#designbooks — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking #revelation that you can't design software without actually working on it. 🎉 Next, we'll learn that chefs need to taste the food they cook! 🍳 But please, keep those generic design books coming; they make excellent doorstops. 📚🚪
https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-cant-design-software-you-dont-work-on/ #softwaredesign #cookingchefs #designbooks #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Turning Your Career Into a Book (with Alexandra Gater)

In this episode of “Writer’s Digest Presents,” designer and author Alexandra Gater discusses the process of turning your career into a how-to book.
The post Turning Your Career Into a Book (with Alexandra Gater) appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/turning-your-career-into-a-book-with-alexandra-gater

#Resources #WDPodcasts #AuthorInterview #coffeetablebooks #designbooks

The Rare Book Sale is now open online (https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/used-rare-books/) and in person (https://letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-book-sale-2024/)!

#Books #RareBooks #DesignBooks #Typography #Ad

Sunday, Dec 8! Our annual Rare Book Sale: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-book-sale-2024/

Type specimens, hard-to-find design books and periodicals, ephemera, and more. Prices as low as $5!

Members (http://letterformarchive.org/join) get early access to the sale, both in-person & online.

#Books #RareBooks #DesignBooks #Typography #Ad

We’re open today until 6pm, and our current 20% off sale applies to all the stuff in our lobby shop. https://letterformarchive.org/visit

If you can’t make it in person, the sale is online too: https://letterformarchive.org/shop

#GraphicDesign #SFBA #SanFrancisco #BayArea #Museums #DesignGifts #DesignBooks #Typography #Ad #Letterpress #CitizenPrinter

#London folks. I have some #books to #giveaway. Would need to swing by #Hammersmith area. Reach out.

lol sneaky use of #emacs to stitch the image together https://lmno.lol/alvaro/joining-images-from-the-comfort-of-dired

UPDATE: All books taken.

#London #Book #BookExchange #Giveaway #FreeBooks #BookCommunity #LondonEvents #BooksOfMastodon #UXDesign #UserExperience #DesignThinking #ProductDesign #InteractionDesign #Usability #DesignBooks #BookGiveaway #DesignCommunity #BookSwap #ReadingList #TechBooks #linux

#London #ux #software #ui folks. Fancy either a “Design of everyday things” or “The humane interface” book? Swing by Hammersmith area and it’s yours. #DesignOfEverydayThings #TheHumaneInterface #UXDesign #UserExperience #DesignThinking #ProductDesign #InteractionDesign #Usability #HumanCenteredDesign #DesignBooks #BookGiveaway #DesignCommunity #BookSwap #ReadingList #TechBooks

At midnight PST (8am GMT) members get early access to our annual Rare Book Sale. Make sure you’re signed in to snag the good stuff: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-book-sale?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

And see you onsite at the Archive for lots more you can’t get online!

#Advertisement #GraphicDesign #DesignBooks #Typography #Lettering

We know the price of shipping is a big bummer for folks who want our books and gifts abroad, so we’re doing something we’ve never done before: Free Worldwide Shipping on Orders of $200 or More. Buddy up with someone near you! Sale ends December 1. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Advertisement #GraphicDesign #DesignBooks #Typography

Pictured: Newest books (Die Fläche and The Complete Commercial Artist), Tezzo Suzuki Calendar, Zuzana Licko Alphabet Blanket

Last chance for two-day shipping before the holidays! Order by midnight PST tonight — December 19 — to receive domestic two-day shipping before the holidays: http://shop.letterformarchive.org

#Advertisement #DesignBooks

Happy Friday #Designers, I'm looking for suggestion of books on #Design #Philosophy. I'm mostly interest in theory of design from an anthropological perspective, in particular concerning #making and #artisanship, and how they relate to #politics and #economy

Any suggestion?

#books #MastoBooks #DesignResearch #DesignBooks #Advice #Reading

finally started reading bruno munari’s “square circle triangle” tonight, after having picked it up yeeeears ago. it’s good. can recommend. 👌🏻

#design #book #designBooks #BrunoMunari