"Type Tricks: Layout Design is the follow-up to Type Tricks and the second book in the trilogy of user manuals about typography related matters. The first book was about type design, the second book is about type layout and the final book will be about type usability. Sometimes you do not have the time to read a book cover to cover, but you simply are looking for some main pointers to help you move forward. This book is precisely for these kinds of situations. 

The book covers both key typog...

Afonso Matos is a Portuguese designer and researcher who is based in The Netherlands. This book is a collection of fanzines inspired by conversations and texts around four main themes: the bubble of the (critical) design school; the power of design and the agency of designers; the nature of design; and collective power. Included are excerpts from Matos’ thesis on the use of design as a social critique and agent of change, his transparent disclosures and personal investigation into the impac...

Part design experiment, part critical theory, and part how-to manual, ‘What is Post-Branding?’ introduces a creative counter to the neoliberal orthodoxy of branding. Conceived and written by Dr Oliver Vodeb - an extra-disciplinary designer, critical theorist, and educator active in Melbourne - and Jason Grant - a designer and co-founder of Inkahoots Design - the book empowers a better design of public communication for civic and activist groups by replacing corporate branding’s predator...

Design Against Design argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With con­versational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially ...

Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

‘Design Leadership Chronicles’ is a graphic novel that tells the stories of nine design leaders and their approach to organizational change. They all use design to rethink how their respective organizations make decisions and organize work to meet strategic business goals, such as customer-centricity. The book's objective is to reveal the human side of these leaders rather than offer a step-by-step approach. It explores how they dealt with failures, achieved success, and their learnings a...

Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 is a richly illustrated and accessible survey of the history of Japanese graphic design. Designer, educator, critic, and historian Ian Lynam traces the evolution of graphic design in Japan, from its roots in the graphic arts to the cusp of the digital era. Grounded in a series of insightful essays, Fracture offers readers a deep understanding of the profound cultural shifts Japan has experienced since re-opening to the West, exploring themes such ...

The unique position of design in the political context of postwar Belgium.

In the postwar era, design became important as a marker of modernity and progress at world fairs and international exhibitions and in the global markets. The Belgian state took a special interest in this vanguard phenomenon of 'industrial design' as a vital political and economic strategic tool in the context of the Cold War and the creation of the European community. This book describes the unique position that design...

Slow Reader bundelt theoretische reflecties en praktische perspectieven die een holistische visie geven op menselijke activiteit in langdurige, dynamische interactie met andere levende systemen. Het boek is opgezet als een 'hulpbron voor design thinking en ontwerppraktijk'. Het daagt de werkwijze van hedendaagse ontwerpers uit en biedt alternatieven en een uitgebreid palet aan gereedschappen. Het wil ook buiten de designwereld inspireren en aanzetten tot reflectie en verder onderzoek naar lan...