Design Against Design argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With con­versational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially ...

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Modernism: In Print. Dutch Graphic Design 1917-2017, geschreven door Frederike Huygen behandelt het begrip modernisme in de Nederlandse grafische vormgeving aan de hand van drie beschouwingen over de periodes 1920-1940/45, 1945-1990 en de jaren 90 tot heden. Het modernisme wordt daarin gezien als een complex fenomeen dat betrekking heeft op vele aspecten van het vak: het is een stijl en een ontwerpmethode, maar het betekent ook vernieuwing, verzet en experiment, en staat voor idealisme en een...

Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

‘Design Leadership Chronicles’ is a graphic novel that tells the stories of nine design leaders and their approach to organizational change. They all use design to rethink how their respective organizations make decisions and organize work to meet strategic business goals, such as customer-centricity. The book's objective is to reveal the human side of these leaders rather than offer a step-by-step approach. It explores how they dealt with failures, achieved success, and their learnings a...

De Nederlandse indie games studio Vlambeer werkte zich met titels als UltraBugs, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, LUFTRAUSERS en Super Crate Box snel op tot niet-te-missen producent van arcade-achtige actiegames.

Dit officiële, 178 pagina’s tellende Vlambeer design- en geschiedenisboek behandelt de snelle opkomst van de studio van Rami Ismail en Jan Willem Nijman en de kleine groep game artists, programmeurs en muzikanten die aan Vlambeer’s opvallende en succesvolle indie games bouwde...

Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 is a richly illustrated and accessible survey of the history of Japanese graphic design. Designer, educator, critic, and historian Ian Lynam traces the evolution of graphic design in Japan, from its roots in the graphic arts to the cusp of the digital era. Grounded in a series of insightful essays, Fracture offers readers a deep understanding of the profound cultural shifts Japan has experienced since re-opening to the West, exploring themes such ...

The unique position of design in the political context of postwar Belgium.

In the postwar era, design became important as a marker of modernity and progress at world fairs and international exhibitions and in the global markets. The Belgian state took a special interest in this vanguard phenomenon of 'industrial design' as a vital political and economic strategic tool in the context of the Cold War and the creation of the European community. This book describes the unique position that design...

'De creatieve industrie'. Het is een industri