Most beautiful books in the world

Apparently our book was nominated for the Most beautiful books in the world-award at the annual book fair in Leipzig.

Here's the winners: http://www.mdr.de/mdr-figaro/literatur/weltbuecher100_zc-e4b89456_zs-7fc2b18e.html

A History of Graphic Design for Rainy Days

The "follow-up" to Hyperactivitypography from A to Z arrived in stores last fall and is called A History of Graphic Design for Rainy Days. It's made by the same design studio, but by different people. About the book:

Everything you always wanted to know about graphic design but were too afraid to ask. One fateful rainy day, a bored kid asks his grandfather "what in the world is graphic design?" Starting with that innocent question, A History of Graphic Design for Rainy Days takes its readers on a charmingly illustrated and cleverly revealing whirlwind tour through this creative discipline's milestone developments, personalities, and technologies. With its engaging design, humorous narratives, and fun-filled exercises, this activity book offers an entertaining look at the many aspects of graphic design--from typography's humble beginnings at the dawn of the industrial revolution to the internet-based font distribution of today; from the first printed Christmas cards in the 1850s to David Carson's revolutionary layouts of the late 1980s; from styles including art nouveau, Dada, Bauhaus, and psychedelic to innovators such as William Morris, Jan Tschichold, Saul Bass, and Jessica Helfand.

A History of Graphic Design for Rainy Days has been created by Studio 3, the student-driven design agency from Oslo that also brought you the bestselling Hyperactivitypography from A to Z.

Merry xmas!

Design Holiday Gift Guide

Last Christmas idsgn.org posted our book in their "Twelve Days of Design: 2010 Holiday Gift Guide". Even though it's from last year, it's still relevant. Click here for the entire list.

Photo from the lecture

We held a 30-minute talk about Hyperactivitypography from A to Z last night at Billedlig Talt (Norwegian for Figuratively Speaking) for a crowd of 30-40 people.

Want to see the presentation? You can download the full presentation here (in Norwegian)!

Lecture on Hyperactivitypography

Two members from our 5-person team will be giving a talk tomorrow at Billedlig Talt (Norwegian for Figuratively Speaking). The event takes place at 6 pm and we will be telling about the process behind the book. Hope to see you there!

Photos from the exhibition

The exhibition Billedlig Talt (Norwegian for Figuratively Speaking) opened last night in Oslo. The place was filled with wonderfully illustrated books, Egil Olsen played some fine music, there was champagne and we of course served alphabet crackers like we always do ;)

Wall of all the winners of this year's Most Beautiful Books of the Year Award and Visuelt.