- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Design International (26 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1884081010
- ISBN-13: 978-1884081019
- Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 25.8 x 4.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,127,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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365: Great pieces but poor book design, 10 Jun 2001
By "costawest" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 365: v. 21: AIGA Year in Design (365: Aiga Year in Design) (Hardcover)
This annual is a good example of how pretentious, self important design of a book can ruin it. Otherwise (probably) terrific examples of the latest in American design are reduced to irresponsible unreadable game of the apparently self-important book designer (J. Sterling?) who thinks that her design is more important than the actual pieces selected for this prestigious contest. A complete parody of the functionality of graphic design. 4 stars for the work itself, 1 star for the interior editorial design. Sorry spectacle AIGA.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Overdesigned, 14 Jun 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 365: v. 21: AIGA Year in Design (365: Aiga Year in Design) (Hardcover)
The previous reviewer is right on the mark. The book designer intruded into the pieces that are supposed to be the highlight of the book, it took me a few page turns to realize that the grids on top of the full page images were in fact not a part of the pieces on display. What bothers me most about this book is the pretentiousness of the books editors/judges in making this the book that will forever divide the web designers from the print designers. This book is being used by the print firms to suck projects back into their court by putting a "manifesto" of sorts in the back explaining why there are no website projects profiled. They really show their colors by saying websites are poorly designed because the designers are not a big part of the process anymore. What a great way to convince clients that will be looking at this that they need go with a "print firm". They also say that the web suffers from the Jakob Nielson usability first, design last effect. I suggest that other designers (i work in print and the web) follow my lead and burn your AIGA membership cards and forget about collaboration. It seems that the judges do not like working on an even playing field with developers and site arhitects (I would like to see Michael Beirut design global flash narratives across a 6000 page intranet)... hopefully this book will have little effect on our community.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Cutting Other People Work..., 19 Aug 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 365: v. 21: AIGA Year in Design (365: Aiga Year in Design) (Hardcover)
To show your design skills is not what design is meant for when you have over a hundred other designers whose work you are trying to showcase. I really felt that the pieces that were shown in this book where destroyed by cutting them up into different sections and not showing the whole. How could you get a sense of the pieces as they are not shown in their entirety? Many of the pieces I have seen in other publications so I know this is the case. I love what they chose to be included and agree with them on their beauty, but how can you not show the whole work? Would you show four different pieces of a Ray and Charles Eames piece of furniture, part of a Frank Gehrey building or a little of one of Phillip Starck's industrial designs? No, people would be upset....and that is my point. This isn't the designer of the books work but a collection of other peoples work . If the book was a Photonica catalog (which it strongly resembles) then I would say great job! This is just another designer (whose work I love) stepping on other peoples toes...sorry.
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