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Amazon.com Review
Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways is an absolutely extraordinary and inexhaustible "guide to visual awareness," a virtually indescribable concoction of anecdotes, quotes, images, and bizarre facts that offers a wonderfully twisted vision of the chaos of modern life. Fletcher is a renowned designer and art director, and the joy of The Art of Looking Sideways lies in its beautiful design. Loosely arranged in 72 chapters with titles like "Colour," "Noise," "Chance," "Camouflage," and "Handedness," Fletcher's book, which he describes as "a journey without a destination," is "a collection of shards" that captures the sensory overload of a world that simply contains too much information. In one typical section, entitled "Civilization," the reader encounters six Polish flags designed to represent the world, a photograph of an anthropomorphic handbag, Buzz Aldrin's boot print on the moon, drawings of Stone Age pebbles, a painting of "Ireland--as seen from Wales," and a dizzying array of quotations and snippets of information, including the wise words of Marcus Aurelius, Stephen Jay, and Gandhi's comment, "Western civilization? I think it would be a good idea." Fletcher's mastery of design mixes type, space, fonts, alphabets, color, and layout combined with a "jackdaw" eye for the strange and profound to produce a stunning book that cannot be read, but only experienced. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk
From Library Journal
This vast collection of assorted visual and verbal content is loosely strung together by the common thread of whatever captures the attention of celebrated designer Fletcher best known for his founding roles in the English design firm Fletcher Forbes Gill and the internationally recognized design group Pentagram. A table of contents (with headings such as "Learning," "Noise," and "Imagination") provides a loose structure for what is an otherwise unfettered stream-of-consciousness outpouring. In the author's own words, the book is "a journey without a destination." The book is tailor-made for those with short attention spans, since any given thought or narrative rarely runs for more than a spread. A worthy companion to other large, contemporary, designer-orchestrated explorations of visual culture, such as Bruce Mau's Life Style (Phaidon, 2000) or John Maeda's Maeda @ Media (Rizzoli, 2000), this book will delight anyone who enjoys unexpected visual and verbal play, cultural and historical observations and insights, and staggering amounts of trivia and anecdotes. Best suited for larger public libraries or libraries with extensive liberal arts, fine arts, or art history sections. Phil Hamlett, Turner & Associates, San Francisco
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0 有用 Betelgeuse炸否 2021-07-24 23:18:03
买了好多年的书,也是本没有办法定义是不是read的书。
0 有用 Fistpink 2020-06-08 13:20:13
大爱
0 有用 curiou思 2011-01-29 23:08:18
有趣 火花
0 有用 chl°e 2010-03-26 14:02:29
牛B闪闪放光彩的大师作品。这么厚这么多英文,字我是看不完了。
0 有用 Ranciere 2019-11-11 05:14:50
太有意思的一本书 每一页之间都节奏韵感十足 photobook portfolio应该这样
0 有用 Betelgeuse炸否 2021-07-24 23:18:03
买了好多年的书,也是本没有办法定义是不是read的书。
0 有用 晏昼先起身 2021-04-01 04:10:05
很丰富也还挺有趣,找找灵感不错
0 有用 Fistpink 2020-06-08 13:20:13
大爱
0 有用 Ranciere 2019-11-11 05:14:50
太有意思的一本书 每一页之间都节奏韵感十足 photobook portfolio应该这样
0 有用 液氮 2019-03-26 16:05:27
charming