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The Art of Looking Sideways Hardcover - 2001

by FLETCHER, Alan

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Images, ideas, quotations, jokes, reflections, and scraps of useless information are distilled into a quirky entertaining feast for the eye and the mind. Loosely arranged in 72 "chapters", this book explores such subjects as perception, illusion, and creativity. 700 illustrations, 300 in color.

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Phaidon, 2001. ~No fading to boards. Hinges sound. Many illustrations. 21.6 x 25 x 6cm. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. . 1st edn. Hardback. Fine. 1066pp. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked.
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  • Title The Art of Looking Sideways
  • Author FLETCHER, Alan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st edn
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 1064
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Phaidon, London
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # EE5952
  • ISBN 9780714834498 / 0714834491
  • Weight 5.38 lbs (2.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.94 x 8.62 x 2.54 in (25.25 x 21.89 x 6.45 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Design, Commercial art
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002265411
  • Dewey Decimal Code 745

Summary

The Art of Looking Sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imagination. It is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mind. Loosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagery.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 01/01/2002, Page 92

About the author

Alan Fletcher belongs to that elite international group of designers who have transcended the conventional boundaries of their craft. He is a founder member of the design group Pentagram, with whom he has stayed for 20 years. He now works independently from his own studio in London. He is consultant Art Director to Phaidon Press.

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