Aspects of contemporary book design
By: edited by Richard Hendel ; [with an extended essay by Andrew Barker]
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781609381752
Subjects: Type and type-founding; Illustration of books; Book design; Layout (Printing)
Other titles: Contemporary book design
Description: "In Aspects of Contemporary Book Design, Richard Hendel has invited book and journal designers he admires to describe how they approach and practice thier craft. Blending his roles as designer, author, interviewer, and editor, Hendel reaches across both sides of the drafting tables--both real and virtual--to create a book that will appeal to aspiring and seasoned book designers as well as writers, editors, and readers who want to know more about the visual presentation of the written word. A unique, title page-to-index guide to the ways that professional British American designers think about design, this book continues the conversation that began with Hendel's 1998 classic, On Book Design"--Book flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Book design on the edge; title: Backwards and the high heels : the glamorous work of book design / Andrew Barker; title: Designing nonfiction; title: Designing fiction; title: Designing cookbooks; title: Designing plays; title: Designing poetry; title: Designing illustrated books; title: Designing journals; title: The conundrum of the e-book; title: On the design of Whitman / Kent Lew; title: Beyond selecting and arranging type / Charles Ellertson; title: Uneasy allies : the designer and the editor / Sean Magee.