How posters work
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Ellen Lupton's How Posters Work is more than another poster book. Rather than provide a history of the genre or a compilation of collectibles, the book is organized around active design principles. Concepts such as "Simplify," "Focus the eye," "Exploit the diagonal," "Reverse expectations" and "Say two things at once" are illustrated with a diverse range of posters, from(...)
How posters work
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Ellen Lupton's How Posters Work is more than another poster book. Rather than provide a history of the genre or a compilation of collectibles, the book is organized around active design principles. Concepts such as "Simplify," "Focus the eye," "Exploit the diagonal," "Reverse expectations" and "Say two things at once" are illustrated with a diverse range of posters, from avant-garde classics and rarely seen international works to contemporary pieces by today's leading graphic designers.
Printed Matter
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This volume is an expanded edition of the most important study ever published on modern illustrated books in Mexico. Mexico Illustrated 1920-1950 explores the illustration and poster work of great Mexican artists from the first half of the twentieth century, offering a selection of the finest illustrations from books, magazines and posters published in this era.(...)
Mexico illustrated, 1920-1950
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This volume is an expanded edition of the most important study ever published on modern illustrated books in Mexico. Mexico Illustrated 1920-1950 explores the illustration and poster work of great Mexican artists from the first half of the twentieth century, offering a selection of the finest illustrations from books, magazines and posters published in this era. Reflecting the range of aesthetic, pedagogical, political and propagandistic trends that held sway in Mexico at the time, it contains works relating to the Mexican Revolution, illustrations made for socialist writings and art drawn from novels and children's books, along with a great many contributions to magazines that oscillated between the avant-garde and the construction of a new vision of Mexico.
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New Japanese pattern design
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In this lavishly illustrated resource book, designers, artists and marketing professionals can browse a huge variety of packaging — from simple geometric patterns featuring circles and rectangles to flora and fauna patterns, text and logo by Japansese designers.
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New Japanese pattern design
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In this lavishly illustrated resource book, designers, artists and marketing professionals can browse a huge variety of packaging — from simple geometric patterns featuring circles and rectangles to flora and fauna patterns, text and logo by Japansese designers.
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Album covers, concert posters, flyers, fanzines, comics and photographs by Swiss graphic designers, musicians and photographers from the past 50 years of rock and pop history make The Swiss Art of Rock a terrific graphic design document and resource. Lurker Grand’s third and most recent book project in a trilogy published by Edition Patrick Frey, Die Not hat Ein Ende(...)
Die not hat ein ende: the Swiss art of rock
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Album covers, concert posters, flyers, fanzines, comics and photographs by Swiss graphic designers, musicians and photographers from the past 50 years of rock and pop history make The Swiss Art of Rock a terrific graphic design document and resource. Lurker Grand’s third and most recent book project in a trilogy published by Edition Patrick Frey, Die Not hat Ein Ende (Need Comes to an End) is packed with images and interwoven with texts on both musical and graphic history. Here the focus is not so much on a musical era and its protagonists as on the visualization of the subcultures. In addition to visualizing the music, much space is devoted to the history of the music itself. Music journalist, collector and curator Samuel Mumenthaler, co-author of this book, offers a detailed chronology of the development of rock music in Switzerland. Roland Fischbacher, Director of the Visual Communications Program at the Bern School for the Arts, and Robert Lzicar, design researcher and designer, discuss the roots of Swiss rock graphics. Additional essays cover international influences, montage and image construction, sampling, remix and craft. Also featured is an extensive artist index including works by contemporary greats from H. R. Geiger and Peter Fischli to R. Crumb and Roy Lichtenstein, plus an index of bands from Aerosmith to Frank Zappa. This is a pioneering work that no one in Switzerland has undertaken to date, making for a fascinating and comprehensive study of the aesthetics of an artistic avant-garde.
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Poster graphics
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This inspirational collection of 300 recent posters from around the world proves that the poster is thriving. Richly illustrated, the selection goes far beyond commercial advertising, straight to the front lines of contemporary design practice, considering the poster as perhaps the most experimental form of graphic work today.
Poster graphics
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This inspirational collection of 300 recent posters from around the world proves that the poster is thriving. Richly illustrated, the selection goes far beyond commercial advertising, straight to the front lines of contemporary design practice, considering the poster as perhaps the most experimental form of graphic work today.
Printed Matter
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Arnaud Desjardin’s The Book on Books on Artists Books is a bibliography of books, pamphlets, dealer catalogues and other printed materials on artists’ books that takes stock of a wide variety of publications on artists’ books since the early 1970s to assess the historical documentation of distribution, circulation and reception in the field. Together, these materials(...)
The book on books on artists books
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Arnaud Desjardin’s The Book on Books on Artists Books is a bibliography of books, pamphlets, dealer catalogues and other printed materials on artists’ books that takes stock of a wide variety of publications on artists’ books since the early 1970s to assess the historical documentation of distribution, circulation and reception in the field. Together, these materials constitute a unique history of the overlooked ephemera produced by the exhibiting, publishing, disseminating and collecting of artists’ books during the last 40 years.
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The book is alive!
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The Book Is Alive! is a survey of current thinking and innovative practice in contemporary publishing based on papers presented at the Booklive! international symposium in London in June 2012. This event brought together theorists and practitioners from the world of publishing and artists’ books to examine the current transformation of the book and its ability to keep(...)
The book is alive!
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The Book Is Alive! is a survey of current thinking and innovative practice in contemporary publishing based on papers presented at the Booklive! international symposium in London in June 2012. This event brought together theorists and practitioners from the world of publishing and artists’ books to examine the current transformation of the book and its ability to keep apace with digital culture and the emergence of new modes of making, reading, collecting and disseminating "on-the-page" work. It includes an interview with conceptual artist Joan Fontcuberta.
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This publication examines the impact on the British illustrated publishing industry of émigrés from Germany and Austria in the first half of the twentieth century, looking in particular at the art publishing houses of Phaidon Press and Thames & Hudson.
Émigrés: the transformation of art publishing in Britain
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This publication examines the impact on the British illustrated publishing industry of émigrés from Germany and Austria in the first half of the twentieth century, looking in particular at the art publishing houses of Phaidon Press and Thames & Hudson.
Adventures in letterpress
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Tactile, retro, and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work
Adventures in letterpress
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Tactile, retro, and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work
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La sérigraphie est devenue l'un des procédés d'impression les plus populaires au monde, désormais reconnu comme un art à part entière. Après avoir présenté les matériaux et outils indispensables, cet ouvrage, conçu comme un guide pratique illustré, décrit en détail l'ensemble des techniques de la sérigraphie, de la préparation du film positif à l'impression proprement(...)
La sérigraphie: outils, techniques et portraits d'artistes
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La sérigraphie est devenue l'un des procédés d'impression les plus populaires au monde, désormais reconnu comme un art à part entière. Après avoir présenté les matériaux et outils indispensables, cet ouvrage, conçu comme un guide pratique illustré, décrit en détail l'ensemble des techniques de la sérigraphie, de la préparation du film positif à l'impression proprement dite - monochrome ou multicolore, sur différents supports - en passant par les étapes d'enduction de l'écran, de sélection des couleurs, d'insolation, etc.
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