Maximalism: The Graphic Design of Decadence and Excess - Softcover

Charlotte Rivers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2888930196 ISBN 13: 9782888930198

Publisher: Rotovision, 2008

Synopsis

Now available for the first time in paperback, the best-selling Maximalism celebrates richness and excess in graphic design. After a decade in which minimalism has held sway, many designers are now rejecting the limitations of pared-down modernism in favour of a rich and vibrant maximal aesthetic. Beyond decoration, pattern, and embellishment, Maximalism shows how today s designers are using tactile materials, vibrant colour, printing specials, and exclusive finishing techniques. The book showcases editorial and book design, posters and packaging, identities, in-store graphics, and more. For decoration, sensuality, luxury, and fantasy, Maximalism is a must for graphic designers in all fields.

About this title

Product Description:

Maximalism New in Paperback!This sumptuously extravagant book examines design that appeals to the senses through luxury, profusion, and excess-maximalism. After a decade in which minimalism has held sway over the design industry, many designers are now rejecting the limitations of pared-down modernism in favor of a more rich and vibrant "maximal" aesthetic.This book celebrates the qualities of maximalism, or "enriched modernism"-its role in creating fantasy, a sense of luxury, the multi-sensory appeal-and teaches designers how to apply it by bringing together a selection of projects from around the world that typify maximalism in graphic design-whether through use of m...

About the Author:

Charlotte Rivers is a freelance writer and contributor to several international design magazines. She is the author of Identify and Type Specific, as well as all the titles in the Art series. She lives in London, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rotovision
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 2888930196
• ISBN 13: 9782888930198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160