Print and two-dimensional designers Andrew Schapiro and Brad Mead’s Designer’s Notebook will be released today from SF publisher Chronicle Books complete with in-book rulers, a picas/points converter and tracing paper. But before you think this is just a souped up Moleskine, typography anatomy charts and InDesign shortcuts helped the soft cover book become the first project in the publisher’s six-month Design Fellows program to be available to the public.
After polling designers across specialties (including architects, industrial designers, web designers, and environmental designers) in developing the book, Schapiro said, “We were determined to keep the book as functional as possible while always staying true to our original concept—that this tool will remind professional and novice designers what is essential in their process.”
He describes the reference section as not being meant to teach designers “but rather [to] serve as a reminder of measurements and standards—information that can transform ideas into viable designs. Simply put, we want to be better designers.”