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The Debate

Author : Wim Crouwel
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934129
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Debate written by Wim Crouwel and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PRINT magazine and Design Observer Best Book of the Year The first English translation of a famous 1972 debate between Dutch graphic designers Wim Crouwel and Jan van Toorn, a public clash of subjectivity versus objectivity at Amsterdam’s Museum Fodor that helped set the stage for bold philosophical showdowns to come in design culture. Held in response to an exhibition of Van Toorn’s work at Stedelijk Museum, including student posters protesting the Vietnam War—in an era of youth culture and increasing resistance to authority, capitalism, and the power of media—the stakes were aesthetic, ethical, and politically charged. Crouwel defended his approach of neutrality and austere rationalism, attention to typography and worksmanship, and professionalism in service of the client’s message. Van Toorn argued for his use of chaos, collage, and photographs of everyday life; that a designer’s ideas, personality, and political commitments are integral to the work. Dialogue on The Debate has reverberated in graphic design circles for the four decades since, and it is often referenced in modern design criticism as a key marker for the philosophical positions that continue to define the profession. The first English transcript of this key event in design history will allow a contemporary audience to discover the ongoing relevance of The Debate in an increasingly complex visual culture. Along with the transcript, this pocket-sized clothbound book contains a foreword by prominent design critic Rick Poynor, and essays from Dutch design historian Frederike Huygen, who discusses the historical context of the debate, and curator Dingenus van de Vrie, who looks more closely at these two giants’ different perspectives on graphic design. A color gallery juxtaposes a representative selection from the oeuvres of Crouwel and Van Toorn, including exhibition designs, calendars, posters, brochures, artist book designs, postal stamps, and fascinating works such as the script of a 1969 stage production based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges, sealed in a tin can, and a many-gatefolded catalog for Ed Ruscha’s “Dutch Details” at Groninger Museum.

Jan Van Toorn

Author : Rick Poynor
Publisher : 010 Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9064505659
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Jan Van Toorn written by Rick Poynor and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan van Toorn is one of the most significant and influential Dutch graphic designers to have emerged since the early 1960s. His designs persistently call attention to their status as visual contrivances, obliging the viewer to make an effort to process their complexities. Van Toorn wants the public to measure the motives of both the client and the designer who mediates the client's message against their own experiences of the world. He hoped in this way to stimulate a more active and skeptical view of art, communication, media ownership and society. Projects such as Van Toorn's posters and catalogues for the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and his long-running series of calendars for the printing firm Mart.Spruijt are powerful demonstrations of graphic design used as a means of commentary and as a tool of critique. Later, as director of the Jan van Eyck Academy, Van Toorn drew together all the strands of his critical practice into a multi-levelled educational initiative that urged designers to think harder about design's role in shaping contemporary reality.

And/or

Author : Els Kuijpers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462081116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book And/or written by Els Kuijpers and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Wim Crouwel, Karel Martens and Walter Nikkels, Jan van Toorn belongs to the generation of designers who determined the look of Dutch graphic design in the 1970s and 80s. His socially engaged design practice is founded on a notion of communication based on democratic reciprocity and solidarity with the public. In contrast to prevailing forms of visual communication, Van Toorn's visual journalism establishes meaning in dialogue with the viewer and reader. In her book "and/or", on contradiction in the work of Jan van Toorn, design publicist Els Kuijpers gives insight into Van Toorn's methodology. The author employs various academic methods, journalistic strategies and rhetorical figures for her own objective: breaking through stereotype images. The book was created in close collaboration between the author and designer. With its countless digressions and derailments, the layered text is comparable to the visual designs of Van Toorn himself; the layered structure of the book's design follows Kuijpers' literary enterprise. Exhibition: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia (09.12.2013-09.02.2014) / Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (07.2014-10.2014).

Graphic Design Theory

Author : Helen Armstrong
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616891238
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Graphic Design Theory written by Helen Armstrong and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens at the end of the last century and includes current discussions on legibility, social responsibility, and new media. Striking color images illustrate each of the movements discussed and demonstrate the ongoing relationship between theory and practice. A brief commentary prefaces each text, providing a cultural and historical framework through which the work can be evaluated. Authors include such influential designers as Herbert Bayer, L'szlo Moholy-Nagy, Karl Gerstner, Katherine McCoy, Michael Rock, Lev Manovich, Ellen Lupton, and Lorraine Wild. Additional features include a timeline, glossary, and bibliography for further reading. A must-have survey for graduate and undergraduate courses in design history, theory, and contemporary issues, Graphic Design Theory invites designers and interested readers of all levels to plunge into the world of design discourse.

