I made my way out the the local Chapters today on the prowl for some inspirational design books and struck some gold. I purchased some books chalk full of fantastic stuff that design nerds like me would be all over. Shown above are:
History of the Poster by Josef & Shizuko Müller-Brockmann
Heaven and Earth by David Malin & Katherine Roucoux
Typographic Systems by Kimberly Elam
The Art of the Band T-shirt by Amber Easby & Henry Oliver
CD-art by Charlotte Rivers
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This is to save you further embarrassment, not to humiliate you, but it’s “chock” full, not “chalk” full. Feel free to use that in future.
Okay, that last bit was a tad to humiliate . . .
I have “CD-art” and love it. Great book. I’ll definitely be checking out the others now; thanks for the rec’s! :)
The Art of the Band T-shirt? I must say you have a very unfair advantage when it comes to inspiration for our Kyuss shirts.
Ryan, even though I can claim it was more for the cool 70s rock design inspiration, you still know how I love an unfair advantage :)
I have the HEAVEN and EARTH UnSEEN BY THE NAKED EYE. The images of this book are awesome, so inspirational!
Pedro, it really is a visual feast. The cosmic photos at the end are a never-ending resource of unique color palettes and patterns.
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