Designing Books: Practice and Theory:
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0907259081 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robin Kinross is Publisher of Hyphen Press. . He lives in London
Here Robin Kinross comments on 27 of Hochuli's works. 'Book design as a school of thought' was originally delivered (in German) as a lecture and published as a pamphlet, in 1991. The third part then shows how the ideas of the first and second parts have been applied in particular examples. 'Designing books' was published as a separate booklet by Agfa (Wilmington, Mass.) in 1989, in German. In this book they offer a serious introduction to book design, free of ideological dogma. This is its first publication in English. Short and concise, it contains a ri
Dogma/No Dogma, is still Dogma (but this is post post modernisn, so who cares?) Regardless of what the authors write about, whether symmetrical or asymmetrical design should be used and when, it is, in my opinion, complete and with illustrations. This book was, I believe, to give courage and to inspire the book designer, to introduce a new idea (that the spine is the central axis and not the page itself) and to ask the reader(s) to contemplate. I do find the cover lovely as both symmetry and asymmetry is used to show that both work together and in contrast.. "A Picturebook of Typography / Design" according to TerminusDad. As indicated by the review above, the book is divided up into three sections that tackle the history, methods, and styles of book design. The title, "Designing Books," may sound like a technical reference, but it's not. The book should have been named "Book Designs," for it is more a picturebook of illustrations and typography from books of poetry, novels, brochures, art books, and other publications.The author does cover Swiss grid design, proportions of text areas and margins, and the differences between asymmetrical and symmetrical design theories. It is perhaps this historical refere. "Beyond the Bauhaus dogma" according to wiredweird. My first reaction, on seeing the black sanserif cover lettering and simple red graphics was "Oh. Swiss school." Some of the diatribes from the early Swiss school proponents came across as 'full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing,' so that left me leery.Hochuli has moved past the dogmatic phase, though, and into something better-reasoned. The paper is a warm, humanist tan (where I expected a stark white), the body copy is a serif font, and Hochuli lets esthetic judgement moderate geometric purism. It may seem surprising that setting up a scientific text jolted him out of the "scien
. About the Author Robin Kinross is Publisher of Hyphen Press. He lives in London