He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Typeand New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.

H45 2011Summary: Arranged by designer, this collection of typographic explorations reveals how. Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York.

Sketchbook pages reveal the designers' creative processes across diverse briefs, concepts, languages and alphabets, from Roman to Cyrillic to Arabic.Īimed at all those who engage creatively with type, whether by hand or on screen, this rich compendium of typographic ideas stresses the importance of typographic thinking at a time when reading habits are evolving, while celebrating the varied and innovative ways that designers practise this time-honoured craft. Typography sketchbooks / Steven Heller & Lita Talarico. Arranged alphabetically by name, the world's most exciting designers and typographers, including Philippe Apeloig, Ed Benguiat, Hoefler Type Foundry, Henrik Kubel, Toshi Omagari and Francesco Zorzi, present a staggering range of unique and exciting ways to communicate through letters and words. Steven Heller, the world's foremost graphic-design commentator, and Lita Talarico, design educator, open up designers' personal sketchbooks to provide an intimate look at the creative processes behind typefaces, word-images and logos.

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