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Many people say, “You must get the basics right in schools and then everything will be fine”. But what are the basics? No one ...
But design thinking often disappointed its disciples. Take Gram’s example of Gainesville, Florida, where in the 2010s, about a third of the city’s residents lived below the poverty line.
Illustrating a book’s characters using minimal distinguishing physical traits allows a reader to imagine herself in the love-interest role, the thinking goes.
Below, Immortality: Design Works book author Chris Schilling discusses the game, thermo-reactive ink, and Lost in Cult’s highest page count to date.
Incorporating design thinking for students is not just an educational trend, but a transformative shift educators need to make.
The cleverness of this cover — using a playful typographical maneuver to illustrate the book’s central concern — is balanced by the stark contrast of the colors, which suggest the gravity of ...
“The day after Swift announced her book, David Shelley, the CEO of Hachette, one of the ‘Big Five’ book publishers, said something at the Frankfurt Book Fair that got far less attention…Best sellers, ...
Jenny Grigg is the talented book designer behind The Luminaries and Gerald Murnane’s last book. We asked her to explain how covers communicate – and how they can fall short.
The principles of Universal Design, established in 1997 by the NC State University College of Design and led by Ronald L. Mace, offer a transformative perspective in this context.
Do all book covers look the same today? Euronews Culture goes under the dust cover with those that design them.
An institutional focus on Life Design principles at Bowling Green State University encourages students to take charge of their life and embrace their ambitions. Two new centers provide staffing and ...