Graphic Life
Celebrating Places, Telling Stories, Making Symbols
Published on 1. November 2020
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-1-86470-893-6 (ISBN)
Description
Michael
Gericke is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world
today. This much anticipated monograph covers four decades of work by
the acclaimed graphic designer and Pentagram partner. Lavishly
illustrated throughout at close to 500 pages, the book is driven by a
celebration of places, telling stories, and making images and symbols -
predominantly through Gericke's work with projects for buildings, civic
moments, exhibitions and visual identities, including for posters,
magazines, New York's AIA chapter (America's largest) and the Center for
Architecture that, through graphics and images, continues to portray
the spirit of architecture and design in New York City today. Prefaced
by the prize-winning architect Moshe Safdie, with commentary by Pulitzer
Prize-winning architectural critic and educator Paul Goldberger, this
encyclopaedic compilation is a must for all collectors and aficionados
of contemporary design, branding, and visual identity.
Gericke is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world
today. This much anticipated monograph covers four decades of work by
the acclaimed graphic designer and Pentagram partner. Lavishly
illustrated throughout at close to 500 pages, the book is driven by a
celebration of places, telling stories, and making images and symbols -
predominantly through Gericke's work with projects for buildings, civic
moments, exhibitions and visual identities, including for posters,
magazines, New York's AIA chapter (America's largest) and the Center for
Architecture that, through graphics and images, continues to portray
the spirit of architecture and design in New York City today. Prefaced
by the prize-winning architect Moshe Safdie, with commentary by Pulitzer
Prize-winning architectural critic and educator Paul Goldberger, this
encyclopaedic compilation is a must for all collectors and aficionados
of contemporary design, branding, and visual identity.
Reviews / Votes
"Having now been a partner at what's probably the most famous design agency in the world, Pentagram, for more than 35 years, it's safe to say Michael Gericke is one of the most influential designers around today." -- Emily Gosling, Creative boom;More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mulgrave, Victoria
Australia
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
248 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 60 mm
Weight
2647 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86470-893-6 (9781864708936)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Michael Gericke's design work lies at the intersection
of image making, communications, and the built environment, and
encompasses a wide-range of design areas, including visual identities,
environmental graphics, posters, e-media, exhibitions, books, and
advertising. His identity work is widely seen and includes 'One Laptop
Per Child' - an initiative with MIT that provides low-cost computers to
underprivileged children around the world, PRI (Public Radio
International); the Big Ten athletic/collegiate conference, the
'AirTrain' that connects Manhattan to Newark and JFK International
Airports; Citibank, 21st Century Fox, the 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer
games that were held in the United States; the United States' bid for
the 2022 World Cup, CBS's television coverage of the Winter Olympic
Games, and the identity, events, signage, promotions, and advertising
for Rockefeller Center and its iconic Top of the Rock Observation Deck.
Michael's cultural work includes the recently reopened Smithsonian's
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Guggenheim's new museum in Abu
Dhabi and the 100th anniversary exhibition for the New York Public
Library's iconic 42nd Street Schwartzman Building.
of image making, communications, and the built environment, and
encompasses a wide-range of design areas, including visual identities,
environmental graphics, posters, e-media, exhibitions, books, and
advertising. His identity work is widely seen and includes 'One Laptop
Per Child' - an initiative with MIT that provides low-cost computers to
underprivileged children around the world, PRI (Public Radio
International); the Big Ten athletic/collegiate conference, the
'AirTrain' that connects Manhattan to Newark and JFK International
Airports; Citibank, 21st Century Fox, the 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer
games that were held in the United States; the United States' bid for
the 2022 World Cup, CBS's television coverage of the Winter Olympic
Games, and the identity, events, signage, promotions, and advertising
for Rockefeller Center and its iconic Top of the Rock Observation Deck.
Michael's cultural work includes the recently reopened Smithsonian's
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Guggenheim's new museum in Abu
Dhabi and the 100th anniversary exhibition for the New York Public
Library's iconic 42nd Street Schwartzman Building.