Kyle Cooper (Monographics) (First Edition)

Codrington, Andrea

ISBN 10: 0300099517 / ISBN 13: 9780300099515

Published by Yale University Press, 2003

About this Item

Trade Paperback. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. Frontis., 112 pp., illus. With 238 illustrations, 154 in color. Part of the Monographics series edited by Rick Poynor. A nice clean copy.

Seller Inventory # YALE-30

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kyle Cooper (Monographics) (First Edition)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300099517
• ISBN 13: 9780300099515
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film

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Synopsis

Kyle Cooper is acclaimed as the most innovative and important designer of film titles since Saul Bass. This book - written by an astute observer of visual culture - offers the first critical and historical assessment of Cooper's impressive design achievements.
In this book, Andrea Codrington relates that Cooper's work first garnered major attention in 1995 with his creation of the extraordinary title sequence for the horror thriller Seven, which is credited with bringing about a renaissance in innovative film title design. Seven's titles were touted as short films in their own right - not merely a "design solution" but a metaphorical representation of the film as a whole. Codrington also discusses Cooper's work at the titles specialist R/Greenberg as well as that generated by his own Los Angeles based company, Imaginary Forces. As creative director there, Cooper oversaw a ninety-person team and designed a stunning succession of highly regarded titles for such films as Eraser, Mission:Impossible, Twister, The Mummy, The Horse Whisperer, The Negotiator, and Arlington Road.
Kyle Cooper is essential reading for anyone engaged with graphic design, film, and visual communication.

About the Author

Andrea Codrington is a senior editor at I.D. magazine and a columnist for the New York Times. She is former editorial director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).