Book Recommendations

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Book Recommendations

A selection of books about print
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Also by UnderConsideration

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UnderConsideration is a graphic design enterprise that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events and judged competitions, and designs for clients.

Online
/ Brand New / Displaying opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand identity work.

/ Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.

/ Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.

/ Speak Up (2002 – 2009) / Discussing, and looking for, what is relevant in, and the relevance of, graphic design. Archives Only.

/ Word It (2003 – 2010) / Encouraging creative diversity in the community through monthly, one-word challenges. Archives Only.

/ Brand New Classroom (2010 – 2011) / Providing a space for critique and opinions on student identity work. Archives Only.


Publishing
/ The 2010 Brand New Awards / 2011, self-published.

/ Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.


Events & Judged Competitions
/ Brand New Conference / A one-day event on the development of corporate and brand identity projects by some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.

/ Brand New Awards / Celebrating the best identity work produced around the world.

/ FPO Awards / Celebrating the best print work from around the world.



Writing
/ Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.

/ Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.

/ The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words / 2007, HOW Books.



Graphic Design
/ Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.

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Hideki Nakajima Monograph

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BY Armin / ON / Apr.07.2009 / IN / Books
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Project Overview
DESCRIPTION
Hideki Nakajima Monograph
CLIENT
Dalian University of Technology Press, China
DATE
July 2005
DESIGN CREDITS
Art Direction, Design: Nivard Thoes (WX-Design)
Creative Director: Wang Xu
Photography, Artwork ©: Hideki Nakajima
PRINT CREDITS
Production: WX-Design / Sasa Lau
Editor: WX-Design
Publisher: Dalian University of Technology Press, China.
Print & Binding: Shenzhen Meiyaqi Printing Co., Ltd.
Distribution: Shenzhen Hightone Book Co., Ltd.
 Production Details
QUANTITY PRODUCED
2,000
PRODUCTION COST
200.000 RMB (US$29,250) Financed/sponsored by publisher and printer
PRODUCTION TIME
6 Weeks
DIMENSIONS: WIDTH × HEIGHT × DEPTH
265 mm (10.43 in) × 200 mm (7.8 in)
PAGE COUNT
1,484
PRINT METHOD
Offset Lithography
NUMBER OF COLORS
4-Color CMYK
BINDING
Japanese stab binding (side stitch)
OTHER
Paper folding technique, usage of multiple paper types
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IMAGES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE DESIGNER: www.nivardthoes.com

This front-to-back, back-to-front monograph for Japenese designer Hideki Nakajima is a behemoth in both size and production values. I can’t even imagine what the process it must have taken to bind 1,400-plus pages and what’s even greater is that it still achieves a sense of softness and delicacy that in perfect-bound or Smythe sewn form would have probably looked like a boring encyclopedia. Designer Nivard Thoes explains: “The bilingual book is divided into ten categories and can be read from back to front and vice versa — the book has no front or back. One side of the book is provided with a hardcover (dutch-board), The other cover is formed by ten separate semi-transparent layers.” By looking at just the images you don’t get to see the transparent pages right away, but once it’s pointed out the effect is subtle. Nice to see a collaboration between two designers (Nakajima and Thoes) work out so well.

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