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Give Get Design

Give Get Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Kon Paper

The design of the magazine is intended to put the different text forms of essay, article and poetic texts into a new context. The texts are classically published in other forms of media (e.g. books or newspapers) and are not typically mixed. There are various elements of classic newspaper and book design elements that meet in the magazine format. There are three different grids for the different sections. With the exception of cooperation pages, the issues are exclusively illustrated by different creatives, and the illustrations provide an additional visual framework for the

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After a Bird Fell Down

This picture book combines the form of cut-out book and pop-up book. While reading page by page, readers would find out that the hole becomes further deeper. At the same time, the sprout in the middle of each page gradually pops out. This book takes such kind of simultaneous up and down as a hint. It not only describes what a bird becomes after death. This book also portrays the sprout of life.

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The Big Book of Bullshit

The Big Book of Bullshit publication is a graphic exploration of truth, trust and lies and is divided into 3 visually juxtaposed chapters. The Truth: An illustrated essay on the psychology of deception. The Trust: a visual investigation on the notion trust and The Lies: An illustrated gallery of bullshit, all derived from anonymous confessions of deception. The book's visual layout takes inspiration from Jan Tschichold's 'Van de Graaf canon', used in book design to divide a page in pleasing proportions.

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Dorina Nowill

The annual report Dorina Nowill is a publication that presents annual results of the foundation's performance, essential for the maintenance of its funders, which allow it to assist blind or with low vision people free of charge. The graphic project developed by Laika sought to bring the reality of the blind to the experience of reading the book, exploring the tactile sensation, as a relief in the printing of the cover, and the points printed in Braille, presenting the reader with aspects of the daily life of blind or with low vision people through Braille reading resources.

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Beyond the Blue

It is a feature of this book to introduce various looks of the sea through the distinguishing colors of each chapter. For example, the green color chip symbolizes a healthy sea forest, while the red color chip shows dark side of a sea filled with whale blood. Like this, the color chips introduced in each chapter are used to express the bright and dark side of the sea symbolically. This book was printed on soybean oil ink with low environmental pollution on 100g matte paper and thread bound to reduce bond usage.

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Vicereines of Ireland

This book tells the untold story of a group of overlooked women in Irish history. The design process was integral to telling their story. The design aimed to capture the rich material world of these women, but also to reflect the humanity of their actions. The making of the book was a dialogue between the written content, the visual material discovered during the research, and current design practices. While its colour palette and end papers were inspired by original objects owned by the women, a contemporary design approach has resulted in a bold reimagining of the academic art history book.

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