Area_2
Published on 2. March 2008
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-7148-4855-6 (ISBN)
Description
Area_2 is the second volume in the graphics version of Phaidon's award-winning series of curated compendiums, which includes Cream, Fresh Cream, Blink, 10x10, 10x10_2, and Spoon. Covering all manifestations of printed graphics created by the world's most visionary designers, Area_2 presents the posters, books, magazines, typography, packaging, and ephemera that has influenced visual culture over the past five years.
Reviews / Votes
"As simple and effective as the original... Area_2 also widens its catch beyond just print media [...] providing a pretty thorough overview of the graphic design scene today."-Creative Review"A substantial book, impressive in its scope and ambition... Area_2 is undoubtedly a cut above - a model in how to curate, organise and present graphic design in book form."-Design Week
"A sumptuous feast of graphic abundance... A hefty compendium of new and compelling graphic design... If you want to know what's hip, smart and fresh in international graphic design, here's a surefooted guide... A fizzing cocktail of work from Asia, Europe Japan and USA, but also from Brazil, Cuba, Korea, Iran, Israel, Mexico and Nigeria."-Icon
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Persons
Ruedi Baur is a graphic designer, educator, and the principal of Integral Ruedi Baur et Associes, located in Paris. Irma Boom is an award-winning book designer and educator, based in Amsterdam. James Goggin is founder and principal of the London-based design studio Practise. Julia Hasting is an award-winning book designer and the art director of Phaidon Press, New York. Ellen Lupton is a renowned design writer, educator, and curator, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Saki Mafundikwa is a designer, educator, and the founder of ZIVA, Zimbabwe's first graphic design and new media college. Jan Middendorp is a Dutch design writer and designer working in Berlin. Dan Nadel is the art director and publisher of the award-winning visual culture studio PictureBox Inc., located in Brooklyn, New York. Brett Phillips is principal of 3 Deep Design, located in Melbourne, Australia. Keiichi Tanaami is a renowned graphic designer and creative artist based in Tokyo.
Content
-Preface-Contributor Biographies-100 Graphic Designers, including:Abake, LondonAntoine+Manuel, ParisTarek Atrissi, The HagueMarian Bantjes, VancouverBarbara Says, LisbonBig Active, LondonPeter Bilak, The HagueJulia Born, AmsterdamPascal Brun, ZurichLaurenz Brunner, Zurich/LondonThomas BuxN, AmsterdamCatalogtree, ArnhemTheseus Chan, SingaporeChange Is Good, ParisAlicia Cheng, BrooklynDeanne Cheuk, New YorkMichael Cheung, Hong KongCristina Chiappini, Treviso, ItalyBrian Chippendale, Providence, Rhode IslandPeter Cho, Los AngelesPaul Cox, ParisSara De Bondt, LondonDesign by Build, LondonDexter Sinister, New YorkBob van Dijk, The HagueMarkus Dressen, LeipzigArem Duplessis, New YorkElectrosmog, ZurichStephen Farrell, ChicagoFLAG, ZurichFlamingo Studio, TokyoFriends With You, MiamiMartin Frostner, StockholmMieke Gerritzen, AmsterdamJoanna Gorska & Jerzy Skakun, WarsawArjen Groot, AmsterdamMichelle Gubser, ParisHansje van Halem, AmsterdamGeorge Hardie, Brighton, EnglandJonathan Hares, London/LausanneKazunari Hattori, TokyoWill Holder, LondonMario Hugo, New YorkKeiko Itakura, TokyoKeiji Ito, TokyoJames Jarvis, LondonK'rner Union, LausanneLaboratoires CCCP = Dr. Peche + Melle Rose, Orleans, FranceJUrg Lehni, ZurichLehni-TrUb, ZurichGhariokwu Lemi, Lagos, NigeriaHarmine Louw , AmsterdamLUST, The HagueMade Thought, LondonEduardo MarOn, CubaLuna Maurer, AmsterdamThomas Mayfried, MunichGabriel Martinez Meave, Mexico CityLaura Meseguer, BarcelonaEtienne Mineur , Malakoff, FranceManabu Mizuno, TokyoIsabel Naegele , Darmstadt, GermanyNamaiki, TokyoRichard Niessen, AmsterdamNon-Format, LondonNorth, LondonHenrik Nygren, StockholmOmnivore, New York178 Aardige Ontwerpers, AmsterdamEddie Opara, New YorkPaper Rad, Providence, Rhode IslandPost Typography, Baltimore, MarylandProject Projects, New YorkIman Raad, TehranManueal Raeder, BerlinAndy Rementer, New JerseyClaudio Rocha, Sao PauloMichal Sahar, Tel AvivMartijn Sandberg, Amsterdam75B, RotterdamClaudia Siegel , LeipzigJennifer Sonderby, San FranciscoAstrid Stavro, BarcelonaFrauke Stegmann, JohannesburgStiletto, New York/MilanStrange Attractors, The HagueStudio Pip and Co., Victoria, AustraliaStudio 't Brandt Weer , The HagueHiro Sugiyama, TokyoSulki + Min, SeoulFumio Tachibana, TokyoAndrea Tinnes, BerlinToko, SydneyAndreas Uebele , Stuttgart, GermanyNaohiro Ukawa, TokyoUnited Visual Artists, LondonMarkus Weissbeck, FrankfurtWork in Progress, ParisEYE Yamataka, TokyoYokoland, Oslo-10 Design Classics, as selected by curators, including:Ruedi Baur, TKIrma Boom, TKJames Goggin, TKJulia Hasting, TKEllen Lupton, TKSaki Mafundikwa, OWestvaco InspirationsO by Bradbury ThompsonJan Middendorp, TK by RodchenkoDan Nadel, OIs It InO by Peter PalombiBrett Phillips, TKKeiichi Tanaami, TK-Graphic Designer Biographies-Index