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 The Joy of Book Design
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Design, Type
Posted February 16, 2021

The Joy of Book Design

The Joy of Book Design Books communicate stories, ideas and information. But they should also be beautiful objects. Their design must be both unobtrusive – allowing the text and images to speak – [...]

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 Refreshing a brand
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Branding, Design, Type, Websites
Posted February 24, 2020

Refreshing a brand

Rebranding has a long history In 1868, the handles on screens and furniture were being modified in the Shogun’s palace in Kyoto. Momentous change was happening in Japan. The previous decade an [...]

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 We Love Producing Logos
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Design, History, Type
Posted February 11, 2019

We Love Producing Logos

The heart of a visual brand is a logo. Most days we drive past an old engineering works. Now derelict, the Imperial Works of G.L.Murphy was established in Menston in 1930. Derelict since 2002, it [...]

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 Starting a New Business
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Branding, business start-up, customer service, Design
Posted October 23, 2018

Starting a New Business

Or why pricing strategy and good customer service were the keys to starting a Wharfedale based graphic design start-up.   Many business blogs are client help pages: quick tips or product [...]

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 Signs of Safety
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Design, History, Type
Posted September 26, 2018

Signs of Safety

Or how good design saves lives   Between 1957 and 1963 Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert produced a graphic scheme for Britain’s road signage, their uniform and effective approach replacing [...]

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 Typesetting
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Design, Type
Posted July 9, 2018

Typesetting

Or what you don’t notice is most important   Typesetting is the art of ensuring that text layout is both aesthetically pleasing and supportive of the reading process. All print [...]

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 In Kyoto
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Branding, Cafes, Copywriting, Design
Posted May 10, 2018

In Kyoto

Or the use of foreign words in marketing   In Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, there is a way, known as The Philosophers’ Path, that follows a stream between the temples of Ginkaku-ji [...]

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 Japonism
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In art, Blog, Design, History
Posted April 23, 2018

Japonism

Or the excitement of meeting Japanese art   This is the first blog for a month – our excuse is a visit to Japan, where we absorbed ideas and inspirations from both historic and [...]

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 Design and the test of time
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Branding, Design, History, London
Posted March 20, 2018

Design and the test of time

Or finding a relic of London in a bag   I recently acquired a bag of possessions that belonged to my grandfather. Amongst the photographs and the diary entries there was a fold-up pocket map [...]

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 Colour
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By TheYorkshireWordwright
In Blog, Design, Photography
Posted March 13, 2018

Colour

Or pity the poor designer   Only a few days ago we were tight in the embrace of the ‘Beast from the East’. Looking out of the office window, the hawthorn hedge was bare and stark against a [...]

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