Massive change
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"Massive Change" is a modern illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide. The book is a part of a broader research project by Bruce Mau Design intended to provoke debate and discussion about the future of design culture, broadly defined as the “familiar objects and techniques that are transforming our(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
November 2004, New York
Massive change
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"Massive Change" is a modern illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide. The book is a part of a broader research project by Bruce Mau Design intended to provoke debate and discussion about the future of design culture, broadly defined as the “familiar objects and techniques that are transforming our lives.” In essays, interviews, and provocative imagery aimed at a broad audience, "Massive Change" explores the changing force of design in the contemporary world, and in doing so expands the definition of design to include the built environment, transportation technologies, revolutionary materials, energy and information systems, and living organisms. The book is divided into 11 heavily illustrated sections covering major areas of change in contemporary society — such as urbanism and architecture, the military, health and living, and wealth and politics. Each section intersperses intriguing documentary images with a general introductory essay, extended captions, and interviews with leading thinkers, including engineers, designers, philosophers, scientists, architects, artists, and writers. Concluding the book is a graphic timeline of significant inventions and world events from 10,000 B.C. to the present. "Massive Change" is a well designed, intelligent, visually provocative exploration of the myriad subjects percolating through popular culture: those we read about in magazines and on Web sites but rarely understand in any meaningful way. It poses the question: “Now that the human race can do almost anything, what will we do next?” Accompanies the internationally touring exhibition produced by Bruce Mau and his Institute without Borders.
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As Bruno Munari wrote in 1961, “The biggest hindrance to understanding a work of art is wanting to understand.” And so he has written this diminutive book of theorems, this witty, sincere book of enlightening poems, for the struggling art viewer. To excerpt from individual poems written between 1945 and 1960: if leonardo's gioconda/had legs/she would leave art/and return(...)
Bruno Munari : teoremi sull'arte / art theorems / art théorèmes
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As Bruno Munari wrote in 1961, “The biggest hindrance to understanding a work of art is wanting to understand.” And so he has written this diminutive book of theorems, this witty, sincere book of enlightening poems, for the struggling art viewer. To excerpt from individual poems written between 1945 and 1960: if leonardo's gioconda/had legs/she would leave art/and return to reality ... is the choice of subject important?/raphael's marriage of the virgin/art/john brown's marriage of the virgin/not art/art isn't the subject ... a hundred lovers can even understand realism/a million admirers/will reject concrete art/with all their might ... in italy art is supposed to be italian/in poland polish/in turkey turkish/and if a turk goes to paint in poland/what sort of art should he do?/and what if poland occupies turkey? ... ministers and dictators/noblemen/the bored rich/sportsmen/dissatisfied professionals/worldly galleries/obliging critics/welcoming newspapers/opening cocktails/lots of people/art no.
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Bram de Does is among the most important contemporary typographers in the Netherlands. He was the chief typographic designer for the famous Dutch printers Enschedé having started work there in 1958. His typefaces Trinité‚ and Lexicon have become two of the most widely used in the Netherlands and he won the prestigious H.N.Werkman prize in 1991 for the design of the(...)
Bram de Does : typographer & type designer
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Bram de Does is among the most important contemporary typographers in the Netherlands. He was the chief typographic designer for the famous Dutch printers Enschedé having started work there in 1958. His typefaces Trinité‚ and Lexicon have become two of the most widely used in the Netherlands and he won the prestigious H.N.Werkman prize in 1991 for the design of the Trinité‚. His bibliophile publications, many of which he sets and prints himself in his own workshop 'Spectatorpers', quickly become collectors items. This publication is the first major study of his entire oeuvre and contains the commentary of several other designers on the practical use of the Trinité and the Lexicon. The contributors are: Harry Sierman, Bern van Bercum, Walter Nikkels, Brigitte Slangen, Jost Hochuli, Hans Peter Willberg, and Dale Tomlinson.
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"Scents of the City" is a collection of small samples and patterns from a wide range of the public spaces in a city; it is the result of an obsession of many years, an obsession to collect what visually denotes the flavour of a city which is so difficult to describe with words. Without claiming completeness, this collection represents a pictorial archive documenting two(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
March 2004, Baden, Switzerland
Scents of the city : guide to visual stumbling blocks in urban spaces
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"Scents of the City" is a collection of small samples and patterns from a wide range of the public spaces in a city; it is the result of an obsession of many years, an obsession to collect what visually denotes the flavour of a city which is so difficult to describe with words. Without claiming completeness, this collection represents a pictorial archive documenting two very different kinds of expeditions through large and small cities of the world.
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This 'image book' presents a themed overview of the work of the graphic designer Piet Gerards. Fifty works chosen and provided with a commentary by Gerards himself show how playful perfectionism and ironic aestheticization have come to typify his iconoclastic style of designing. A recalcitrant commitment and an interest in art history set Piet Gerards on the trail of(...)
