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.
Featured Books
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.
Forthcoming
May 31, 2013
From the Publisher. Scratching the Surface is a collection of essays and journalism by Adrian Shaughnessy, focusing mainly on graphic design.
The book’s introduction opens with a disconcerting question: "Why would anyone want to... More
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Recently Published
March 12, 2013
From the Publisher. Jurriaan Schrofer was a Dutch graphic designer and an outspoken figure within Dutch professional design organizations. But most of all, he was an experimentalist in letterforms and typography. This book celebrates... More
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December 10, 2012
From the Publisher. Ken Garland: Structure and Substance is the first comprehensive monograph on the entire career of legendary English designer Ken Garland, from student exercises in the 1950s to his self-published photography... More
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Selected Backlist
A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. This book is a monograph devoted to the legendary Herb Lubalin, one of the foremost graphic designers of the 20th century. Along with Saul Bass and Paul Rand, Herb Lubalin forms a trio of American graphic design... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Kwadraat-Bladen was the brainchild of graphic designer Pieter Brattinga (1931–2004). He set out to prove that his family’s printing firm was the best in the Netherlands by publishing a journal that... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Formed in 1955, Projekt magazine was one of the few publications to showcase the art and design of not only work from behind the Iron Curtain, but also from the West. Particularly striking were its visually rich... More
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2009
From the Publisher. Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio provides a unique glimpse into the inner workings of 28 leading graphic design studios. In a series of penetrating interviews, the mechanics of... More
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2010
From the Publisher. Supergraphics—Transforming Space: Graphic Design for Walls, Buildings & Spaces chronicles the early days of the Supergraphics movement, and looks at work by leading contemporary practitioners—a... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2011
From the Publisher. TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role In Graphic Design is a unique insider’s account of the evolution of Total Design, one of the most important and influential design groups in the history of... More
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