Editor: Ken Garland and Associates
Publisher: Graphis Press, London
Publication: 1982, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 78
Size: 205 x 200
Text: English
(Introduction) 'In 1962, when I left a salaried job to take on a full-time freelance practice, there were in the UK some couple of dozen designers who knew what was what. There were the familiar, well-established people: Abram Games, FHK Henrion, Hans Schleger, Tom Eckersley and Milner Gray; treading close behind them were Peter Ray, Ernest Hoch, Ian Bradbery, Jock Kinneir and Herbert Spencer (already, at 38 a much respected figure); there were the younger people of my generation, then in their late twenties or early thirties, such as Peter Wildbur, Romek Marber, Colin Forbes, Alan Fletcher, George Daulby, Ken Briggs, Derek Birdsall and Dennis Bailey, all of whom had studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts or the Royal College of Art and were then building up their own freelance practices; there were a few bright art editors, such as Mark Boxer at 'Queen' magazine, Tom Wolsey at 'Town' and Barry Trengove at 'Harpers'; there were the maverick exiles, Bob Gill and Bob Brownjohn from the US and Germano Facetti from Italy, who added enormously to the vitality of the scene; and lastly there was the Savonarola of typographic design, Anthony Froshaug, sometime (my time, actually) teacher at the Central School, more recently at the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung, currently a tutor at the RCA, who had taught quite a few of us and influenced many more. A varied bunch, but united by a great enthusiasm for our craft and a determination to play our part in raising existing design standards, which did not compare well with the US and Europe - or so we thought.'
Condition: Very Good. All titles are used and show shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing, creasing, soiling to cover. Light tanning to outer edges of interior pages.
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