A selection on books about getting things printed, knowing what to print them on, how they look when they are awesomely printed, and a few of the most diligent users of print. If you see something missing, please let us know and we will add it if appropriate. This list will be updated regularly — look for the icon.
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Last updated: February 2011
The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques by Ann d’Arcy Hughes, Hebe Vernon-Morris
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens by Lena Corwin
Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer by Nick Paparone, Jamie Dillon, Luren Jenison
Basics Design: Print and Finish by Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
Choosing and Using Paper for Great Graphic Design by Keith Stephenson
Forms Folds and Sizes: All the Details You Can Never Find but Need to Know (Turtleback) by Poppy Evans
SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers and Their Clients by Aaris Sherin
Materials, Process, Print: Creative Ideas for Graphic Design by Daniel Mason
Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design by R. Klanten, H. Hellige
Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume One by Geoff Peveto
Box Bottle Bag: The World’s Best Package Designs from TheDieline.com by Andrew Gibbs
The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy by Doug Clouse, Angela Voulangas
Look at This: Contemporary Brochures, Catalogues & Documents by Adrian Shaughnessy
Papercraft: Design and Art With Paper by R. Klanten
Print Work: Capture the Best Publication and Promotion by Victionary
D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself by Ellen Lupton
Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop y Paul Kingsbury, Jim Sherrarden, Elek Horvath
Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita by Julie Ault
Some People Can’t Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry by Julie Lasky
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit
Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit
Women Of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit
The Word It Book: Speak Up presents a gallery of interpreted words by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit
FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.