G1 : new dimensions in graphic design /
Neville Brody and Lewis Blackwell.
- 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Artists include: Aboud Sodano; Jayne Alexander; Charles S. Anderson; Will Bankhead and Ben Drury; Phil Bicker; Neville Brody; Andrew Byrom; Leslie Cabarga; Aziz Cami/The Partners; Giorgio Camuffo; CDT (Carroll, Demsey and Thirkell); Scott Clum; John Critchley; David Crow; Giles Dunn; Paul Elliman; Emigre (Rudy Vanderlans and Zuzana Licko); Mark Farrow; Pablo Rovaio Flores; Frogdesign; Vince Frost; Fuel (Peter Miles, Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell); Graphic Thought Facility (Andy Stevens and Paul Neale); Peter Grundy; Frank Heine; Tom HIngston; Angus Hyland; Inflate (Nick Crosbie, Michael and Mark Sodeau); Tobias Frere-Jones; Tibor Kalman; Dylan Kendle; Alan Kitching; Gary Koepke; Nick Livesey; Gento Matsumoto; Bruce Mau; John F. McGill; Me Company; Michael Nash Associates; Jennifer Morla; Norio Nakamura; Nous Travaillons Ensemble (Alex Jordan and Ronit Meirovitz); Vaughan Oliver; Peret (Pedro Torrent); Michel Quarez; Matt Roach; Shaun Roberts; Anna-Lisa Schönecker; P. Scott Makela; Carlos Segura; Simon Staines; Studio Barbara (Chris Priest and Joe Wright); Substance (Chris Ashworth, Amanda Sissons and Neil Fletcher); Ian Swift; Tycoon Graphics (Yuuichi Miyashi and Naoyuki Suzuki); Alyson Waller; Mason Wells; Sharon Werner; Why Not Associates (Andrew Altmann and David Ellis); Robert Kirk Wilkinson; Mike Williams; Cornel Windlin; Jon Wozencroft; Ian Wright.
In the beginning -- 2D -- 3D -- 4D.
G1 is a collection of contemporary graphic design that gathers innovative work from many of the world's most influential designers, and then omits their names from the pages. G1 presents some of the very best of high design and mixes it with raw vernacular graphics, the found images that inspire designers. G1 gives the reader the choice as to whether to see graphics as "authored" works or as part of the exciting continuum of communication that is art direction and design today. While identities are detached from the images, they are available on printed stickers bound into the book for the reader to attach if desired. G1 also invites and provokes readers to follow a journey in space and time. The projects included are placed in sections of two-, three- and four-dimensional design. A supporting text explains the ideas that link the pieces, while the main introduction examines the major themes that appear to excite today's most cutting-edge graphic designers. G1 includes magazine and book design, new media - both internet and CD-Rom, posters, type and typography packaging, signage and identities and more.