World Graphic Design: Contemporary Graphics from Africa, the Far East, Latin America and the Middle East

Caban, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 1858942195 / ISBN 13: 9781858942193

Published by London/New York : Merrell Publishers Limited, 2004

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Original black boards, blind stamped spine, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations, (including photographs), 4to.

Seller Inventory # 335607-WB1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Graphic Design: Contemporary Graphics from Africa, the Far East, Latin America and the Middle East
• Publisher: London/New York : Merrell Publishers Limited
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858942195
• ISBN 13: 9781858942193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

World Graphic Design is the first-ever survey of contemporary graphic design and designers outside the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, North America and Australasia. Organized into four main geographical regions or cultural zones - Africa, the Far East, Latin America and the Middle East - and then alphabetically by country and designer/studio within each zone, it focuses on the work being carried out today within the most popular genres of graphic design: posters, book and album covers, packaging and promotion. As graphic design in the developed world becomes increasingly focused on the same small pantheon of designers and the same canonical approaches, World Graphic Design seeks to expose it to the energy, vitality and diversity of a vast body of work that has long co-existed alongside it, but that has hitherto been all but ignored. It is a deliberate attempt to do for graphic design what has been achieved for world music. With an informative critical profile and full contact details of each designer and studio, and more than a dozen illustrated examples of their recent output, World Graphic Design is a ground-breaking survey and an essential reference for anyone involved in graphic design worldwide.

About the Author

Geoffrey Caban is Professor of Design Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, a Visiting Fellow of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, and a Life Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. He has published widely on all aspects of design.