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I Heart Design
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I Heart Design

by Steven Heller
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
5h 11m
English
Rockport Publishers
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no. 9

SELECTED BYSEYMOUR CHWASTCRAVEN “A” CIGARETTES POSTERDESIGNED BYACHILLE MAUZAN

Achille Mauzan (1883–1952) worked in Milan, Paris, and Buenos Aires. His fame as a poster designer never achieved the level of Cassandre or Hollwein, which may be due to the humor in his vast body of work. I relate to that humor but also to his ideas, use of color, and sense of scale. This image employed repetition and the abstract elements of a contemporary painting. Added to his design sense is his impeccable drawing skill: confident, forceful, and animated. There is nothing arty in his posters with the in-your-face, sans-serif typography. His work fits the art deco criteria, but it also includes the spirit of surrealism, futurism, and Dada. Unlike painting, ...

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ISBN: 9781592536825