Typojungle Books

Visual Storytelling

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:56:17 +0000

Visual storytelling uses graphic design, infographics, illustration, and photography to convey information in the most elegant, entertaining, and informative way. Today, the creative scope of existing visual storytelling techniques is being expanded to meet the formidable challenge of extracting valuable news, surprising findings, and relevant stories from a daily flood of data head on. Visual Storytelling is the first book to focus solely on contemporary and experimental manifestations of visual forms that can be classified as such. The rich selection of cutting-edge examples featured here is put into context with text features by Andrew Losowsky and interviews with experts including the New York Times, Francesco Franchi, and Golden Section Graphics.

More and more data is being collected. We can access ever more information at any time and from any place. The fundamental challenge now is how to extract the most valuable news, the most surprising findings, and the most relevant stories from the flood of information that is available to us.

A new generation of designers, illustrators, data journalists, and graphic editors is addressing this challenge head on. They are expanding the creative scope of existing techniques in visual storytelling—using graphic design, infographics, illustration, and photography to convey information in the most elegant, entertaining, and informative way. The main idea behind visual storytelling is to take familiar image contexts and use them in a new way. By penetrating meaning and creating associations, abstract correlations can be visualized in a manner that is both easy to understand and aesthetically innovative. Today, visual storytelling is being used intensively in newspapers, magazines, websites, advertising, business reports, and museums.

Visual Storytelling is the first book to focus solely on contemporary and experimental manifestations of visual forms that can be classified as such. The rich selection of cutting-edge examples featured here is put into context with an introduction and text features by magazine expert Andrew Losowsky as well as interviews with the New York Times, Francesco Franchi, Density Design, Carl Kleiner, Antoine Corbineau, Golden Section Graphics, Les Graphiquants, and Peter Grundy. The inspiring, insightful, interactive, and entertaining work and texts collected in Visual Storytelling reveal how the contextualization of information is pushing the envelope of today’s design and aesthetics.

Related Gestalten.tv Video Interviews

The New York Times—All The News Thats Fit To Post
Project Projects–Collective Individuality
Sarah Illenberger—She Speaks in Images

Editors: R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, F. Schulze
Publisher: Gestalten
Year: 2011
Language: English
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Features: 256 pages, full color, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-89955-375-8

Type Navigator

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:31:27 +0000

The rapidly expanding online market for digital typefaces is exciting and diverse. With new fonts and type foundries launching on an almost daily basis, it has been difficult to keep track of notable developments—until now. Type Navigator is a useful current handbook of modern fonts, independent foundries, and innovative type designers that provides an overview of today’s vast market. This comprehensive publication offers a valuable overview of international sources for quality fonts. In addition to concise profiles of type foundries and recent typefaces, Type Navigator features inspirational visual examples of fonts in use. A free digital collection of 100 typeface variations from 20 choice foundries accompanies the 320-page book.

In the past, there were only a few specialists worldwide who worked intensively with typography. Since the introduction of digital fonts and their dissemination via the internet, typography has gained a new significance. More and more designers are creating fonts for a variety of applications. Simultaneously, more and more of these designers are founding type foundries to sell their fonts themselves. Supply and demand in this area have been growing considerably for years. The expanding market for typography is exciting and diverse, but it has been difficult to keep track of notable developments––until now.

Type Navigator is a comprehensive handbook of the best independent sources for quality fonts. Structured and indexed according to practical criteria, it offers not only a valuable overview, but also possibilities for effective targeted searches. Whether a reader is in need of a specific type of font, is looking for fonts by a select designer, from a certain country, or even just wants to compare prices, Type Navigator will provide the necessary information.

In addition to abundant examples of fonts as well as concrete applications for typefaces and alphabets, this essential compendium features concise profiles of type foundries and designers. Select interviews with managers of type foundries show how their creative visions are influencing the characteristics of their font libraries.

Type Navigator is a valuable reference for agencies, designers, consultants, and customers who are looking for an overview of the modern typefaces currently available and the innovative people and companies behind them.

A free digital collection of 100 typeface variations from 20 choice foundries accompanies the 320-page book.

Type Navigator is edited by typography expert Jan Middendorp as well as the former Hort designer Martin Lorenz and his wife Lupi Asensio, who currently work together as TwoPoints.Net.

Editors: Jan Middendorp, TwoPoints.Net
Publisher: Gestalten
Year: 2011
Language: English
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Features: 320 pages, full color, hardcover, incl. CD-ROM with 100 typefaces from 20 foundries
ISBN 978-3-89955-377-2

Typography Sketchbooks

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:23:47 +0000

Typography is an obsession for most designers. It’s at the heart of all visual communication and is one of the purest forms of design, one that can always be improved and refined. Typography Sketchbooks gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word images and logos through their private sketchbooks. The result of these wide-ranging typographic musings provide fascinating insights into the expressive quality of letters and words. Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on-screen, this pleasing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing and celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries.

