local designer & illustrator ruben steeman has made drawings in A5 sketch books, everyday for the past ten years
he has just launched a crowdsource appeal to get these all bundled into a chunky 2,500+ page book with a limited print run of 200 copies, if you would like to be the owner of one, or just help him get the book made… here is your chance
a recently released book from braun publishing, entitled graphic design x100, featuring some of our work, the metropole orkest identity is also featured on branding served this week
interesting news this week: an imminent reissue of the seminal anton beeke/ed van der elsken book ‘amsterdam’
…in 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope…
i’m a bit late (re)posting this wonderful 17th century pantone book story but it is worth a read
a funky, bi-lingual (moving) typographic cover for a design report from hungarian designer nora demeczky
