The electric information age book : McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the experimental paperback / Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Adam Michaels.

Main entry:

Schnapp, Jeffrey T. (Jeffrey Thompson), 1954- author

Title & Author:

The electric information age book : McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the experimental paperback / Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Adam Michaels.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Series:

Inventory books ; 03

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : The cinematic art of paperback books / Steven Heller -- An inventory of inventories / Jeffrey T. Schnapp -- Case studies : photo -- essayism ; album -- art ; magazine -- book ; agit -- pop ; shelf -- help -- Afterword : As if -- design and its producers / Andrew Blauvelt.

Summary:

This book explores a time span in mass-market publishing in the sixties and seventies when formerly backstage players--designers, graphic artists, editors, "coordinators," and "producers"--Stepped into the spotlight to create a set of exceptional paperback books. Aimed squarely at the young media-savvy consumers of the "Electronic Information Age," these small, inexpensive paperbacks brought the ideas of contemporary thinkers to the masses and established a distinctive new graphics-rich, montage-based genre of bookmaking that still resonates loudly today.

ISBN:

9781616890346 (alk. paper)
1616890347 (alk. paper)

Subject:

McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980.
Agel, Jerome.
Fiore, Quentin.
Book design History 20th century.
Book design Case studies.
Graphic design (Typography) History 20th century.
Paperbacks Publishing History 20th century.
Livres Conception graphique Histoire 20e siècle.
Livres Conception graphique Études de cas.
Arts graphiques Histoire 20e siècle.
Technology.
Book design
Graphic design (Typography)
Paperbacks Publishing
Bokkonst Förenta staterna 1900-talet.

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Michaels, Adam, 1978-
Inventory books (Princeton Architectural Press) ; 03.

McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the experimental paperback

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 276856
Call No.: BIB 211361
Status: Available

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