Aug
16
2022
After watching a fantastic Webinar put on by Paper Specs with the amazing pop-up book creator Simon Arizpe, I was inspired to go pick up a copy of The Element's of Pop-up by David A. Carter and James Diaz...
Aug
02
2022
It's Tuesday, so time for a book recommendation. I highly recommend the fantastic and inspirational book "The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle by Steven Pressfield."
It is a work that will help you get out of any...
Jan
18
2012
This week's installment of good reads is one of my favorite collections of the ever thoughtful Steven Heller, POP: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture.
The book is a collection of excellent essays detailing the cyclical relationship that graphic design...
Jan
11
2012
Any graphic designer worth their salt should care as much about the "why" of design as they do about the "how." To that end I highly recommend the great collection of theoretical essays, Graphic Design Theory edited by Helen...
Jan
04
2012
I found this great book the other day, Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. This is a must have for anyone with an interest in calligraphy, script writing or fonts. It is...
Dec
28
2011
If you are interested in animation or mid-century art, then I have the book for you. You should check out Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation by Amid Amidi. It chronicles the art and design of animation...
Dec
14
2011
If you have ever experienced "Death by PowerPoint" then you will really appreciate Garr Renyolds' Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery. His book not only shows you how to avoid PowerPoint Death, it teaches you how...
