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Medientyp:
Buch;
unbewegtes Bild
Titel:
Herbert Bayer's World geo-graphic atlas and information design at midcentury
Enthält:
Introduction -- Part 1 : Lessons and legacy of the Bauhaus -- Weimar -Dessau -Berlin -- New York -Aspen -- Part 2 : Production -- A technical and logistical achievement -- The printers' maps -- Graphic illustrations -- Layout and typography -- Part 3 : Sources and methods -- Collaborations, contributions, appropriations -- Precursors in visual education -- Visualizing quantities -- Picturing processes -- Part 4 : Design and corporate identity -- "The realms of education and good taste" -- Visual identity at container corporation of America -- Modern art in advertising -- "Political inferences" -- Natural resources, conservation, and the future of visual education -- Conclusion.
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
"In the first monograph devoted to Herbert Bayer's famed 1953 World Geo-Graphic Atlas, Benjamin Benus explores the significance and enduring legacy of the former Bauhaus designer's landmark work of visual education. Drawing on extensive archival documentation, this book illuminates the historical relationships between modern art and scientific illustration in the mid-twentieth century, while assessing the Atlas's contributions to the emerging field of information design"--