Typography Sketchbooks includes work by Ivan Chermayeff, Carlos Segura, Milton Glaser, Maira Kalman, Bob Aufuldish, Matthew Carter, Javier Mariscal and Patrick Thomas, Erik Spiekermann, Peter Bilak and Enkeling, and Jean-Baptiste Levee.

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Edited by: Steven Heller, Talarico Lita
Language: English
Format: 18,5×34,4 cm
Features: 368 pages, 350 color illustrations, 186 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 9781616890377

Behind the Zines

admin — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:26:38 +0000

Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared. (Voltaire)

Social networks are dominating today‘s headlines, but they are not the only platforms that are radically changing the way we communicate. Creatives such as designers, photographers, artists, researchers, and poets are disseminating information about themselves and their favorite subjects not via predefined media such as Twitter or blogs, but through printed or other self-published projects—so-called zines. Those who publish zines are mostly interested in sole authorship, namely that all components including text, images, layout, typography, production, and distribution are firmly in the hands of one person or a small group. At their best, the results convey a compelling and consistent atmosphere and push against the established creative grain in just the right way. They provoke with surprising and non-linear food for thought. In short, zines are advancing the evolution of today‘s media.

With a cutting-edge selection of international examples, Behind the Zines introduces the broad range of zines that exists today. These include zines that function as a new kind of project-oriented portfolio to showcase a self-profile or document an exhibit. While some act as (pseudo) scientific treatises to call the reader‘s attention to a specific topic, others serve as playrooms for creatives to run riot and express themselves and communicate with each other in a space that is free from editorial restrictions.

The book examines the key factors that distinguish various zines. It introduces projects in which the printing process significantly influences aesthetics or in which limited distribution to a small, clearly defined target audience becomes part of the overall concept.

Behind the Zines not only documents outstanding work, but also shows how the self-image of those who make zines impacts the scene as a whole. Through interviews with people involved in zine production and distribution, the book sheds light on various strategies for this evolving media form.

Publisher: Gestalten
Edited by: R. Klanten, A. Mollard, M. Huebner
Language: English
Format: 24 x 28 cm
Features: 240 pages, full color, softcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-336-9

Function, Restraint, and Subversion in Typography

admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:56:25 +0000

The beauty of contemporary graphic design is that dozens of movements emerge and re-emerge from view. Yet, too often we are left with only the vague impression that something is going on. To appreciate what that might be requires us to slow down, ignore superficial trends, and take a more in-depth look. This is the approach taken by Function, Restraint, and Subversion in Typography, a survey of minimalist and brutalist typography in contemporary graphic design. This international collection documents the work of more than twenty-four graphic designers who engage in an aggressively simple typography. Lavishly illustrated with commentary by author J. Namdev Hardisty, the book explores the innovative posters, books, signage, and other forms of print design by such well-known designers as Daniel Eatock, Experimental Jetset, Spin, the Walker Art Center’s design studio, as well as those just beginning to make a mark on the design world, including MGMT., Project Projects, SEA, Xavier Encinas, Manuel Raeder, YES, and more.

About the Author
Namdev Hardisty is the founder, with Kimberlee Whaley, of The MVA, through which he has worked on print, web, and signage projects for a variety of clients, including Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, The Weisman Art Museum, and Analog Clothing. Namdev’s work is featured in Over & Over: A Catalog of Hand-drawn Patterns and Hand Job: A Catalogue of Type, both published by Princeton Architectural Press. He is also the author and designer of New Skateboard Graphics (2009). He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2003.

Author: J. Namdev Hardisty
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Format: 20,3 x 25,4 cm
Features: 256 pages, 390 color illustrations, 20 b/w illustrations
ISBN 9781568989662

Hyperactivitypography from A to Z

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:32:45 +0000

Who knew that a publication that looks like an attractively designed children’s book could take such a revealing look at the demanding topic of typography. The colorful pages of Hyperactivitypography from A to Z present a simple and fun, yet amazingly clever how-to that celebrates typography in all its complexity.

The book introduces common typography terms and trivia through charming illustrations, personal explanations, fun-filled activities and practical exercises. Hyperactivitypography from A to Z is an accessible workbook for beginners to learn the ropes of typography while having fun but also for typography experts to test their skills and take away new insights into the ramifications of typography and how it helps to convey information.

This book has been created by Studio 3, an in-school design agency at the Graphic Design Department of Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo. More info here www.hyperactivitypography.com

Authors: Studio 3
Publisher: Gestalten
Year: 2010
Language: English
Format: 16 x 21 cm
Features: 192, full color, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-89955-327-7

Eight:48 #4

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:27:45 +0000

Eight:48’s fourth issue, ‘The Future Issue’, focusses on new design companies and illustration collectives that have sprung up over the last two – three years. These studios include Six, Always with Honor, Design Studio, Steven Bonner and many more. The issue features a forward from Mike Radcliffe, of Represent, containing advice for designers in 2011, as well as articles on promoting yourself when you leave college, the perils of working from home and viewpoints on the future of design from 11 young, creative outfits.

