3D-2D/Designers Republic

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Summary: FASHION DESIGNERS. Watson-Guptill Publications,2001
Review: FASHION DESIGNERS. Watson-Guptill Publications,2001

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Summary: 3D-2D/Designers Republic
Review: I am a huge fan of the designers republic's earlier work and let me tell you, this is NOTHING like what I had expected. I purchased it right when it came out hoping to get a great book with great design and I must say that I was sorely disappointed. If you're looking for the old style TDR design with the fun icons and arrows this is not the book. Decent design, but nothing amazing by any means. Get the Futura book or a Ryan McGuinness book instead.

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Summary: It's Good STuff
Review: I don't want to go to deep into it, but a good design book is a book that makes you feel like crap, but at the same time, inspires you to do better things with your own work. I think this book definitely falls in this category. The Designers Republic have a definite style. If you don't like that minimal/techno/ computery/ clean style, then you won't like this book. If you appreciate nuances of type with some really nice page layouts that truly become fine art, then you'll like this book. I really can't believe how they do so much with so little in this book. They make it look easy. I love this book so much, I don't keep it outside of the shipping box I received it in unless I'm looking at it. I don't want it to get messed up.
I hope this helped.

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Summary: A disappointment...
Review: I first found out about the tDR when I stumbled across an issue of Emigre #29. It contained dense complex illustrations with very interesting and unique vector illustrations. It was perhaps one of the most innovative books I had seen in some time. However, the 3D-2D book I had purchased is not even close in regard to the work I had seen in the Emigre #29. This book, in comparision is a stripped down verson of the tDR style so many people are familiar with. I doesn't contain the unique caricatures or the funky vector illustrations but rather, plain and minimalist rectalinear designs that are often boring and dull. If you like tDR stuff then I would suggest trying to find Emigre #29. Otherwise, purchase Buro Destruct I or II if you're looking for some innovative vector based artwork.

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Summary: A disappointment...
Review: I first found out about the tDR when I stumbled across an issue of Emigre #29. It contained dense complex illustrations with very interesting and unique vector illustrations. It was perhaps one of the most innovative books I had seen in some time. However, the 3D-2D book I had purchased is not even close in regard to the work I had seen in the Emigre #29. This book, in comparision is a stripped down verson of the tDR style so many people are familiar with. I doesn't contain the unique caricatures or the funky vector illustrations but rather, plain and minimalist rectalinear designs that are often boring and dull. If you like tDR stuff then I would suggest trying to find Emigre #29. Otherwise, purchase Buro Destruct I or II if you're looking for some innovative vector based artwork.

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Summary: typical designers republic
Review: which means it's good!
i've always been a fan of their stuff, while this is more mature than some of their earlier stuff design-wise, it's still a great work overall. techno typographic excellence.
the book includes some posters and other goodies in it, which, thanks to the spiral binding, you can remove easily for decoration without having to tear anything out.