Synopsis
While sheets of paper are disappearing from our homes and offices, the medium is experiencing a renaissance in the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Suddenly, paper is everywhere - but not only in the old familiar places or forms. This fascinating book looks at every aspect of paper: its history, composition, production, application, and trade. Beginning with the anatomy of paper and its earliest forms, this book looks at paper as a symbol of political and economic importance and as a carrier of ideas, from literature to art, design, and music. It looks at the different surfaces, opacities, weights and volumes of paper and how it is used for printing, typography, graphics, and maps as well as a vehicle for origami, architecture, and fashion. Sumptuously illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book includes a variety of papers for readers to examine and feel, highlighting the sensual aspects of this seemingly ordinary product. Engaging, entertaining, and informative, this book contains a wealth of useful and surprising information on every printed, colored, and textured page.
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About the Author
NEIL HOLT is a book designer and teacher of typography in Schwerte, Germany. NICOLA VON VELSEN is a book editor and proprietor of 'Pop Up Paper' in Cologne, Germany.
From the Back Cover
While sheets of paper are disappearing from our homes and offices, the medium is experiencing a renaissance in the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Suddenly, paper is everywhere― but not only in the old familiar places or forms. This fascinating book looks at every aspect of paper: its history, composition, production, application, and trade. Beginning with the anatomy of paper and its earliest forms, this book looks at paper as a symbol of political and economic importance and as a carrier of ideas, from literature to art, design, and music. It looks at the different surfaces, opacities, weights and volumes of paper and how it is used for printing, typography, graphics, and maps as well as a vehicle for origami, architecture, and fashion. Sumptuously illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book includes a variety of papers for readers to examine and feel, highlighting the sensual aspects of this seemingly ordinary product. Engaging, entertaining, and informative, this book contains a wealth of useful and surprising information on every printed, colored, and textured page.
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Paper: Material, Medium, Magic
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 269 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.Published without dust jacket. Note: Remainder mark (one small dot) on bottom fore-edge. Note: Book still in original publisher shrink wrap. Seller Inventory # 083096
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Gebunden. Condition: Neu. Neu -In unserer digitalisierten Welt, wo Inhalte zunehmend durch Touchscreen und eReader vermittelt werden, gewinnt das klassische Material Papier wieder an Aktualität: Immer mehr Menschen sind von der Haptik und Qualität guter Papiere fasziniert. Dieser attraktiv gestaltete Bildband stellt den facettenreichen Werkstoff aus unterschiedlichsten Blickwinkeln vor. In sechs Kapiteln spannt das reich bebilderte Handbuch den Bogen vom Material und der Produktion über die Geschichte des Papiers hin zu seiner kulturellen Bedeutung als Arbeitsmaterial und Inspirationsquelle, als Medium für Dichter, Denker und Künstler. Ob Buntpapiere, Falttechniken oder Papierdesign von heute, auch das Thema Buch lässt sich vom Thema Papier nicht trennen. Durch eingängig und unterhaltsam geschriebene Beiträge, die kongenial ineinander übergreifen, eröffnet dieser Band die reiche Welt des Papiers in seiner unerschöpflichen Vielfältigkeit. Für einen weiteren Lesegenuss sorgen verschiedene Papiertypen, die den faszinierenden Kosmos des vermeintlichen Allerweltsmaterials auch sinnlich erfahrbar machen. (Text engl.) 269 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 1447114
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 239915