Softcover, 368 pages, full color, 7.34 × 9. A definitive collection of illustrations and typography from the world’s leading creatives American art director Steven Heller and design educator Lita Talarico, have created the ‘Free Hand: New Typography Sketchbooks’, which includes the work of over 70 of the world's most exciting, contemporary designers and typographers. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2011 Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on screen, this pleasing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing and celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries.Įstablished designer and up-and-coming talents include Ivan Chermayeff, Carlos Segura, Milton Glaser, Maira Kalman, Bob Aulfudish, Matthew Carter (US), Javier Mariscal and Patrick Thomas (Spain), Erik Spiekermann, Viktor Nöbel (Germany), Peter Bilak and Enkeling (the Netherlands), Jean Baptiste Levée (France).Įdited by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico The result of these wide-ranging typographic musings provide fascinating insights into the expressive quality of letters and words. Steven is the recipient of the Art Directors Club Special Educators Award, the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the School of Visual Arts' Masters Series Award.Arranged by designer, this collection of typographic explorations reveals how nearly 120 of the worlds leading designers and typographers continually strive to find ways of communicating through letters and words, and provides insights into their work. He edits VOICE: The AIGA Online Journal of Graphic Design, and writes for Baseline, Design Observer, Eye, Grafik, I.D., Metropolis, Print, and Step. Typography Sketchbooks gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word images and logos through their private sketchbooks. It’s at the heart of all visual communication and is one of the purest forms of design, one that can always be improved and refined. Typography Sketchbooksby Steven Heller & Lita Talarico Typoholicby Viction:workshop U&lc Influencing Design and Typographyby John Berry Universal Methods of Designby Bella Martin & Bruce Hanington Universal Principles of Designby William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, & Jill Butler The Visual Display of Quantitative Informationby Edward R. He has written more than 100 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, including Paul Rand, Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century, Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design Second Edition, Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age, Graphic Design History, Citizen Designer, Seymour Chwast: The Left Handed Designer, The Push Pin Graphic: Twenty Five Years of Design and Illustration, Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits, The Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the Influences and Inspirations in Modern Graphic Design. Typography is an obsession for most designers.

Steven Heller writes a monthly column on graphic design books for The New York Times Book Review and is co-chair of MFA Design at the School of Visual Arts.

Typography sketchbooks