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Books Giveaway: Winners
Over last weeks we have selected dozens of useful development and web design-related books. Not all of them were available which is why we've decided to give away at least the books which are available... More... 64 Comments
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Books Giveaway: Comment and Win!
Over the last weeks we have again selected dozens of useful development and web design-related books, we've bought all of them and we wanted to give them all away to our readers — for free.... More... 3,875 Comments
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Thirty Tables of Contents
How creative can a table of contents be? Designobserver presents Thirty Tables of Contents. The collection includes excerpts from the books by Philip Larkin, Philip Roth, Paul Rand and Jan Tschichold. More... Be the first to comment!
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Excellent Book Covers and Paperbacks
Book covers are hard to design and nice to look at. An effective book cover manages to catch human's eye and convey the idea behind the book on one single page. However, it's getting even harder: to... More... 109 Comments
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Book Autopsies
Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures. More... Be the first to comment!
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Tutorial on how to design a book cover (step-by-step)
'Twenty Major' Book Cover is a step-by-step-tutorial, showcasing the process of illustrating a book cover. Pretty insightful. More... Be the first to comment!
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Usability and Interface Design Books
Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming important for every website design. They consider the interactions between the user and every system, nowadays most commonly applied to... More... 82 Comments
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40+ Books For Professional Design & Development
Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. To become or remain professional, you permanently need to improve your design and programming skills, be aware of new approaches and now how other... More... 2,105 Comments
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