Design for Impact
Author | : Eric Ericson |
Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781568983875 |
ISBN-13 | : 1568983875 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Impact is a loving, if occasionally wry, look at the safety cards that air travelers inevitably encounter and stuff away behind their in-flight magazines. It entwines graphic and aviation history, and it traces these icons of universal design from the kitschy - for Pan-Am's Flying Clipper in the 1930s - to the sanitized pictograms used on today's jumbo jets. Taken from their seatbacks and gathered together here, the cards of Design for Impact offer a humorous look at a basic - and urgent - form of visual communication."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved