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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1914-1997-08-11- - 1997

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ray Gun: Out of Control / Jarrett, Marvin Scott ; Kuipers, Dean ; Poynor, Rick ; Brody N ; Burroughs WS ; Byrne D ; Carson D ; Fella E ; Ginsberg A ; Gysin B ; Makela S ; Ono Y ; Lichtenstein R., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-27888-29027
Scope and Contents

The authors comment that "In four short but inspired years, Ray Gun has captured the imagination of American alternative culture as a forum for debate and as an arbiter of credibility on music, graphic design, culture, and style." This book presents new design on the cutting edge of typography, writing, photography, illustration, fashion. The compact disc is formatted for the MacIntosh. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Graphic Language of Neville Brody Volumes 1 & 2 / Brody, Neville ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B., 1995

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Identifier: CC-24084-24536
Scope and Contents

Born in 1957 and educated at the London College of Printing, the early influences on Brody were Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Punk Rock, Moly Nagy, Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and Malevich. Brody has designed record covers, magazines book covers, logos most recently digitized images and alphabets. Brody was a founder of Fuse, a digital disc accompanied by posters of experimental typography. Jon Wozencroft provided the text and captions for these books which are reprinted from the 1988 & 1994 editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995