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Icons, Icons, Icons…

Cg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:30:42 +0000

No, not the celebrity type, the graphical type! – Yes, the new, highly anticipated iconography book by the very talented Jon Hicks has been released and I was there as soon as the book hit Five Simple Steps ready for ordering! At almost £40 (with postage) The Icon Handbook certainly isn’t cheap but according to

The Manual

Cg — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:57:13 +0000

The Manual, a new journal that takes a fresh look at design on the web is a project that started on Kickstarter by Build Conference organiser Andy McMillan. I backed his idea for a new snazzy book with interviews from popular artists from around the world around 5 months ago, and now the book finally

mcbess – Big Mother

Cg — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:15:24 +0000

Continuing on from my recent spending I also recently purchased this huge A3 book of art by mcbess. I had not heard of mcbess until it was announced he was going to do the cover illustration for the third installment of 8faces. I loved the sneak peak of what he had created and Googled him

Hardboiled Web Design

Cg — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:31:16 +0000

Following up on my previous post regarding Looking back is not the future I started reading the latest book by web supremo Andy Clarke, that book is titled ‘Hardboiled Web Design’ and is all about embracing HTML5 and CSS3. Hardboiled Web Design has been a very interesting read with some brilliant quotes, storytelling and great

Bunch O’ Ideas

Cg — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:10:31 +0000

Everyone loves a good book, I’ve had this one about 12 months now and I still find it to be a great source of inspiration when i’m loading up Photoshop. The book is called ‘Bastardised’, it’s created by Bunch, costs roughly £30 (with postage) and consists of almost 300 takes on their own logo by