Unit Editions

Unit Editions is a progressive publishing venture producing high-quality, affordable books on graphic design and visual culture. We combine impeccable design and production standards with insightful texts and informative commentaries on a wide range of subjects. Unit Editions is a collaboration between Tony Brook (Spin) and Adrian Shaughnessy (ShaughnessyWorks) and brings the notion of the book as a highly designed artifact with rich visual and textual content to an international audience of design professionals, design students, and followers of visual culture.

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Featured Books

Manuals 1: Design & Identity Guidelines Add to My Reading List

Texts by Adrian Shaughnessy et al.
Foreword by Massimo Vignelli

From the Publisher. This book is the first comprehensive study of corporate identity design manuals, and features 20 examples from the 1960s to early 1980s—the golden era of identity design. The book includes manuals created for institutions and corporations such as NASA, Lufthansa and British Steel.

All of the manuals have… More

ISBN: 9780957511446

March 31, 2014

10.2 x 12.2 inches, hardcover, 432 pages

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Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer (1918–81) [Compact edition] Add to My Reading List

Adrian Shaughnessy

From the Publisher. Following the phenomenal success of the deluxe version of Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer (1918–81) we are delighted to announce the publication of the “compact edition.” The new version has the same high production values as the deluxe edition—only smaller.

This meticulously researched book offers a complete career… More

ISBN: 9780957511439

December 18, 2013

9 x 6.8 inches, hardcover, 336 pages

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FHK Henrion: The Complete Designer Add to My Reading List

Adrian Shaughnessy

From the Publisher. The designer FHK Henrion has no equal in British graphic design history. No UK designer – then or now – can match his sheer depth of accomplishments and range of abilities.

Born in Germany, he trained as a textile designer before becoming a skilled and celebrated poster artist.… More

ISBN: 9780957511422

November 5, 2013

7.5 x 9.5 inches, hardcover, 544 pages

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Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey

Digital Catalogue

Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey—Digital Catalogue for iPad is an expanded and enhanced version of the printed catalogue published by Unit Editions and the Design Museum to accompany the Wim Crouwel exhibition at the Design Museum in London. The app offers more than the printed catalogue: as well as a comprehensive overview of the work of the great Dutch master in words and pictures, the viewer has access to a filmed interview with Crouwel, a photographic record of the show itself, and a range of animations using the letterforms designed by Wim Crouwel during his long career. This all-encompassing digital catalogue offers a unique insight into Wim Crouwel's work and archive, as well as the successful exhibition co-curated by Unit Editions co-founder Tony Brook. It's a chance to either discover or relive the exhibition.

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Selected Backlist

A Designers & Books Notable Design Book of 2013 Essays: Scratching the Surface Add to My Reading List Adrian Shaughnessy 2013 More Buy from Unit Editions	FHK Henrion Add to My Reading List Adrian Shaughnessy 2013 More Buy from Unit Editions
A Designers & Books Notable Design Book Herb Lubalin Add to My Reading List Adrian Shaughnessy 2012 More Buy from Unit Editions	Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer (1918–81) [Compact edition] Add to My Reading List Adrian Shaughnessy 2013 More Buy from Unit Editions
Jurriaan Schrofer Add to My Reading List Unit Editions 2013 More Buy from Unit Editions	Ken Garland Add to My Reading List Adrian Shaughnessy 2012 More Buy from Unit Editions
Kwadraat–Bladen Add to My Reading List Unit Editions 2012 More Buy from Unit Editions	Manuals 1 Add to My Reading List Texts by Adrian Shaughnessy et al. Foreword by Massimo Vignelli 2014 More Buy from Unit Editions
Projekt Add to My Reading List Charlotte West 2011 More Buy from Unit Editions	Spin: 360° Add to My Reading List Tony Brook 2015 More Buy from Unit Editions
Studio Culture Add to My Reading List Tony Brook Editor Adrian Shaughnessy Editor 2009 More Buy from Unit Editions	Supergraphics—Transforming Space Add to My Reading List Tony Brook Editor Adrian Shaughnessy Editor 2010 More Buy from Unit Editions
Supernew Supergraphics Add to My Reading List Tony Brook Editor Adrian Shaughnessy Editor Sarah Schrauwen Editor 2014 More Buy from Unit Editions	A Designers & Books Notable Design Book TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design Add to My Reading List Ben Bos 2011 More Buy from Unit Editions
A Designers & Books Notable Design Book of 2013 Type Only Add to My Reading List Mark Sinclair Essayist Tony Brook Editor Claudia Klat Editor Adrian Shaughnessy Editor 2013 More Buy from Unit Editions

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Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986 by Andrew Blauvelt

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986

by Andrew Blauvelt
Publisher: Cranbrook Art Museum
Published: June 1, 2018

Explores the printed matter—posters, flyers, zines, and album covers—produced by and for the punk and post-punk music scenes in the United States and UK. Printed as a special, oversized, 52-page color newspaper, the catalogue has been published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, curated by Andrew Blauvelt, on view at the Cranbrook Art Museum through October 7, 2018.

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