Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, London
Publication: 2008, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 444
Size: 260 x 295
Text: English
ISBN: 0714848557
(Preface) 'Area 2 is the definitive resource on contemporary graphic design. For this book, ten of the world's foremost design practitioners and critics each selected ten influential contemporary designers, and one design classic-a work that, years after its creation, continues to shape the way these leaders think about their craft. --- Whereas this book's predecessor, area, focused strictly on print media, here graphic design means something more. These are the movers and shakers of the design world: art directors and artists, printmakers and performers, publishers and programmers. Area 2 is ostensibly a collection of the most cutting-edge graphic design, but it is really an extensive visual essay on the state of visual culture today. It pays little attention to politics or genre. Traditional Dutch design rubs shoulders with emerging movements from Japan and Nigeria, American punk roughs up classic Swiss restraint, and D. I.Y. basement brainstorms make their way to Coca-Cola billboards and car commercials. The one hundred designers have been organised alphabetically, and each one was given four pages to showcase his or her work. Beyond this, there is no method, no organising theme. The book's grid-less, open layout lets the images speak for themselves, and with each other. Area 2 is, above all, a conversation; one that both challenges what contemporary graphic design is, and inspires new ideas of what it can be.'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing and marking to cover/edges. Please note that some product listings use stock imagery, so the item received may not be the item shown.
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