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The Form of the Book Book

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“An inspiring read.” —Lowdown

The Form of the Book Book brings together essential essays on the book – its history, present, and possible futures – by preeminent graphic designers and graphic design theorists/historians including Chrissie Charlton, Catherine de Smet, James Goggin, Jennie Eneqvist, Roland Früh & Corina Neuenschwander, Sarah Gottlieb, Richard Hollis and Armand Mevis. In a nod to Jan Tschichold’s famous collection of essays The Form of the Book (1975), this book offers in-depth analyses of key moments in the history of book design in order to better imagine the many forms the book will take, and is already taking, in our digital age.

Sara De Bondt

Sara De Bondt is a graphic designer, publisher, and educator. Her current design projects include creating a new website for The Showroom, developing exhibition graphics for the Wellcome Collection, and designing books for Camden Art Centre and Book Works. She has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2017. In 2008, she co-founded the publishing imprint Occasional Papers with Antony Hudek and has since edited several of its titles. Her most recent book, Off the Grid: Histories of Belgian Graphic Design, was published in 2022, following the exhibition of the same name that she curated for Design Museum Gent in 2019. De Bondt has taught at various institutions, including the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins in London, and currently teaches at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent. She obtained her PhD from Ghent University / KASK & Conservatorium in 2024 and is now a postdoctoral researcher at ECAL/HES-SO.‎

Fraser Muggeridge

Fraser Muggeridge attended the University of Reading in the 1990s and studied in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. He worked for Sara Chapman at The Letter g before establishing his own studio in 2001. In 2010 he founded the annual Typography Summer School as a way to introduce students to the instruction he had enjoyed at Reading. He established a New York Summer School (in collaboration with Other Means) in 2013, adding a Los Angeles version in 2019. Muggeridge teaches widely, with lectureships in India, Belgium, Canada and Iceland. His studio, with Katie Evans, Michael Kelly, Kate Morrell, Joe Nava, Simon Rogers and Michela Zoppi, is based in London. He is also known for his personal, experimental work, often derived from the systems, processes and constraints of print production.

Kim Hyun-kyung

After graduating from Sogang University’s English Department, she worked at a publishing house and edited various books. She is currently working as a freelance translator for major museums and companies in Korea. Her translations include The Form of the Book Book, BIG-GAME : Everyday Objects, First Principles of Typography, 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals, I Used To Be A Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then And Now, Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books, American Writers at Home and more.
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