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Item Details
Title:
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OBEY THE GIANT
LIFE IN THE IMAGE WORLD |
Volume: |
Volume 2 |
By: |
Rick Poynor |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
3764385006 |
ISBN 13: |
9783764385002 |
Publisher: |
BIRKHAUSER |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
Pages: |
224 |
Description: |
In the 21st century, commerce and culture are ever more closely entwined. This collection of essays takes a searching look at visual culture. It explores the thinking behind the emerging resistance to commercial rhetoric among designers, and offers critical insights into the changing dialogue between advertising and design. |
Synopsis: |
In the 21st century, commerce and culture are ever more closely entwined. This inspirational and challenging collection of essays by design critic Rick Poynor takes a searching look at visual culture. He probes beneath the ultra-seductive surfaces to discover the reality. Poynor explores the thinking behind the emerging resistance to commercial rhetoric among designers, and offers critical insights into the changing dialogue between advertising and design. |
Illustrations: |
37 colour illustrations, 37 farb. Abb. |
Publication: |
Switzerland |
Imprint: |
Birkhauser Verlag AG |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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