Obey The Giant: Life in the Image World - Brossura

Poynor, Rick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3764385006 ISBN 13: 9783764385002

Casa editrice: Birkhauser Architecture, 2007

Riassunto

in the 21st century, commerce and culture are ever more closely entwined. This collection of essays by design critic Rick Poynor takes a searching look at visual culture to discover the reality beneath the ultra-seductive surfaces. 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. Other essays address the topics of visual journalism; brands as religion; the new solipsism; graphic memes; the pleasures of imperfect design; and the poverty of "cool". The worldwide dominance of huge corporations is invariably expressed by visual means. This book challenges this mono-culture critically. It offers inspirational evidence of alternative ways of engaging with design, and it will appeal to any reader with a questioning interest in design, advertising, cultural studies, media studies, and the visual arts.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Jointly published with August Media, London, UK

L'autore:

Rick Poynor’s books include Design Without Boundaries, No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism and Designing Pornotopia. He is a research fellow at the Royal College of Art, London, and lectures internationally on design and visual culture.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Birkhauser Architecture
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3764385006
• ISBN 13: 9783764385002
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 224