sutnar and K. Lonberg-Holm

With Steven Heller

ISBN: 9780262544023

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 15, 2022

A meticulously created facsimile edition of a classic work on design by the progenitor of today's information design.
Designed for Dancing

Designed for Dancing

Designed for Dancing

How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance

by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder

ISBN: 9780262044332

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 19, 2021

When Americans mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, polkaed in the pavilion, and tangoed at the club; with glorious, full-color record cover art.
The Typographic Medium

The Typographic Medium

The Typographic Medium

by Kate Brideau

ISBN: 9780262045858

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 12, 2021

An innovative examination of typography as a medium of communication rather than part of print or digital media.
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook

Graphic Artists Guild Handbook, 16th Edition

Graphic Artists Guild Handbook

Pricing & Ethical Guidelines

by The Graphic Artists Guild

ISBN: 9780262542395

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 18, 2021

The industry bible for graphic arts professionals, with pricing guidelines and information on business, ethical, and legal issues.
Face

Face

Face

A Visual Odyssey

by Jessica Helfand

ISBN: 9780262043427

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 12, 2019

An elaborately illustrated A to Z of the face, from historical mugshots to Instagram posts.
Culture Is Not Always Popular

Culture Is Not Always Popular

Culture Is Not Always Popular

Fifteen Years of Design Observer

Edited by Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand

With Jarrett Fuller

ISBN: 9780262039109

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 1, 2019

A collection of writing about design from the influential, eclectic, and adventurous Design Observer.
Notes on the Type, Time, Letters & Spirits

Notes on the Type, Time, Letters & Spirits

Notes on the Type, Time, Letters & Spirits

by Dexter Sinister

ISBN: 9783956793455

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: April 7, 2017

Three interconnected palimpsest essays recount (1) the backstory of a “meta” font recently updated by Dexter Sinister and used to typeset the Contemporary Condition book series, (2) a broad history...
FireSigns

FireSigns

FireSigns

A Semiotic Theory for Graphic Design

by Steven Skaggs

ISBN: 9780262035439

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 3, 2017

Semiotics concepts from a design perspective, offering the foundation for a coherent theory of graphic design as well as conceptual tools for practicing designers.
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