Modes of Criticism 5

Author : Francisco Laranjo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789493148215
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Modes of Criticism 5 written by Francisco Laranjo and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within graphic design, the concept of systems is profoundly rooted in form. Starting from a series of design research residencies in the context of the Porto Design Biennale, this volume proposes a variety of perspectives--social, cultural, political--to challenge this deeply engrained tradition."--Publisher's description.

Design Beyond Design

Author : Jan van Toorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789066172241
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Design Beyond Design written by Jan van Toorn and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Otto Treumann

Author : Otto Treumann
Publisher : 010 Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789064503122
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Otto Treumann written by Otto Treumann and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Otto Treumann (1919-2001) is a major pioneer in the modernization of graphic design in the Netherlands. Inspired by Swiss typography and Bauhaus aesthetics, Treumann's oeuvre combines easy-to-read visual elements with iconoclastic color treatment, enhanced by his wide knowledge of printing techniques acquired during the Second World War when he forged documents for the resistance. Treumann enjoyed a special relationship with industrial clients, devising house styles and logos for the publishing house Wolters Noordhoff, the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects and El Al Airlines; he also designed posters for the Industries Fair in Utrecht, the Rotterdam Ahoy and Tattoo in Delft. Based on materials from the Otto Treumann Archive at the Stedelijk Museum, and designed by Irma Boom, this volume surveys Treumann's career.

Workplace Health

Author : John Kerr
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000162672
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Workplace Health written by John Kerr and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the growing awareness of the negative effects of work-related stress, Many Businesses Are Focusing On Active Health Promotion To Enhance employee health, well-being and performance. This text aims to review the state of the art and offer ideas and suggestions for how stress-related employee health problems can be combated through the provision of effective fitness and exercise programmes.

User-Centred Graphic Design

Author : Jorge Frascara
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780748406722
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book User-Centred Graphic Design written by Jorge Frascara and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-05-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents the important contribution that visual communication design can make to society, beyond its usual commercial applications. It identifies successful socially orientated projects, demonstrating the human and economic benefits that can be achieved through good communication design. The book also discusses a user-centred approach to Design, Including Notions Of Social Marketing, Design Methods And different information-gathering techniques.; The book closes with a discussion of a new professional profile for the graphic designer which reflects the complex cultural, psychological and often political issues that in turn affect, construct and contextualize our daily communications.

Writing Never Arrives Naked

Author : Penny van Toorn
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN 13 : 085575544X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Writing Never Arrives Naked written by Penny van Toorn and published by Aboriginal Studies Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Writing Never Arrives Naked, Penny van Toorn reveals the resourceful and often poignant ways that Indigenous Australians involved themselves in the colonisers' paper culture. The first Aboriginal readers were children stolen from the clans around Sydney Harbour. The first Aboriginal author was Bennelong - a stolen adult." "From the early years of colonisation, Aboriginal people used written texts to negotiate a changing world, to challenge their oppressors, protect country and kin, and occasionally for economic gain. Van Toorn argues that Aboriginal people were curious about books and papers, and in time began to integrate letters of the alphabet into their graphic traditions. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Aboriginal people played key roles in translating the Bible, and made their political views known in community and regional newspapers. They also sent numerous letters and petitions to political figures, including Queen Victoria."--BOOK JACKET.

Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible

Author : Karel van der Toorn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674032543
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible written by Karel van der Toorn and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We think of the Hebrew Bible as the Book--and yet it was produced by a largely nonliterate culture in which writing, editing, copying, interpretation, and public reading were the work of a professional elite. The scribes of ancient Israel are indeed the main figures behind the Hebrew Bible, and in this book Karel van der Toorn tells their story for the first time. His book considers the Bible in very specific historical terms, as the output of the scribal workshop of the Second Temple active in the period 500-200 BCE. Drawing comparisons with the scribal practices of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, van der Toorn clearly details the methods, the assumptions, and the material means of production that gave rise to biblical texts; then he brings his observations to bear on two important texts, Deuteronomy and Jeremiah. Traditionally seen as the copycats of antiquity, the scribes emerge here as the literate elite who held the key to the production as well as the transmission of texts. Van der Toorn's account of scribal culture opens a new perspective on the origins of the Hebrew Bible, revealing how the individual books of the Bible and the authors associated with them were products of the social and intellectual world of the scribes. By taking us inside that world, this book yields a new and arresting appreciation of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Thonik

