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u/materialdesigner · 253 pointsr/web_design
u/Schrockwell · 11 pointsr/typography

Books books books!

Some essential reading:

  • Thinking with Type - very basic, and a good place to start; designed like a workbook
  • The Elements of Typographic Style - pure reference
  • The Vignelli Canon (PDF, also available as paperback)

    You have probably heard of the documentary Helvetica. This movie inspired me to become a type nerd. The follow-up movie, Objectified, is also very good and focuses on consumer design.

    Web sites / blogs:

  • Typophile - active forum and community
  • I Love Typography - great blog
  • The Ampersand - pictures of ampersands; more interesting than it sounds
  • Brand New - logo design, not typography specifically

    If you are at college or have a college campus nearby, check our their art library. There are bound to be awesome resources there. Explore graphic design periodicals and get lost in giant bound books of type samples.

    Edit: Disclaimer: I'm merely a design hobbyist.
u/timbojimbo · 6 pointsr/Design

I have compiled a reading list to be read in order just for this question.

I strongly believe that these books will make you better than 90% of designers out there.

Level One

Start with Thinking with Type it is a really good introduction to all things graphic design. It focuses a lot on typography and it is really basic. I

Next is Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type This book takes what you learned in Thinking with Type and allows you to develope it further in a grid based system. Its good, basic, and has exercises for you to do to play with composition.

Third on the list is Graphic Design: The New Basics It will take what you learned in Thinking with Type and Grid Systems and open them up a little. You learn about design elements other than just type like scale, rhythm and contrast. It really good, and has some projects to do.

Level 2

Now You can get into more "advanced" stuff. There are a lot of books that can go here, but Ill recommend some of my favorites. Its not as important to do this section in order.

Grid Systems in Graphic Design is the bible when it comes to grids. Its german and dry as fuck, but it is basically awesome. Its expensive, but worth every single penny.

Elements of Typographic Style Not alot about grids in here, but it tells you every insane crazy thing that typographers do when they massage text.

You can look at other designers work too. Heres a list of designers I like a lot:

Stefan Sagmeister

Paul Rand

Massimo Vignelli

James Victore

Paul Sahre

Wolfgang Weinhart

Paula Scher

Tibor Kalman

Most of these designers also have books out about their life and work.

Get a sketchbook and play around in it. Draw, collage, glue bubblegum wrappers in there. Just make it a diary of your visual life.

You could also get into Visual Theory here:
Norman Bryson has a book on still lifes that awesome
JWT Mitchell's What do pictures want is great

After this, its just a matter of making a lot of really bad shit and eventually its just a little less worse and maybe one day it might be good.

Ive got more, but that should keep you busy for a year or two.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/typography

Your probably not going to find anything (book/website) that talks about "traditional" typographic principles integrating graffiti. I would instead study some regular typography books and then apply the stuff you learned to a graffiti form. A couple recommended type books:

The Elements of Typographic Style: http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318644393&sr=8-2

Thinking with Type: http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-Designers-Critical-Students/dp/1568984480/ref=pd_sim_b12

u/eding11 · 1 pointr/typography

Awesome, I just both this two:
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792055/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292256276&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-Designers-Critical-Students/dp/1568984480

cant wait until they here! Thanx a lot for the nice suggestions.

u/highstakesjenga · 1 pointr/typography

This one is fun.

http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-Designers-Critical-Students/dp/1568984480

u/maksbarzo · 1 pointr/design_critiques

I agree about your photography and 3D designs. With a bit of work, you can turn these, or any other artwork into different design pieces. Simple things like CD covers, business cards, posters, can quickly beef up your portfolio.

Consider adding Typography to your extra curricular studies. A lot of your stuff that you think isn't portfolio worthy, might be after some thoughtful typesetting. Thinking with Type and Designing with Type are old standbys that are easily available.

u/PicaRuler · 1 pointr/Design

Some of my favorites. Some are good to skim through for ideas, some of them are more "sit down and read" books. Definitely not a comprehensive list, but all books that I enjoyed reading.

Graphic Style by Seymour Chwast and Steven Heller

Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton

100 ideas that Changed Graphic Design by Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

A Short History of the Printed Word by Warren Chappell and Robert Bringhurst

The Posters: 1,000 Posters from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister

Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop by Jim Sherraden