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First and foremost, we acknowledge with heartfelt thanks the luminous

designers who made this publication possible. We are grateful not only

for their generosity in sharing their extraordinary work and inspirational

ideas, but even more thankful to them for creating the work in the

fi rst place.

Thank you to Kristin Ellison, Rockport’s acquisitions editor, who invited

us to do this project; and to Penny Stratton, copy editor; Rochelle

Bourgault, project manager; and Regina Grenier, design project manager.

We are also indebted to our colleagues at the Rhode Island School of

Design who have been our mentors and friends; and are very appreciative

of a Faculty Professional Development Grant that supported our travel to

Berlin to interview many of the designers.

A special thank you to our neighbors John and Tina Malouf, for forcing

us to leave the studio every so often, and also to our friends Alison Angel

and Donald Russell for encouragement, editing, and entertainment

along the way.

Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell

Principals in Skolos-Wedell, an interdisciplinary design and

photography studio

Husband and wife, the two work to diminish the boundaries between

graphic design and photography—creating collaged three-dimensional

images infl uenced by modern painting, technology, and architecture.

With a home/studio halfway between Boston and Providence, they

balance their commitments to professional practice and teaching at the

Rhode Island School of Design.

The studio’s work has received numerous awards and has been widely

published and exhibited. Skolos-Wedell’s posters are included in the

graphic design collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the

Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Israel

Museum (Jerusalem), the Museum für Gestaltung (Zurich), and the

Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Skolos is an elected member of the

Alliance Graphique Internationale.

www.skolos-wedell.com

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

BOOK AND COVER DESIGN

Nancy Skolos, Thomas Wedell

Skolos-Wedell

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE

Asya Palatova, Leanna Harada

TYPEFACE DESIGN

Cyrus Highsmith

TYPEFACES

Prensa and Relay

The Font Bureau, Inc.

CERAMIC DISPLAY LETTERS

Frank J. Mitten Company

(The letters were found at a

yard sale in Erie,

Pennsylvania

by Kenneth R. Krayer Jr.)

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©

2006, 2011 by Rockport Publishers, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced

in any form without written permission of the copyright

owners. All images in this book have been reproduced with

the knowledge and prior consent of the artists concerned,

and no responsibility is accepted by producer, publisher,

or printer for any infringement of copyright or otherwise,

arising from the contents of this publication. Every effort

has been made to ensure that credits accurately comply

with information supplied.

First published in the United States of America by

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Quayside Publishing Group

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Skolos, Nancy.

Type, image, message : a graphic design layout workshop/

Nancy Skolos, Thomas Wedell.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-59253-189-X (hardcover)

1. Commercial art—History—21st century. 2. Graphic

arts—History—21st century. 3. Communication in design.

4. Graphic design (Typography) I. Wedell, Thomas. II.

Title.

NC998.4S56 2006

741.609’0511—dc22 2005032021

CIP

ISBN 1-59253-189-X

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