2003-04-12
... ? TASCHEN Books: Design & Interiors - Between the Covers - Avant-garde graphics from around the globeAvant-garde graphics from around the globe Introduction to the book 'Graphic Design for the 21st Century', by Charlotte and Peter Fiell Over the last decade the practice of graphic design has undergone a momentous change as pixels have become a handy substitute for print and software has lessened the profession's reliance on its traditional tools of pen and paper. In no other discipline of design has computer technology had such a transforming impact, and this is why "Graphic Design for the 21st Century" has been dedicated to the thoughts and visions of designers working at today's graphic coalface. The one hundred designers included in this celebration of contemporary graphic design have been specifically selected for the forward-looking nature of their work. From the Netherlands and Switzerland to America and Iceland to Japan and Australia, this book features a truly international sampling of graphic design that reveals a shared desire to communicate ideas and values in the most visually compelling way possible....Beautifully written excerpt, the entire Introduction I believe, from the TASCHEN "Graphic Design for the 21st Century" book I posted about recently... I must confess it does give me more than a tiny thrill to see my TASCHENs and O'REILLYs resting amidst each other on my crowded bookcase...And it always messes with peoples knee-jerk Venn-Diagrammism when it comes to the technical and the creative & how "you are either one or the other.."..(The "You're either with us or Against us" mindset that reduces language to little more than a grunt....)....