Working title : Piet Gerards, graphic designer
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This 'image book' presents a themed overview of the work of the graphic designer Piet Gerards. Fifty works chosen and provided with a commentary by Gerards himself show how playful perfectionism and ironic aestheticization have come to typify his iconoclastic style of designing. A recalcitrant commitment and an interest in art history set Piet Gerards on the trail of modernism and the historical avant-garde at an early stage. Experimenting in that spirit, he developed during the course of three decades a wholly individual approach that strikes a balance between aesthetic ideals and usefulness. Ben van Melick describes and interprets Piet Gerards's development step by step: from self-taught man and left-wing activist specializing in posters and pamphlets to publisher and premiated maker of books, organizer of special cultural productions and graphic designer of many facets. Van Melick's penetrating scrutiny of Gerards's work is complemented by an exhaustive documentary overview of major biographical and culture-historical backgrounds. These forge links, unfold narratives and introduce friends in a telling account of Gerards's world. Working title: Piet Gerards, graphic designer is an unconventional portrait of an unconventional designer, agitating against the vagaries of the day.
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Type card play book
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The team of Japanese experimenral graphic designers Dainippon Type Organization continually reinvent the art of typography beyond its practical dimension, turning it into an active and essentially playful experience. A retrospective show of ten years of font and graphic production; a book convertible into playing cards.
Graphic Designers, Monographs
October 2003, Barcelona
Type card play book
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The team of Japanese experimenral graphic designers Dainippon Type Organization continually reinvent the art of typography beyond its practical dimension, turning it into an active and essentially playful experience. A retrospective show of ten years of font and graphic production; a book convertible into playing cards.
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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A short and strong statement of position by a type designer. The book takes a wide view, taking in the business of present-day font production, and the technics and the ethics of type as software. As always, Smeijers’s arguments are informed by a strong historical sense. The book also shows his own work as a designer, and is published as a conclusion to the award to him(...)
Type now : a manifesto, plus work so far
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A short and strong statement of position by a type designer. The book takes a wide view, taking in the business of present-day font production, and the technics and the ethics of type as software. As always, Smeijers’s arguments are informed by a strong historical sense. The book also shows his own work as a designer, and is published as a conclusion to the award to him of the Gerrit Noordzij Prize.
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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MetaWorx is a foundation supported by the leading design schools and art academies of Switzerland. In this publication, "MetaWorx" presents the next generation of Swiss artists and designers, providing a challenging contribution to the research into the theory and expression of interactivity which must surely be one of the most stimulating and fascinating fields of art(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
January 2003, Basel
MetaWorx : approaches to interactivity
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MetaWorx is a foundation supported by the leading design schools and art academies of Switzerland. In this publication, "MetaWorx" presents the next generation of Swiss artists and designers, providing a challenging contribution to the research into the theory and expression of interactivity which must surely be one of the most stimulating and fascinating fields of art and design in our time. The transdisciplinary perspective opens a wide field where moments of interactivity are expressed in surprising and visionary installations. In this publication, the artists and designers present their projects themselves, and their contributions are accompanied by theoretical texts which reflect on interactivity in general and set the projects within the broader context of modern day culture.
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Kyle Cooper
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Kyle Cooper is acclaimed as one of the most innovative and important designer of film titles since Saul Bass. This attractive and informative book offers the first critical and historical assessment of Cooper's impressive design achievements. In this book, Andrea Codrington relates that Cooper's work first garnered major attention in 1995 with his creation of the(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
September 2003, New Haven
Kyle Cooper
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Kyle Cooper is acclaimed as one of the most innovative and important designer of film titles since Saul Bass. This attractive and informative book offers the first critical and historical assessment of Cooper's impressive design achievements. In this book, Andrea Codrington relates that Cooper's work first garnered major attention in 1995 with his creation of the extraordinary title sequence for the horror thriller "Seven", which is credited with bringing about a renaissance in innovative film title design. Seven's titles were touted as short films in their own right-not merely a "design solution" but a metaphorical representation of the film as a whole. Codrington also discusses Cooper's work at the titles specialist R.Greenberg before he founded in 1996 his own Los Angeles based company, Imaginary Forces. As creative director there, Cooper now oversees a ninety-person team and has designed a stunning succession of highly regarded titles for such films as "Eraser", "Mission impossible", "Twister", "The mummy", "The horse whisperer", "The negotiator", and "Arlington road".
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It was 1987 when graphic designer, Neil Cutler, left his home in Northern England to seek the milder climes of Barcelona. Ever since he has been living and working successfully in the city that is often referred to as Spain's centre of creativity. Neil Cutler operates independently and has always had a clear design philosophy based on ideas and concepts rather than any(...)
Designer, leaves England, goes to Barcelona : the designs of Neil Cutler
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It was 1987 when graphic designer, Neil Cutler, left his home in Northern England to seek the milder climes of Barcelona. Ever since he has been living and working successfully in the city that is often referred to as Spain's centre of creativity. Neil Cutler operates independently and has always had a clear design philosophy based on ideas and concepts rather than any specific style. This book is overflowing with communicative, imaginative works that are full of life and full of fun. Many are award-winning visual solutions developed for packaging, corporate identity, and other graphic disciplines. Clients represented include Nabisco, Reguart Wines, Consumer Turron and La Tramoia Restaurant. Below each work Neil Cutler explains the creative rationale that inspired the idea and where applicable the point of differentiation.
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