Robert Klanten

Hendrik Hellige

Contains many examples of contemporary graphic design.

Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design

Naïve

Collective visual memory synthesized in today's graphic design and illustration. Today's young graphic designers and illustrators are increasingly taking their visual cues from classic modernism, letterpress printing, and other design styles of the past and using them in their current work. They are not copying them, but rather, they are synthesizing them to create a new aesthetic that emanates quality, timelessness, and sustainability. It is only when confronted with genuine examples from the past that one realizes how clearly different the contemporary work is. Echoes of the Future presents the further evolution of this style trend. The book features recent graphic design and illustration that is deliberately created with a limited palette of forms and colors, which makes the work seem older than it is. The aspiration to visual longevity contrasts sharply with the rapidly shifting styles of previous years that seemed out-of-date almost immediately. Especially in these times of economic uncertainty, more and more brands, products, and businesses are using designs that promote the impression of stability. Echoes of the Future is a stunning compilation of outstanding work inspired by a collective visual memory that is as contemporary as it is timeless.

Rational Graphic Design & Illustration

Echoes of the Future

Contemporary Illustration. Part 3

Illusive

Presents a collection of contemporary graphic design works that have classical type elements and geometric designs found in works from the 1950s to the 1990s.

The Modernist

Graphic designers have always developed and designed new fonts for application in individual projects. Playful Type discovers a new and young generation of designers who are applying typography beyond the classical typeset and creating a dynamic range of playful and illustrative fonts and ephemeral lettering. Playful Type examines how designers today are creating typography with the aid of a multitude of different techniques. From manual lettering, calligraphy and collage to manipulative time exposure of photographs, designers are developing fonts for the moment which are irregular and often accidental. Blocks of ice are even being staged as real characters and paper cut forms and shadows metamorphose into letters and spatial installations. This book shows such cuttingedge examples of elusive scripts that are being translated into serially employable alphabets to be used digitally with the computer. Playful Type presents an inspiring collection of illustrative fonts and hand-made typography created from a variety of cutting-edge approaches and indicates current development in font design.

Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts

Playful Type

Over the past four years, Illusive and Illusive 2 have documented the flourishing discipline of illustration and established its expressive, poetic and esteemed voice in contemporary visual culture. They introduced world-class illustrators of the time as well as discovering fresh talent still yet to be found by the mainstream. The third volume of the series, Illusive: Edition 2010 further documents the thriving medium of contemporary illustration with work by illustrators curated from around the globe.

Contemporary Illustration

Presents a collection of tales, including "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sinbad the Seaman," "The Third Kalandar's Tale," and "The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince."

Illustrated Fairy Tales from One Thousand and One Nights

1001 Nights

Uleshka

Graphic designers are approaching type design in a refreshingly new manner and creating typography beyond the classical typeset. Playful Type demonstrates how these designers are creating a dynamic range of playful, illustrative and hand-made typography with the aide of a multitude of different techniques. From manual lettering, calligraphy and collage to manipulative time exposures of photographs and even ice blocks, the cutting-edge examples collected in this inspiring book indicate current developments in type design.

Featuring the work of the best up-and-comming illustrators and creators of picture books for children, Little Big Books is a captivating showcase of what is state-of-the-art in today's children's books. Despite, or because of, the ubiquity of televisions and computers, picture books have remained popular with kids and parents. These books have also not lost their appeal for illustrators and publishing houses - not least because a hit chrldren's book can serve as the lucrative basis for TV programs, video games, toys, or other merchandising. In addition to its presentation of cutting-edge visuals from around the world. Little Big Books offers insightful texts for those who hope to create or market visual content for children. These include interviews with experts about the educational aspects, make-up, and psychology of children's picture books as well as the significiance of children's book awards and practical advice on publishing rights and licensing. Little Big Books is rounded out with an introduction that puts current work into the historical context of classic books by the genre's seminal pioneers.

Illustrations for Children's Picture Books

Little Big Books

Sven Ehmann

Unsettling, fascinating visuals that explore the physical and the psychological. Not for the faint-hearted.

Black Magic, White Noise

Adeline Mollard

Cutting-edge design work by independent creative spirits who defy current trends and classification.

Multitasking Creativity

Lemon Poppy Seed

Måns Nyman

After a close look at recent design developments in both Switzerland ("Swiss Graphic Design") and Japan ("Narita Inspected"), "North by North "highlights the current state of young, contemporary Scandinavian graphic design. Exploring the astonishing variety and quality of emerging talent, from this area in all areas of graphic design.

Scandinavian Graphic Design

North by North

James Gallagher

Showcases a collection of contemporary collage artwork from around the world, which combines traditional materials with computer technologies, and includes an essay about the art form's history.

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