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In this homage to Cornell, Buzz Spector "has created a romantic world behind the book by collaging the inside of the box with vintage post cards. Although the homage was published as an edition, each collage is unique and offers subtle commentary on the contents of the book. The post cards of far away places pay tribute to Cornell as an 'Enchanted Wanderer' while the blue plexi-glass covering the collage gives this work the deep blue tone that pervades many of Cornell's boxes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In the introduction, Saiber describes Bruno as a 16th century polymath who was a philosopher, poet, playwright, mnemonist and magus but at his core an architect of ideas. Saiber further adds that "Many among the educated class familiar with esoteric learning, like Bruno, looked to locate and empower themselves through spacial manipulation and symbloic permutation, such as memory theaters. encyclopedias, kabbalah, natural magic, alchemy, and searches for the 'perfect language.' Bruno's writing indeed contains verbal patterns that signal an unusual sensibility to the shape of of space - whether of the heavens, between people, on a page, or of one's mind." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book that designed by Richard Eckersley has a highly experimental layout. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover depicts a black & white abstract collage. The book was published in conjunction with an exhibition at Al Mecante di Stampa in Milan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edeline, the author of this book, analyzes Finlay's works and provides critical commentaries on several examples which are reproduced. These include among others Sea Poppy 2, Pool, Lullaby, Wave Sheaf, Rhymes for Lemons, National Flags, Barges, Estuary Cupboards, Star/Steer, Sea Ms, Sails/Waves, Iron Ship, Eastertide, Homage to Seurat, Homage to Pop Art, Homage to Kahnweiler, Homage to Max Bill and Homage to Jonathan Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The sculptural forms created by this artist as depicted in this catalog resemble lungs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was a homage to Guillermo Deisler. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Jo Hincks did the linocuts illustrating Finlay's one-word poems that appear, one to each page. Harry Gilonis provided the commentary on the poems and the concept of the one-word poem. He explains the background behind the Nautical terms employed by Finlay as the one-word poem relating to the various titles. This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition that was designed by Finlay and Simig. Colin Sackett laid out the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This exhibition catalogue of selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection is organized into four sections: Design and the Avant-Garde; Design and Commerce; Design and Social Change; Design and Politics. In addition to Yale, the catalogue was published by Willliams College of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Berman's collection is the premier graphic design collection of the 20th century works in the United States. In her introductory essay, "Writing a History," Maud Lavin points out that Berman collected with aggression and dedication for twenty years starting in 1975, shaping the history of graphic design during the period when the scholarly field of design history was emerging. Berman viewed graphic design works as objects of art, politics and cultural history. His collection "covers innovative design used in the politics of everyday life, in persuading consumers, in propagating for political causes, in redesigning ever-industrializing cultures, in papering...

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Subtitled "explorations of an uneasy relationship." this book consists of essays related to the title. Paul Elliman's essay deals mainly with the books by Georges Perec. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This article describes Laura Paresky Gould's new photographic work in a magazine "Home & Design" published by the Miami Herald. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was edited by Dirk Dobke who contributed a introductory essay. It contains reproductions of the 524 prints made by Dieter Roth between 1947 and 1998 when he died. The works display his "inventive manuipulation of the various stages in the print making process, achieving remarkable editions in which not one print is identical." The print of this deluxe edition is "A Bunch of Flowers 3" which is also depicted on page 319. An exposition of the various printmaking techniques employed by Roth is described in the introduction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.