- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (Mar 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 081183218X
- ISBN-13: 978-0811832182
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 12.5 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 445 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,225,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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They lie beyond the colour spectrum, but are so fundamental that you wouldn't be reading this without them. They are black and white, hues so basic they symbolise good and evil, negative and positive, life and death. From dice, and squad cars to zebra crossings, nuns, dominoes, and the ace of spades, Black & White is a wry graphic tour of the objects, animals, costumes, games, and other things that are reduced to their tonal quintessence. Small and chunky, this book works as a pop-culture gift book, a design meditation, and a graphic essay all in one.
About the Author
Steven Guarniccia is an illustrator and designer whose work has appeared in books and magazines, on greeting cards for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and on clothing for Swatch. He has most recently been designing rugs, ties and jewellery. His drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, Esquire, and Abitare in Milan. He has illustrated two collections of palindromes. He has had two one-person shows at the Illustration Gallery, has received silver medals from the New York Art Directors Club and the Society of Newspaper designers, and teaches a class called The Satiric Image at the School of Visual Arts. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his family. Susan Hochbaum is a graphic designer who works in the field of corporate communications, and book and packaging design. She is the designer of A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave and Hi-fis and Hi-balls. Susan lives in New Jersey with her co-author, Steven Guarnaccia, and their son.
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Snake eyes. The two black eyespots each floating in a milky square of ivory or Bakelite, staring balefully up at the crapshooter. Read the first page
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Snake eyes. The two black eyespots each floating in a milky square of ivory or Bakelite, staring balefully up at the crapshooter. Read the first page
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The coolest book on Black + White yet,
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The reader is the beneficiary of this smart, deep collection of obsessive compulsive creators. I loved the witty writing and the deep well of art and commentary. I've given this book out as a gift to my clients as a way of opening their eyes and really seeing true design integrity. After looking at the world in black and white, color somehow seems like a cheap gimmick.
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The coolest book on Black + White yet,
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This review is from: Black & White (Mass Market Paperback)
The reader is the beneficiary of this smart, deep collection of obsessive compulsive creators. I loved the witty writing and the deep well of art and commentary. I've given this book out as a gift to my clients as a way of opening their eyes and really seeing true design integrity. After looking at the world in black and white, color somehow seems like a cheap gimmick.
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