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Bookbinding --- Book design --- Book ornamentation

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Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it’s mysterious or even invisible. Through interiors as well as covers, designers provide structure and information that shape the meaning and experience of books. In The Design of Books, Debbie Berne shines a light on the conventions and processes of her profession, revealing both the aesthetic and market-driven decisions designers consider to make books readable and beautiful. In clear, unstuffy language, Berne reveals how books are put together, with discussions of production considerations, typography and fonts, page layouts, use of images and color, special issues for ebooks, and the very face of each book: the cover. The Design of Books speaks to readers and directly to books’ creators—authors, editors, and other publishing professionals—helping them to become more informed partners in the design of their projects. Berne lays out the practical steps at each stage of the design process, providing insight into who does what when and offering advice for authors on how to be effective advocates for their ideas while also letting go and trusting their manuscripts with teams of professionals. She includes guidance as well for self-publishing authors, including where to find a designer, what to expect from that relationship, and how to art direct your own book. Throughout, Berne teaches how understanding the whats, hows, and whys of book design heightens our appreciation of these cherished objects and helps everyone involved in the process to create more functional, desirable, and wonderful books. --The University of Chicago Press

Book design. --- Publishers and publishing.

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Un’analisi del libro che vuole essere a tutto campo, sotto il profilo delle teorie e delle tecniche – con incursioni su storia, cultura e arte – del libro inteso come oggetto fisico, tridimensionale, secondo i princìpi del design, ma anche sotto il profilo espressivo. Pertanto si sono presi in esame non solo l’organizzazione di tutte le componenti che concorrono alla realizzazione del libro, ma anche i più importanti momenti storici e i cambiamenti culturali che su quelle componenti hanno influito, dalla marca editoriale al frontespizio, dalla carta alla rilegatura, dalla copertina al paratesto. Per quanto riguarda il linguaggio della tipografia, si parte dai caratteri degli incunaboli e dai trattati cinquecenteschi di Ludovico degli Arrighi sulla scrittura calligrafica e, percorrendo trasversalmente tutta la “galassia” gutenberghiana, si giunge al definitivo abbandono di quel processo fisico per secoli identificato con la composizione in piombo, e si affronta la conquista della leggerezza virtuale del digitale.

Book design --- Book industries and trade --- Books

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Artists' books --- Graphic design (Typography) --- Book design