Pictoplasma - Hardcover

Thaler, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3931126587 ISBN 13: 9783931126582

Publisher: gestalten, 2001

Synopsis

A beautiful collection of contemporary character art, bound in a spongy custard yellow cover.

About this title

Review:

"This exhaustive collection impressively surveys one of the most global languages in graphics." -- creativebase.com/graphicswire

Synopsis:

"Pictoplasma", a collection by the eponymous Berlin-based project, presents a comprehensive overview of this truly global graphic language and illustrates the remarkable status figures (the picto element) with lively traits and faces (plasma) have achieved in our society, culminating in a visual feast. As likeable, global identifiers they act as indispensable mediators in the era of multimedia, serving purposes as diverse as branding, logo design, game design (Pokemon, SuperMario), web design, icons or mascots. Selected from more than 6000 entries "Pictoplasma" offers both independent artists and corporations an international platform. Countless styles and techniques divide the figurative images into freehand drawings, vector, pixel, encyclopaedia and 3-D styles, gaining in complexity during each respective chapter. From cartoon to collage, from graffiti to pop art - this book lends the world of characters a new face.

About this edition

• Publisher: gestalten
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3931126587
• ISBN 13: 9783931126582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Klanten Robert, Hellige Hendrick, Mischler M.