Part design experiment, part critical theory, and part how-to manual, ‘What is Post-Branding?’ introduces a creative counter to the neoliberal orthodoxy of branding. Conceived and written by Dr Oliver Vodeb - an extra-disciplinary designer, critical theorist, and educator active in Melbourne - and Jason Grant - a designer and co-founder of Inkahoots Design - the book empowers a better design of public communication for civic and activist groups by replacing corporate branding’s predator...

Design Against Design argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With con­versational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially ...

Paul van Kempen zet samen met Nichiel Pas een reeks van scans voor. En ook als bonus : het solowerk van Paul van Kempen

Modernism: In Print. Dutch Graphic Design 1917-2017, geschreven door Frederike Huygen behandelt het begrip modernisme in de Nederlandse grafische vormgeving aan de hand van drie beschouwingen over de periodes 1920-1940/45, 1945-1990 en de jaren 90 tot heden. Het modernisme wordt daarin gezien als een complex fenomeen dat betrekking heeft op vele aspecten van het vak: het is een stijl en een ontwerpmethode, maar het betekent ook vernieuwing, verzet en experiment, en staat voor idealisme en een...

A guide to exploring, visualizing and negotiating future scenarios aimed at creative people, activists and decision-makers.

Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

‘Design Leadership Chronicles’ is a graphic novel that tells the stories of nine design leaders and their approach to organizational change. They all use design to rethink how their respective organizations make decisions and organize work to meet strategic business goals, such as customer-centricity. The book's objective is to reveal the human side of these leaders rather than offer a step-by-step approach. It explores how they dealt with failures, achieved success, and their learnings a...

De Nederlandse indie games studio Vlambeer werkte zich met titels als UltraBugs, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, LUFTRAUSERS en Super Crate Box snel op tot niet-te-missen producent van arcade-achtige actiegames.

Dit officiële, 178 pagina’s tellende Vlambeer design- en geschiedenisboek behandelt de snelle opkomst van de studio van Rami Ismail en Jan Willem Nijman en de kleine groep game artists, programmeurs en muzikanten die aan Vlambeer’s opvallende en succesvolle indie games bouwde...