tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post7836144505958392704..comments2024-03-11T02:59:30.839-05:00Comments on The Book Design Review: Cultural AmnesiaJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-57263221888270167102007-03-21T21:14:00.000-05:002007-03-21T21:14:00.000-05:00oops, didn't post the url properlly:http://www.mat...oops, didn't post the url properlly:<BR/><BR/>http://www.materiamagazine.com<BR/>/matimages/gallery/0944942943.jpgjasfitz // the daily frolichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839113584480048121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-24728103686703247322007-03-21T21:12:00.000-05:002007-03-21T21:12:00.000-05:00I don't understand the obvious reference to Peter ...I don't understand the obvious reference to Peter Behrens, German creator of, well... the first real formalized corporate identity (AEG). He used quite precisely the illuminated lightbulb mathematical imagery to brand them. This is a very clear ripoff of that, and I can't make sense of it. Here's the specific poster they ripped (badly, I might add!) from:<BR/>http://www.materiamagazine.com/matimages/gallery/0944942943.jpgjasfitz // the daily frolichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839113584480048121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-5828737211145624722007-03-21T12:39:00.000-05:002007-03-21T12:39:00.000-05:00This is really a deeply unfortunate cover: everyti...This is really a deeply unfortunate cover: everytime I see it in my bookstore, I think it's a cheap reprint of a sci-fi cover from the 60's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-57005283566883386582007-03-21T09:21:00.000-05:002007-03-21T09:21:00.000-05:00i agree w/your point. the art deco style makes it ...i agree w/your point. the art deco style makes it confusing; you immediately think it's about just one era.<BR/><BR/>still, it's a very pretty cover!Joanna Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-74496760475680764962007-03-20T14:44:00.000-05:002007-03-20T14:44:00.000-05:00Perhaps because Art Deco has it's roots in both fa...Perhaps because Art Deco has it's roots in both fascination with primitive cultures and the Industrial Revolution.<BR/><BR/>It employs both organic and geometric shapes.<BR/><BR/>That is my interpretation of Art Deco, anyhow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-8926115449501948522007-03-20T11:02:00.000-05:002007-03-20T11:02:00.000-05:00Nice question. I think the Art Deco line illustrat...Nice question. <BR/>I think the Art Deco line illustration could be used, but not that type. <BR/>The opposite problem happens on "By It's Cover." The cover shows abstract representations of famous book jackets but it ends up getting lost in the different styles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com