Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811833461 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As quirky as it is useful and positively packed with lavish color illustrations, this designer's design compendium is the only one of its kind.. From the first Santa Claus to appear on a Coca-Cola bottle to the increasingly ubiquitous camouflage tee shirt, iconic everyday items of yesterday and today provide valuable inspiration to designers and design aficionados. A chunky, distinctive object of brilliant design in and of itself, Stylepedia is the first handy, cross-referenced desk guide to the kaleidoscope that is modern design. In hundreds of illustrated entries, Heller and Fili, the award-winning authors of Euro Deco and numerous other popular design titles, survey the designers, schools, and movements that comprise the practice today as well as take a fascinating glimpse back at some of the seminal early leaders
He is the recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement.Louise Fili has co-authored fourteen design books with Steven Heller. Her design work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and she is a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame. . The authors live in New York. About the Author Steven Heller is the art director of the New York Times Book Review and the author, co-author, or editor of over 90 books on design and popular culture
A richpedia of graphic, schmaphic The two authors have scoured the rural routes of the graphic landscape to come up with 113 interesting entries for their book, from Agit retro to Zanol. If you haven't heard of Zanol, join the queue. It turns out this thirties founded company was an early style setter in having a corporate identity for its consumer product packaging and judging from the illustrations shown with the entry they probably worked, too.The entries, as the authors rightly point out in the introduction, are their own. A must have reference and a good read E. B. MACDONALD I picked up this book at a bookstore on a bit of a whim. I hadn't looked at it much when I purchased it but when I got home and dove in, I was very pleased!The book is an alphabetical listing of styles and design movements from victorian to today (and maybe a few further back in time). The information written about each movement/style is concise but more than enough to give you a the context you need.The articles are short enough that this book would be a great bathroom book for your studio o. Style Pedia owl love This is a great book written to give an accumulation of histories of different styles of art. This is perfect for the aspiring designer who wants to look to the past to see how specific styles were created and what they focused on. I've used it for a project about Push Pin Studio's style and it helped me further understand their love for textures and crazy typefaces.
The authors live in New York. He is the recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement.Louise Fili has co-authored fourteen design books with Steven Heller. . Her design work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and she is a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame. Steven Heller is the art director of the New York Times Book Review and the