24.07.09

Categories: Studio Culture

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Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio is the first title to be published by Unit Editions.
It will be on sale here and in bookshops from September 2009, but while we’re waiting, here are a few print tests. Enjoy.

Studio Culture test sheets

When we looked for a subject to launch the new imprint, we noticed that although nearly every topic in the graphic design cosmos had a book devoted to it, the humble design studio seemed strangely neglected.

It’s a bizarre omission. Without studios there would be no graphic design. It’s the designer’s natural habitat. The place we spend most of our time. Not only that, but the desire to own and run a studio is part of the graphic designer’s DNA: it’s a rare designer who hasn’t contemplated setting up his or her own studio. Even amongst studio owners there is a perpetual hunger to know how ‘others do it.’

Not only is the studio a neglected subject in graphic design commentary and literature, but it’s even rarer to hear designers talk publicly about the ways in which they run and develop their studios. The graphic design studio, its culture and its history, is a well-kept secret.

Until now, that is.