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by: Veronique Vienne  List Price: $14.95 Price: $6.99 You Save: $7.96 (53%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5 EAN: 9781888001761 ISBN: 1888001763 Label: Watson-Guptill Publications Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 198 Publication Date: 2001-08 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Studio: Watson-Guptill Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Informative, provocative, touching, and entertaining, this book's essays are written with the insight of a designer, the hunger for knowledge of a scholar, and the sophistication of a seasoned social commentator. The author's range of topics runs the gamut from magazine design, resort architecture, and consumerism to typography and exhibit design, conveyed in witty and insightful text that will appeal to anyone who takes an interest in popular culture and the design of places, spaces, and products. Vronique Vienne, a former exhibit designer and magazine art director who now writes about design and cultural trends for many publications, lives in Brooklyn, New York. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - More than a coffee table bookThis book is a very readable collection of meanderings, mutterings and muses. Veronique dives into the fields of art, industrial design, graphics, branding, and architecture, and puts the world to rights with her cynical and witty viewpoint. It's thought provoking too, as she introduces the reader to a number of interesting observations from her varied professional life. For instance, she points out -with a witty "coming to America" story that the coffee table is in fact a product of ... Read More Rating:  - Something to be Desired: Essays on DesignInformative? Yes. Provocative? Yes. Witty? Yes. I found Veronique Vienne's theories compelling. I continually emitted chuckles and nodded yes at her very insightful remarks on design of all types. I was made aware of things in a new perspective that only enforce and enhance my own design applications. This is an inspiring read. 
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