Look at This: Contemporary Brochures, Catalogues & Documents

by Adrian Shaughnessy

Printed brochures, catalogs, and multi-page documents form the bedrock of many graphic designers' daily practice. Most printed literature is todays hot communication document is tomorrow's landfill. But the best brochures, catalogs and documents have a permanence and organic completeness that has become essential in this ephemeral, and increasingly electronic, world of instant communications. This book features the best of contemporary printed literature design. It offers a critical survey of current work by leading practitioners from the U.S., Europe and the Far East. Arranged in a designer-by-designer format and accompanied by interviews, this book offers a complete and informative picture of this popular subject.

Genres: Design

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2006

Reviews

[Frankie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely an impressive spread of innovative publications. The author's introduction page 12-15 is absolutely worth the whole book. The rest devotes one or two spreads each to "brochures , catalogs, documents." "Documents" in this sense is a rather inclusive term.

The cross-section of publication represented in this work, however, seems to be limited to certain clients – art galleries, printing houses, fashion shows, art schools, etc. I'd hoped to find a more universal representation, an amalgam that showed the broad/ugly side (leisure industry) as well. I'm afraid these examples are not ones that I can apply.

Also, the cover came loose before i'd read a sig. Not the author's fault but still aggravating.