Design books

Graphic Design That Works

Templates

YCN 08/09

David Shrigley

The Adventures Anual (classic graphic stories)

Latin American Graphic Design

Protest T-shirts

Protest T-shirts is a book full of T-shirt designs created to provoke reaction. Many are a created to fight political and social issues. There are many aimed at the problems surrounding America and the involvement in the wars in Iraq, Iran, and Afganistan. There are also great examples of designs to fight consumerism and pollution.

'An anthology of graphic fiction, cartoons & true stories'

'An anthology of graphic fiction, cartoons & true stories'. I bought early this year to help me construct successful narratives. It was a visual influence to see the different style other artists and Illustrators have used to tell there stories. I particularly like the work of Robert Crumb, his dark and sometime provocative work is still so noticeable and distinctive. He displays a confident style, bold and heavy. Displayed in a block grid formation.

The Mighty Book of Boosh

I purchased 'The Mighty Book of Boosh' early this year. It was so inspiring, making me obsessed with illustrating my own ideas, stories and characters. It is a jumble of work the Mighty Boosh team have worked on since they began. It is a great publication full of ideas and is a stunning example of alternative self promotion.

Hand Job

Hand Job, I purchased recently to support my typeface project. It is an inspiring catalog of hand drawn type. There are some beautiful typefaces, some practical and usable and others purely decorative, pieces of illustration. The book has inspired the creation of many typefaces of my own. It is worth a look.

Robot A5 to A1 poster

I wanted to make something more interactive for people to have and desirable to keep. I have tried to tell a simple narrative of how the robots were created. Starting with the pens, next the Mac the the robot parts etc......

Monsterboy A5 to A1 poster

I have been looking at different way to format my designs. I have created an A5 document which pulls out to become an A1 poster. I printed onto tracing paper which I later found to be very difficult to fold and manipulate. It is stiff and less flexible than paper which means it is getting damaged on the folds.