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Worked up the list below for a tech support post (context is sign layout and design):
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While not on graphic design per se,
is a worthwhile read as well.
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A couple of older books on lettering which I am very fond of:
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The Perfectionists:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Perfectionists-audiobook/dp/B07B6GCRZ6
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I’ll take your word on the audiobook, Rob, but the illustrations for me were a significant part of the story…
By Design 2nd edition: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons:
Full disclosure: This is the 2nd edition, I have only read the 1st edition but it looks like the main content (which is excellent) has not changed.
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A couple of books which recently made their way into my Amazon/ABEBooks carts:
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I LOVE me some Eric Sloane! He is definitely exactly the type of illustrator I like and strive to emulate at times. Was actually looking at one of his books when I did the lettering on this drawing/painting.
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Found this site on a search this morning:
some dead links, in particular the bookshelves at Project Gutenberg, but it’s pretty easy to navigate to “Reading Lists”:
then to choose the desired topic, say “Woodwork”:
For my part, finishing up various books, and re-reading Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Language of the Night and most notably, working through:
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On the subject of furniture, I think one of the Lost Art Press folks joked that all you need to make beautiful furniture is a copy of
- Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works
- Field Guide to American Antique Furnitue
I’ve found that everything I can think of and have seen boils down to something in Hylton. You may have to squint a bit, from time to time, but it’s in there.
On the Shakers in particular:
- The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture. This is an update of Timothy Rieman’s The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture (which was apparently not complete). Most of the photos have either been retaken or printed in color, which really brings the work to life.
- The Book of Shaker Furniture - you could make some really authentic reproductions from the plans in this book. I made one of the drying racks in a day using only a band saw and hand tools.
- Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware - it’s exactly what it says on the tin.
And last but certainly not least, some modern folk:
- Makepeace: A Spirit of Adventure in Craft & Design - covers both John Makepeace’s work and the work of his students. Really beautiful work that influenced many of my teachers.
- The Intelligent Hand - while a few parts of the prose feel like they only exist to hit a page count, they demonstrate the end-to-end construction techniques of a master designer and his craftsmen working at their peak.
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Interestingly, George Bain’s son Iain found folks asking after his father’s technique often enough that he wrote:
which seems to have been one of the guideposts used by Aidan Meehan:
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