Available here:

Counter-Print
Counter-Objects
Eight:48

Language: English
Year: 2011
Format: 289 x 400 mm
Features: 40 pages

Turning Pages

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:12:34 +0000

The media industry is in upheaval. New magazines, daily newspapers, and books are being developed, classics are being redesigned, and the interplay between the printed and digital realms is being tested. Against this background, Turning Pages is a perceptive survey of the state-of-the-art magazines, books, and newspapers that are redefining print media today as well as an inspirational forecast of future developments. The book introduces relevant solutions for a print landscape that has been and continues to be changed indelibly by economic challenges and our shifting media preferences. It examines the creative approaches and working methods of designers who are at the forefront of evolving print media in our digital age.

Renowned editorial designers not only present their magazine, book, and newspaper projects in striking images, but also comment on the stages of their publication’s conceptualization, design, and production. Thus, the book gives readers a step-by-step overview of the editorial process as well as valuable perspectives on how different designers are meeting the challenges of creating outstanding print products for today and the years to come.

Turning Pages begins with an introduction by respected magazine expert Andrew Losowsky, who has also contributed texts that explore the essentials of the editorial process. It features interviews and statements from leading and upcoming editorial design talent including Carine Collin, Francesco Franchi, Javier Errea, Kircherburkhardt, Ludovic Balland, Mike Meiré and Omar Sosa. The book examines how magazines such as Apartamento, Domus, Graphic, IL, Monocle and Volt are pushing the envelope of what is state-of-the-art in today’s print products; how books have become the hotbed for new editorial concepts and design; and how the New York Times, Piepaper, Stuttgarter Zeitung, The Incidental and others are reinventing news on paper for our digital age.
Its unique mix of visual examples, insightful descriptions, and reports based on personal experiences make Turning Pages a compelling reference for anyone currently working as a designer or in the media industry.

Editors: R. Klanten, S. Ehmann
Publisher: Gestalten
Year: 2010
Language: English
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Features: 272 Pages, full color, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-89955-314-7

The Tender Spot

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:38:57 +0000

The Tender Spot is the first comprehensive monograph of renowned German graphic designer Mario Lombardo. His characteristic talent for melding emotional intensity with an intelligent design approach makes Lombardo’s work simultaneously some of the most significant being produced today and timeless.
Lombardo’s particular strength lies in his ability to playfully transcend the boundaries of individual styles and creative disciplines. He actively includes clients such as K-Swiss, Sony Music, Red Bull, and Audi in the design process to develop sophisticated results with which they can identify. His approach, which successfully melds masterful classical graphic design with experimental concepts, is already influencing a new generation of designers.
Mario Lombardo has won numerous awards and has defined innovative magazines such as Liebling and Spex. In 2008, he was honored as Germany’s Visual Leader for the complete body of his work by the Lead Academy.
The Tender Spot features Lombardo’s multifaceted repertoire of graphic design that was produced between 2000 and 2010 in the cultural context of music, fashion, photography, architecture, and contemporary art. The 256-page documentation of a variety of projects is supplemented by personal work, which is published here for the first time.
Mario Lombardo was born in Rosario, Argentina and grew up in Aachen, Germany. From 2001 through 2005 he was the art director of the music and pop culture magazine Spex. In 2004, he founded his design office BUREAU Mario Lombardo in Cologne. Today, Lombardo lives and works in Berlin.

Authors: Mario Lombardo
Credits: Texts by: Marie-Sophie Müller, Till Schröder
Publisher: Gestalten
Year: 2010
Language: English
Format: 19.5 × 27 cm
Features: 256 Pages, full color, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-89955-319-2

Thinking with Type

admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:52:06 +0000

Princeton Architectural Press all time best selling book is now available in a revised and expanded second edition. Thinking with Type is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen. This revised edition includes forty-eight pages of new content, including the latest information on style sheets for print and the web, the use of ornaments and captions, lining and non-lining numerals, the use of small caps and enlarged capitals, as well as information on captions, font licensing, mixing typefaces, and hand lettering. Throughout the book, visual examples show how to be inventive within systems of typographic form—what the rules are and how to break them. Thinking with Type is a type book for everyone: designers, writers, editors, students, and anyone else who works with words. More info and additional material related to this book here: www.thinkingwithtype.com

Authors: Ellen Lupton
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Year: 2010 (Second expanded edition)
Language: English
Format: 17.8 x 21.6 cm
Features: 224 pages, paperback, 100 color illustrations
ISBN 9781568989693