Author : Aaron Betsky
Publisher : Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9783037785560
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Thonik written by Aaron Betsky and published by Lars Muller Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Netherlands at the forefront of design! Everybody is a designer! But why? Why do we colour, organize, and form the world around us - and why do we call that a profession? In this book, Thonik, an Amsterdam-based studio led by lauded designers Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven, researches eleven personal reasons why they design - from the need to create impact to a constant search for independence; from the benefits of systems to the urgency of play. Why We Design looks back on twenty-five years of design practice and speculates on the future of graphic design. SELLING POINTS: * Thonik's collection of works from the past 25 years * The Amsterdam-based studio discusses their past, present, and future need to design.

Pluralism and Identity

Author : Platvoet
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004378898
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Pluralism and Identity written by Platvoet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this book is ritual behaviour, in particular of groups with a distinctive religious, ethnic or other identity which use rituals to pursue strategic ends ad intra and ad extra. Five essays offer theoretical perspectives on ritual in plural and pluralist societies, on similarity and demarcation, on the negative case of the Australian Aboriginals, on Brazilian religious pluralism, and on Ghanaian churches in the Netherlands. Three essays describe the ritualization of the encounter, or confrontation, between religions in India (between Buddhists and Hindus, and between Hindus and Muslims), and in Yemen between Muslims and Jews. Four essays study the responses to internal religious plurality, in early Israel, on Java, in Indonesia, and in Spain and North Africa. One essay explores responses to external religious plurality. In the epilogue, the social nature of pluralism and identity is highlighted.

Design Graphique Au 21e Siécle

Author : Charlotte Fiell
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783822816059
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Design Graphique Au 21e Siécle written by Charlotte Fiell and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2003 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a sweeping look at today's most progressive graphic currents - from signage and packaging to branding and web design.

The Dawn of Dutch

Author : Michiel de Vaan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264503
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Dawn of Dutch written by Michiel de Vaan and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Low Countries are famous for their radically changing landscape over the last 1,000 years. Like the landscape, the linguistic situation has also undergone major changes. In Holland, an early form of Frisian was spoken until, very roughly, 1100, and in parts of North Holland it disappeared even later. The hunt for traces of Frisian or Ingvaeonic in the dialects of the western Low Countries has been going on for around 150 years, but a synthesis of the available evidence has never appeared. The main aim of this book is to fill that gap. It follows the lead of many recent studies on the nature and effects of language contact situations in the past. The topic is approached from two different angles: Dutch dialectology, in all its geographic and diachronic variation, and comparative Germanic linguistics. In the end, the minute details and the bigger picture merge into one possible account of the early and high medieval processes that determined the make-up of western Dutch.

Wim Crouwel

Author : Frederique Huygen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462261471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Wim Crouwel written by Frederique Huygen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A new, detailed monograph about Wim Crouwel, graphic designer and exhibition designer who defined the look of post war Holland with his studio Total Design. His modernism was reflected in countless posters and catalogues for the Stedelijk Museum, in stamps and experimental work like a sensational computer alphabet. In the seventies Crouwel evoked a lot of criticism but nowadays he is seen as a cult figure and an inspiration for many. The book is richly illustrated and shows us very much of his fine works. The text focuses on his career and views, gives informative backgrounds on his work, and places it in the right context"--Publisher's website.

Recollected Work

Author : Armand Mevis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Recollected Work written by Armand Mevis and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing about Dutch graphic design duo Mevis & van Deursen conforms to type. Praised for their innovative but clear presentation, they have designed everything from artist's books for Gabriel Orozco and Rineke Dijkstra to an official government stamp commemorating the marriage of Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, based on the number two, since the wedding date was 02-02-02. This book represents a range of work from the past 15 years, mostly books but also posters and smaller pieces. However, the artists have chosen not simply to present the work again but to make it new through collage and reinterpretative interplay, thus "recycling" their innovative design.