Scope and Contents Consists of a collection of essays about graphic design which were written between 1985 and 1995. The topics among others include decontructivism, written numbers, and history of styles, punctuations, ornaments, and alterations to typefaces. In a chapter entitled, Language of Dreams, the authors identify graphic differences among pictograph, ideograph, rebus, syllabary and alphabet. If stylized standing figures of a man and woman are depicted adjacent to each other, the pictograph symbolizes "man and woman" whereas the ideograph "toilets." Stylized images of a knife and fork placed next to each other symbolize "knife and fork" as a pictograph and "restaurant " as ideograph. A stylized standing figure of a man might signify "john" or a stylized front-view of an automobile "car" as a rebus. The alphabet letter 'A' might be depicted as a Martini glass, 'B' as a boat, etc. The final section of this book deals with a history of graphic design in America. -- Source of annotation: Marvin...

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This book explores the spatial potential of typography in virtual environments. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents With a searing body of work ranging from films and drawings to print, sculptures, and theatrical productions, William Kentridge has offered a fresh and distinctive perspective on the contemporary social landscape, with a particular emphasis on his native South Africa. His practice of the past two decades is based on his intensive exploration of themes that are evocative of his own life experience as well as the political issues that most concern him. Produced in close collaboration with the artist, this catalogue investigates the five primary themes that have engaged Kentridge over the course of his influencial career: 1. Parcours d'Atelier: Artist in the Studio 2.Thick Time: Soho and Felix 3.Occasional and Residual Hope: Ubu and the Procession 4.Sarastro and the Master's Voice: The Magic Flute 5.Learning from the Absurd: The Nose Rich in content and illustrations, the publication bears witness to an artist wrestling with each theme and experimenting with formally innovative ways...