A for ABRAMS

We over here at ABRAMS KIDS have started a campaign on Instagram and Twitter called A for ABRAMS ( #aforabrams ) We are collecting A's that are artful, well designed, or just plain cool from anywhere that you might find them. The idea is whenever you happen to see one of these artful A's out and about you can join us by hash tagging your A #aforabrams as well as including our Instagram or twitter handle @abramskids or @abramsbooks.  Have some fun and we hope you all get to see the world around you a little better.

Here area few examples of different A's I have found.

You can find artful A's in our books!

 By Ross McDonald from Hit The Road, Jack

From PANTONE COLORS designer by Meagan Bennett

From  I HAD A FAVORITE DRESS by Julia Denos

Or on your favorite wimpy book!

From Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Or you can be crafty and make one to hang on your window.

Or you can find one in your local Museum!

 Found at MOMA

Or at your local bookstore!

Found at R. J. Julia Independent Booksellers in Madison, Ct

Or at your favorite restaurant!

Found at Prime Meats in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Good luck hunting! A for ABRAMS #aforbrams @abramsbooks and @abramskids

ABRAMS new logo and website

After months of development and many font choices later ( AT Burin, Sackers, Sans, Neutra and Garamond to name a few) from fellow Art Directors Galen, Michelle and myself, I am pleased to announce the launch of our new and improved ABRAMS logo and website: www.abramsbooks.com

ABRAMS

Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the United States to specialize in the creation and distribution of art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, the company publishes visually stunning illustrated books in the areas of art, photography, cooking, interior and garden design, craft, architecture, entertainment, fashion, sports, pop culture, as well as children’s books and general interest titles. The company’s imprints include Abrams, Abrams ComicArts, Abrams Image, Abrams Books for Young Readers, Amulet Books, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book.

Our goal was to modernize, simplify and still remain faithful to our history.

Here is the final and new ABRAMS logo I worked up.

The display font is Gotham
The logo tagline is set in AT Sackers

In addition to a refreshed and modern design, our website has many new features including an improved search engine, navigation by subject and enhanced product pages that include image galleries, “look inside” previews and social bookmarks. Social bookmarks on each product page will enable viewers to easily share our titles with friends on Facebook.com, Digg.com, Stumbleupon.com, Myspace.com, Delicious.com, and Google.com. This will be a great way for our books to be marketed virtually. The new website also has an area to spotlight featured authors, an events calendar, an integrated newsletter system and the ability to create discounts and coupon codes for marketing and sales campaigns.

CARD DESIGN

I hope you’ll take some time to explore the new site and forward the link to all of your contacts and friends:

www.abramsbooks.com

Friederike Paetzold designed the look and feel of the new website

Along with our new website we are simultaneously launching a
brand new Facebook fan page for ABRAMS:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ABRAMS-Books/53589897040

If you are Facebook member, click on the “become a fan” link on the left side of the page and please share the page with your friends on Facebook by posting it to your profile page by clicking on the “Share +” button on the left side of the page as well. Let me know if you need any assistance or if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.