Title & Author:

Power to the people : the graphic design of the radical press and the rise of the counter-culture, 1964-1974 / edited by Geoff Kaplan.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
©2013

Description:

263 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / by Geoff Kaplan -- Timelines, 1964-1974 -- Design as a social movement / by Gwen Allen -- Bohemian technocracy & the countercultural press / by Fred Turner -- The underground press: a history / by Bob Ostertag -- What we were reading: the creation of a counter-public sphere / edited by Pamela M. Lee, T.J. Clark, Todd Gitlin, Harmony Hammond, Steven Heller, Nancy Holt, Chip Lord, Margo Machida, Yvonne Rainer, Terry Smith, Lawrence Weiner, Faith Wilding.

Summary:

"Though we think of the 1960s and the early '70s as a time of radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and original. Thanks to advances in cheap offset printing, groups involved in antiwar, civil rights, and other social liberation issues began to spread their messages through provocatively designed newspapers and broadsheets. This vibrant new media was essential to the counterculture revolution as a whole--helping to motivate the masses and proliferate ideas. Power to the People presents more than 700 full-color images and excerpts from these astonishing publications, many of which have not been seen since they were first published almost fifty years ago. From the psychedelic pages of the Oracle, Haight-Ashbury's paper of choice, to the fiery editorials of the Black Panther Party Paper, these papers were remarkable for their editors' fervent belief in freedom of expression and their DIY philosophy. They were also extraordinary for their graphic innovations. Experimental typography and wildly inventive layouts reflect an alternative media culture as much informed by the space age, television, and socialism as it was by the great trinity of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Assembled by renowned graphic designer Geoff Kaplan, Power to the People pays homage in its layout to the radical press. Beyond its unparalleled images, Power to the People includes essays by Gwen Allen, Bob Ostertag, and Fred Turner, as well as a series of recollections edited by Pamela M. Lee, all of which comment on the critical impact of the alternative press in the social and popular movements of those turbulent years. Power to the People treats the design practices of that moment as activism in its own right that offers a vehement challenge to the dominance of official media and a critical form of self-representation. No other book surveys in such variety the highly innovative graphic design of the underground press, and certainly no other book captures the era with such an unmatched eye toward its aesthetic and look. Power to the People is not just a major compendium of art from the '60s and '70s--it showcases how the radical media graphically fashioned the image of a countercultural revolution that still resounds to this day"--Publisher description.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780226424354 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0226424359 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
(e-book)
9780226424378
(e-book)
0226424375

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Underground press publications United States History 20th century.
Underground press publications United States History 20th century Pictorial works.
Graphic design (Typography) United States History 20th century.
Counterculture United States Bibliography.
Youth Books and reading United States History 20th century.
Presse parallèle États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Presse parallèle États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Arts graphiques États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Contre-culture États-Unis Bibliographie.
Jeunesse Livres et lecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
05.33 journalism.
15.85 history of America.
Art and Design.
Counterculture.
Graphic design (Typography)
Underground press publications.
Youth Books and reading.
Alternativpresse
Gebrauchsgrafik
Gegenkultur
Typografie
Untergrundpresse
Subcultuur.
Nieuwsbladen.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
bibliographies.
Illustrated works.
Bibliographies.
History.
Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Kaplan, Geoff, editor.
Kaplan, Geoff

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283199
Call No.: BIB 221280
Status: Available