A fabulous typographic exploration of the letter forms and typography of one of Europe's leading design studios. Letters from M/M (Paris) is a comprehensive study of the typefaces produced by Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak since they founded their influential art and design practice, M/M (Paris). For the first time, ninety of the designers' typefaces are catalogued chronologically in a three-part volume, comprising the history of their development; exclusive type specimens; and detailed illustrations of projects in which they appear. With a foreword by Bjoerk - whose collaboration with M/M spans over two decades - this encyclopaedic volume traces the distinctive and integral nature of type, lettering and signs in the work of M/M, from one-off artistic commissions to fashion branding and their long-lasting collaborations with musicians and theatres. This complete typographic collection is the perfect companion to the two-volume monograph M to M of M/M (Paris), and will appeal not only to graphic designers, historians and students, but to anyone interested in art and visual culture.

Meet Wellbeing Willforce, your superhero guide to mental health! This activity book is full of fun exercises to help you think about emotions and keep your cool when everything feels like too much. From recognising when you're feeling down to tips for making a relaxing safe space, Willforce helps you understand your feelings and find ways to work through the tricky ones. Dyslexia can be a lot to handle sometimes, so Willforce's advice and exercises show you how to build coping strategies that you can use whenever you're getting overwhelmed. There are also some great ideas for how to talk to grownups when you're feeling down, so you can work together to fix problems and get back to being their brilliant self!

Meet Positive Persisto, your superhero guide to persistence and self-esteem! This fun and colourful activity book shows you how to stay positive and bounce back from the challenges that dyslexia throws at you. Persisto will help you find out what resilience and a growth mindset really mean, and how to use teamwork and self-belief to keep focused on what you're really good at. Dyslexia can be tough, especially when it feels like other people can do stuff that's tricky for you. It's really important to build up strong self-esteem from the inside, so you can remember what's great about you and use it to beat challenges. Persisto even has some great ideas for how grownups can help, including in those times when you don't want everyone to know you need a bit of a hand. With tips on everything from building your team to working out new ways to look at problems, Persisto's got your back!

Meet Can Do Creatia, your superhero guide to learning through creativity and a can-do attitude! This fun and colourful activity book will help you find creative ways to beat the challenges of dyslexia. With tips on everything from getting organised to building a growth mindset, Creatia shows you how to use your own special style to build a rainbow bridge away from sticking points and find solutions that work for you. Dyslexia can make lots of different things tricky, so the three key sections, Me, My Community, and My World, help you with different situations and give you the tools to beat setbacks at home, at school, or even in your own head! Are you good at art? Music? Dancing? Sports? Creatia's tips, tools, and talking points help you think about your unique talents and use them in everyday life.

Meet Creatia, Persisto and Willforce. They are strong, determined and creative, and they represent the strengths that dyslexia can bring to your life. Together they encourage you to use your skills and talents to be confident in what you do - and shrink the villain Mr Dyspicibilia! This is a fun and interactive resource for grown-ups and children to work through together, with drawing and writing activities and examples to open up helpful discussions and find practical solutions that put the dyslexic child's self-esteem and self-understanding at the fore. The strategies in the book are brought to life through the three superheroes who help you develop a child's unique strengths to tackle the everyday challenges they may experience with reading, writing, staying organised or keeping track of the time. The colourful illustrations, cartoons and dialogue encourage children to name their feelings, identify challenges and recognise their own strengths in any situation.

Packed with more than 200 colour illustrations, Visual Research explores a range of research methods that can be used by graphic designers and visual communicators in the development of clear and purposeful design solutions. The book introduces key terms and theories that underlie design research; examining the importance of visual grammar and design literacy, audience, communication theory and semiotics. Each chapter features case studies, many new to this edition, that demonstrate how the use of research methods can form the basis of effective visual communication and design problem solving, eschewing end-product analysis for a discussion of the way research feeds into the design process. With new case studies from Matt Cooke, Colette Sadlier and many others, this new edition also brings together all of the 'Key Concept' features and content from previous editions into their own distinct chapter, making it easier for readers to discover design-led tools and information design methods, for both print and on-screen design.

The Visual History of Type is a comprehensive, detailed survey of the major typefaces produced since the advent of printing with movable type in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day. Arranged chronologically to provide context, more than 320 typefaces are displayed in the form of their original type specimens or earliest printing. Each entry is supported by a brief history and description of key characteristics of the typeface. This book will be the definitive publication in its field, appealing to graphic designers, educators, historians and design students. It will also be a significant resource for professional type designers and students of type.

This book is a tool kit to create new forms. It deals with grid-based design and gives the reader techniques to develop new forms, fonts, logos, and patterns. The concept represents a design process in which individual decisions follow much larger and deeper principles than immediate and spontaneous-intuitive actions. Using a wide variety of examples, each chapter contains a detailed description of the procedure from form analysis to setting up design rules and their application. Both a workbook and a source of inspiration, this publication provides designers and architects with the tool they need to find analytical forms-analog, algorithm-based, exploratory but never of arbitrary origin. The procedures described allow an almost infinite number of possibilities. The designer is thus transformed from inventor to interpreter or curator, who assesses individual forms for logos, fonts or patterns on the fly and ensures that the design process is always efficient and goal-oriented.

The effects of suicide are not limited to those who die. Suicide is a serious public health problem that has shattered the lives of millions of people, families, and communities nation-wide. This book examines the strategies that are available for individuals and organisations across the United States to help prevent suicide.