Graphic Agitation 2: Social and Political Graphics in the Digital Age Contributor(s): McQuiston, Liz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714841773 ISBN-13: 9780714841779 Publisher: Phaidon Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: This sequel to the title Graphic Agitation collects graphic designs on politics and protest from the last 10 years. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Popular Culture - Design | Graphic Arts - General |
Dewey: 741.609 |
Age Level: 13-22 |
Grade Level: 8-17 |
Physical Information: 1.18" H x 10.08" W x 11.66" L (3.47 lbs) 240 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 108 Library Journal 01/01/2005 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Graphic Agitation 2 explores graphic protest in the digital age, in particular over the years since the Gulf War. The book deals with a range of protest imagery from hi-tech and low-tech to no-tech and is comprehensively illustrated with images ranging from lollipop wrappers to websites. Graphic Agitation 2 is a survey of social and political graphics since the early 1990s. It illustrates and contextualises work produced in relation to key themes such as: environmental movements; the rise of corporate power; branding; wars (e.g. in the Balkans and the Gulf War); and human rights - all of which have been prominent items in the news over the last few years. The graphic design projects discussed in this book are all of 'the digital age' but they are not all digital-based. The author deals with the impact of digital innovations on traditional methods of social and political protest and also looks at how they work together. This mix of media is both appealing and informative. The medium in which the work is created is often central to the political aim - for example web-based for rapid dissemination of ideas worldwide, or simple ink and paper when the conditions (e.g. times of war) dema |
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