Books I Love: Letterhead & Logo Design 11

April 3, 2012

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As much as I embrace technology, I still love the tactile nature of books and continue to expand my home library. A few readers have asked why they should invest in books when the internet has an endless stream of inspiration. I use the internet for the majority of my visual research for projects but it’s healthy to break up your routine. Flipping through books and magazines with a pen and paper close by for thumbnail sketches often shifts my mindset and helps me come up with fresh, unique ideas.

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I find the design titles by Rockport Books to be especially helpful. I own a few of their books but my personal favorite is Letterhead and Logo Design 11. Unlike the internet where search results can be questionable, when I’m working on a design projects I reach for this book more than any other I own because the featured work is all top-notch.

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Featuring more than 400 letterhead and logo designs, I feel like I discover something new each time I flip through it (trust me, it was hard to limit my scans to a handful of pages). The book was compiled by Design Army and they spent over two weeks evaluating over 5,000 entries from all over the globe. Of the results, Design Army says, “Along the way, we confirmed what we already knew: It’s the little thoughts that have the biggest impact. They inspire us to push farther. They work harder. They last longer.”

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There’s not so much work jammed into Letterhead and Logo Design 11 that you get overwhelmed; it’s just filtered down the the best of the best. And as designers, isn’t that what we want?

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8 Responses to Books I Love: Letterhead & Logo Design 11

1. Melissa Dominic says:

   Yellow!

   This seems like a really neat resource! I am all about having inspiration in the form of books. I’ve found myself more and more buying reference books and such (though for me, reference books consist of giant books on subway art and bike messenger clothing styles…). There is something that clicks when you’re laying in your bed, flipping through the pages that the internet just can’t provide.

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   • Nubby says:

     Melissa Dominic: We’re so often connected digitally that we forget about the other ways to conduct research. And I find that the more varied the avenues, the more rounded the results. I love the covers and layouts of books, I love flipping through pages and bookmarking things that I like. The internet just can’t replicate that experience.

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2. Jen Z says:

   The great thing about flipping through a book vs. the internet is finding things that may be totally outside of what you were searching for– and being completely inspired. Thanks for the post.

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   • Nubby says:

     Jen Z: Totally valid point, thanks for bringing this up. When we’re on the net, we often have such a narrow scope of what we’re looking for and books expand these horizons.

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3. beth says:

   Agree. I love books. I have this one too. Rockport rocks!

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4. gracie says:

   Perfect timing Nubby, I am looking for the very thing!

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5. Susie says:

   In this digital day and age, many of us tend to forget that there are solid resources out there…outside of your computer screen, the television, and our i-phones. We’re so wired up that picking up a book sometimes feels a bit foreign. I’ve been on the lookout for my next design book, and you just let me to it Nubby! Thanks!

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   • Nubby says:

     Susie: Agreed. And I know you’ll love the book, it’s so so good.

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