There are thousands of fonts out there, each one a simplified, glorified, humorized or otherwise altered take on your basic ABC's. It's how you use 'em that counts. In the spirit of the first Cool Type, this book offers an international look at how cutting-edge typefaces are used in actual designs. Cool Type 2wo features the latest free-thinking work from an all-new roster of 44 top designers. You'll see fonts that speak for themselves, whether in whispers, chuckles or screams ... some that blow you away and others that rub you the wrong way. (Hey, that's what happens on the cutting edge!) Complete with insights on how the typefaces were created or manipulated, Cool Type 2wo is guaranteed to alter--or at least seriously challenge--the way you use type.
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Spencer Drate is a noted graphic designer and consultant specializing in CD packaging graphics. He has created award-winning designs for many popular recording artists including Lou Reed, the Beach Boys, U2, the Velvet Underground, Bob Marley and the Talking Heads. He is also the author of Designing for Music (PBC International, 1993, reissued in paperback as Rock Art). Jtka Salavetz has freelanced for Justdesign for more than twelve years and has co-designed most of the packaging with Spencer Drate. They live in New York, New York.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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a worthy sequel,
By Duy Nguyen (los angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cool Type Two (Hardcover)
the original COOL TYPE is a must for every graphic designer's library. this new book is a good follow-up, providing an updated overview of the profession. it showcases the latest cutting edge designers working with type. the one flaw is the book's glossing over some designers by showcasing too few of their respective pieces. however, because it condenses dozens of design talents into one volume, COOL TYPE 2WO allows the reader to see a cross-section of design styles, without his having to purchase various expensive monographs. a similar, and very good, book is RADICAL GRAPHICS/GRAPHIC RADICALS.
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favourite book in my collection,
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cooltype 2wo would have to be my favourite book in my design collection, i am always refering to it, it's just full of great new ideas. tonnes of samples of print design, samples from people like 'the attik' and 'me company'. another must have.
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Inspiring,
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I love looking through this book. There is some amazing and creative stuff in here, very cutting edge. If you are a graphic designer it will certainly spark your creative fire.
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James Sommerville and Simón Needham started their graphic design company in Sommerville's grandma's attic bedroom in 1986. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Verve Records, Giles Dunn, Trade Gothic, Chris Ashworth, Kirk Richard Smith, Louise Fili, Akzidenz Grotesk, Franklin Gothic, James Victore, Peter Maybury, Stefan Sagmeister, Art Chantry, Kerosene Halo, Klotz Graphix, New York City, Sean Mosher-Smith, Barbara de Wilde, Charles Wilkin, Frank Kozik, Patricia Lie, Paul Brown, Bau-Da Design Lab, Julian Peploe, Marilyn Devedjiev, Neue Helvetica New!
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James Sommerville and Simón Needham started their graphic design company in Sommerville's grandma's attic bedroom in 1986. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Verve Records, Giles Dunn, Trade Gothic, Chris Ashworth, Kirk Richard Smith, Louise Fili, Akzidenz Grotesk, Franklin Gothic, James Victore, Peter Maybury, Stefan Sagmeister, Art Chantry, Kerosene Halo, Klotz Graphix, New York City, Sean Mosher-Smith, Barbara de Wilde, Charles Wilkin, Frank Kozik, Patricia Lie, Paul Brown, Bau-Da Design Lab, Julian Peploe, Marilyn Devedjiev, Neue Helvetica New!
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- Work Ethic by Helen Molesworth on page 47
- Photoshop for Windows (Classroom in a Book) by Adobe Systems on page 48
- On the Road (Teenage Information) by Alexander McCall Smith on page 136
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