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Fully Booked

Book description from gestalten.com:

Many prophesied that the printed book would be doomed by developments in digital media. Far from it! The book has not only survived, but – as tactile qualities have gained significance in our increasingly digital world – there is also more unhindered experimentation with bound paper pages now than ever before. The materiality of the medium can give sensual emphasis to complex visual and textual content or appreciate its value. Some content isn’t even apparent until it takes the form of a real object – the printed book.

Fully Booked is devoted to current cover and book design. It presents material from printed publications that succeed in striking a crucial balance – between the market’s demands for availability, legibility and durability on the one hand and sophisticated visual and content design on the other. By featuring projects in this experimental field that combine enormous creativity with skilled craftsmanship, Fully Booked also reveals trends in today’s graphic design.

In addition, Fully Booked presents a choice selection of artist books. Created by hand and printed in limited editions, these publications push the boundaries of conventional book design.

Fully Booked also has a unique book design of its own and is a turn-around book with one side focusing on cover art and the other revealing today’s unprecedented experimentation with the creation of book design as artistic objects. Its range of inspiring examples not only makes this book a must-have for graphic designers, book creators and publishers, but also for every booklover.

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