Poster Graphics

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Despite the vast changes in the technology of information distribution,the good old, two-dimensional, printed-on-paper poster is still theunrivaled king of advertising. No genre of design better illustrates CharlesEames famous Design is a plan for arranging elements in sucha way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. This inspirationalcollection of 300 recent posters from around the world proves that theposter is thriving. Richly illustrated, the selection goes far beyondcommercial advertising, straight to the front lines of contemporary designpractice, considering the poster as perhaps the most experimental formof graphic work today. A must-have for design libraries, the book includeswork by young design greats as HORT (Berlin) and Atlas Studio (Zurich)plus a complete index with short bios of each designer in Japaneseand English.