As AZTDR™ goes on pre-order and in honour of The Designers Republic’s longstanding involvement in music, we asked Ian Anderson, studio founder and author of AZTDR™, to pick ten of his personal highlights from the 250 single and album covers featured in the publication. “Favourites are a slippery concept for me,” he admits, “and with 33.3 years – and over 5,000 sleeves to choose from – any list is, inevitably, going to be temporary.” So “right now, based on work featured in the book, in no particular order” here are ten of Ian’s favourite TDR™ sleeves, each of which features in AZTDR™ along with the story of its conception.AZTDR™ is now available to pre-order from the Unit shop. Satoshi Tomiie — Full Lick (SMEJ Associated Records,...

In its heyday, the sheer variety of Letraset type available was one of the reasons the lettering system became an important tool in many a designer’s practice. We asked several friends of Unit Editions for their favourite Letraset typeface, or the one that means the most to them – the majority of which feature in Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution, which is now available from the Unit shop for just £25 (for one month only). Read about their choices, from Sunshine to Frankfurter, Clarendon to Compacta, below. Paula Scher, PentagramMy favourite Letraset typeface was Helvetica Medium, which seemed to be the only one they had at the Tyler School of Art art supply store, where I sometimes worked.Since I could never rub down the type without it...