»The new media and technologies by which we amplify and extend ourselves constitute huge collective surgery carried out on the social body with complete disregard for antiseptics.«
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media. The Extensions of Man.
Justin Davidson and Wendy Goodman of New York Magazine Present Their Notable Design Books of 2011 (unabridged 16:22) by Designers & Books
Witty Thinking in Graphic Design - An exploration of humour, irony and playfulness in graphic design. By Beryl McAlhone and David Stuart, with a foreword by Edward de Bono.
»This book explores so-called witty thinking - arguably the most entertaining area of graphic design. Witty thinking is playfulness with ideas, words playing against images, and unexpected connections prompting new insights.«
via phaidon.com
GOOD DESIGN KILLS ADVERTISING - 40 Projekte, 20 Thesen, 1 Manifest - via Strichpunkt
In this video for Designers and Books, graphic designer and Pentagram partner Michael Bierut chats with architect James Biber about the books he selected for the site. The setting is the Rachel Whiteread-like library, or “book cube”, in Biber’s architectural office, located on the 2oth floor of Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building in downtown Manhattan:
The full, unabridged, 30-minute conversation can be seen here.
SAUL BASS: A Life in Film and Design. Laurence King, by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham.
READ via nytimes.com
Publisher Laurence King put together this video of the making of the book, to give you a sense of the scale and ambition of the project:
This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. Saul Bass (1920-1996) created some of the most compelling images of American postwar visual culture. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, he went on to transform the genre. His best-known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Otto Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. He also created some of the most famous logos and corporate identity campaigns of the century, including those for major companies such as AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and Minolta.
Letterfontäne ist ein einzigartiges Handbuch über die gedruckte Schrift - beginnend mit den ersten Versuchen des Menschen, sich mit visuellen Zeichen und Zeichnungen zu verständigen.
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Die Geburt einer Universalschrift. Der vollständige Nachdruck von Bodonis rarem Meisterwerk. Der berühmte Buchdrucker und Typograf Giambattista Bodoni setzte mit seinem Manuale tipografico (1818) einen neuen Standard für den Buchdruck.
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»Nur eine Idee zu haben, ist zu wenig. Erst eine grandiose Umsetzung macht sie zu dem, was die Menschen begeistert! So gesehen, braucht es immer zweimal Kreativität: Zuerst, damit ein grossartiger Einfall auftaucht, und zweitens, um diese Idee auf noch nie da gewesenem Niveau umzusetzen!«
aus Clou von Mario Pricken
