The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words

by Bryony Gomez-palacio and Bryony Gomez Palacio

Book Overview

The assignment: Graphically interpret a single word. The rule: Do it in a five-inch by five-inch square. The results: A visual smorgasbord of inspiration. A dynamic exercise in creativity, The Word It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581809255
• ISBN13: 9781581809251
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: How Books
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Creative inspiration

I have summitted a few pieces to Word It in the past. I'm not a designer, but I admire the art and work designers produce. So I dab into graphic design as a hobby from time to time. The Word It Book like others have said is both whimiscal, sometimes edgy, and above all an outlet for free creative expression. The beauty of the project is that it's not about competition or selling something, but it's more about expressing yourself, and sometimes making a statement. It's like visual poetry without lines and stanzaz of words. It's great to see the site still going going on. I just submitted a piece yesterday after picking up the book on my library shelf. I'm spending this week getting re-acquainted with its content, and maybe I'll try to submitting more pieces in the coming months. If you appreciate graphic design and visual fun, this book is well worth the purchase.

Great book to have around for inspiration.

The cool thing about this book is that the entries came from different readers of the site. You get a totally different angle from each entry and it is interesting to see where different minds took different words.

Great coffee table book!

This book is a great addition to your coffee table collection. Fun, artful, witty, thought provoking. Graphic designers have put images to the meanings of specific words.

Freedom to express

Yes. There are no pearl crushers here. All are pearl fishers. The Word It Book is an absolute epitome of freedom of graphic expression. No clients, no logos. Indeed i have enjoyed the freedom of "tight brief" from Armin and Bryoni.

Shake up your creativity

This is a book which not only jerks your creativity when you are stuck but also a book that you can put on your coffee table, carry when you are traveling or when you want to spend a quite relaxed evening with a hot cup of coffee. You can start from any page and stop anywhere to resume whenever you feel unlike normal books that needs to be started from page1 and suddenly stopping midway sometimes feels uncomfortable.