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A primer in visual intelligence and an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imagination is comprised of an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, trivia, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the limitless resources of the human mind.
Latest collection of playful graphics and creative wordplay from Fletcher.
Biography of Alan Fletcher, currently President at Aspen Music Festival, previously President and CEO at Aspen Music Festival and School and President and CEO at Aspen Music Festival and School.
A playful introduction to the alphabet, created by one of the most respected figures in graphic design, presents a series of brightly colored animals illustrating the letters of the alphabet.
Describing himself as a visual jackdaw, designer Alan Fletcher has spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps. This work distills this collection into a quirky and entertaining feast for the eyes and the mind.
Alan Fletcher (1931-2006) è stato uno dei massimi esponenti della grafica del XX secolo. Le sue opere vengono analizzate in questo articolo in relazione al suo percorso di vita che ha attraversato le tradizioni grafiche europee, la cultura pop americana e lo sperimentalismo del primo modernismo britannico. Sebbene i caratteri peculiari della sua opera siano legati al disegno manuale, l’analisi grafica di alcuni dei suoi disegni ne evidenzia un aspetto inedito, ovvero una particolare raffinatezza nella ricerca dell’armonia della forma attraverso l’uso della geometria e della proporzione. | Alan Fletcher (1931-2006) has been one of the most important graphic designer of the twentieth century. In this article, his works are investigated refering to his life that crossed the different European graphic traditions, the American pop-culture and the British modern experimentalism. Although the peculiarity of his works is the use of handmade drawing, the graphical analysis of some of his works reveals a new aspect, a particular elegance in the search for visual armony of forms through the of geometry and proportion.
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Rewind charts the history of design and advertising over the last forty years. Covering a wide range of creative disciplines - including graphic design, TV, press and poster advertising, packaging, product and environmental design, music videos and interactive media - a narrative essay by Jeremy Myerson and Graham Vickers sets out the historical framework and discusses the main developments in design and advertising since the sixties. Leading practitioners have also each contributed essays to the different decades, providing unique personal insights into the design and advertising of that era. Rewind features a range of high-profile designs and advertising campaigns, and presents the work of leading designers and practitioners working within the field of creative communication today.
A practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of acute symptoms and conditions, the ABC of Emergency Differential Diagnosis provides a step-by-step guide to emergency differential diagnosis for non-specialists in a hospital or primary care setting. This new title in the ABC series covers the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of the most common symptoms with 'walk through' diagnosis, clear learning outcomes, and easy to find treatment options. Using the familiar problem-based teaching approach for rapid assimilation of information, case studies in each chapter allow the reader to be sure that they have synthesised the information given and can apply it to clinical cases.