In this post I want to talk about the cover story behind the design of Ligature Journal Issue Nine. The issue is the third and final in a series of issues considering the theme; Design and Place. The internal design of each is completely unique. Thus the design of this cover was critical for two […]
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Ligature Journal Issue Nine, Out Now!
Two editions ago we presented our first of a three-issue foray into Design and place. Ligature Journal issue nine brings the cycle to a close. When we began the work on the issue you have in your hand the task looked very much ‘same same but different’, articles began to come in, design started to […]
Continue readingCover Story: Ligature Journal Issue 8
The story of the cover for Ligature Journal issue eight is tells of our most playful cover design to date. In the world of magazine design so much occurs on a computer screen before it translates into print. For this cover only a tiny amount was conceived in a computer, the bit that links this […]
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Eight, Out Now!
Last issue, we embarked on what we promised to be the first of three issues of Design and Place. Well, here we are with Ligature Journal Issue Eight, the second issue in the series. Once again we have the unusual, or perhaps we might say the ‘new’ usual, format of the previous issue. We received […]
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Seven, Out Now!
This issue marks the beginning of something of an experiment for us. The theme is Design and Place, and it is a Mind issue—so far so normal. The experiment is that we will keep this same theme for the next two issues as well. The aim? A triumvirate of Mind, Soul and Body issues all considering Design and Place. So welcome, to Ligature Journal Issue Seven.
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Six, Available Now!
We welcome you to the ‘Touch’ issue of Ligature Journal. As designers, we have an interesting and varied relationship with touch, and this is certainly reflected in the diversity of responses to our theme from our contributors. Jodie Richards writes passionately of the responsibility of communication designers to be mindful of how our work reaches […]
Continue readingSign Painting – A Great Fit
As you poke around our website you may notice that Tiliqua Press is based in St Peters, Sydney. What you may not know the actual home is at Tiliqua Studio – yes there is a pattern here isn’t there, a following post will explain the origin of the name. After too many years of not […]
Continue readingThe Origins of Our Dream
In our first post we said we had a crazy dream “to print books and other printed things”. With our second post we thought it might be a good idea to describe the origins of our dream.
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