Books & Magazines
It's all about creative Publishing Design, showcasing also stickers, illustrations, cd covers or calendars. As it is common in the Around Europe book series, different European countries are visited looking for the most interesting graphic work of a huge variety of studios standing out by their quality output.
The still young discipline of signage offers an exciting view of two and three dimensional design. This is the space in which visual and spatial designers meet and create interdis ciplinary collaborations to develop their projects. These projects give individual places their specific character, make orientation easier and give us a structured overview of the respective contents.
This is a fun tour through European logo designs. The selection is a world away from other rhetorical, well-structured books of logos, which place a greater emphasis on technical aspects and precision, in a field of design that mainly aims to achieve impact at first sight.
Pure Austrian Design is a collection resulting from contemporary Austrian design culture which - for the first time - unites various areas of Austria's design activity in their entire heterogeneity.
Petr Babák is the head of the Graphic Design and New Media Studio at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague. He is designer of graphic layouts of books and publications, as well as visual styles of art and design exhibitions.
Concept 8 created gleeful illustrations and bookcovers for Ueberreuter.
GD2D+PD3D, fresh air by PureAustrianDesign is an itinerant exhibition that reveals the essence of contemporary Austrian design and brings together contemporary graphic and product design. The 54-pages catalogue in full colour not only accompanies the exhibition, but even plays an important role in providing an essential element to visualize the exhibits: It contains a pair of 3D glasses which are a must to properly view especially the product images – in the book and on site.
The logo reflects the creative richness of Vienna and Austria: spots and the "W" are focused on the contemporary creativity. The historical example is the Viennese Modernism at the beginning of the 20th Century.
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