Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design between the Wars
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Decorative Arts & Design
Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design between the Wars Details
About the Author Steven Heller is the art director of the New York Times Book Review. He is the author of over ninety books on graphic design, popular art, and satiric art. He lives in New York City.Louise Fili is principal of Louise Fili Ltd., and the recipient of numerous design awards. She lives in New York City. Read more
Reviews
This entire series of Art Deco books by Steve Heller are treasure troves of PRINTED Art Deco material, which is exactly what I have been searching for. I looked high and low in dozens of books on Art Deco for printed paper examples, and kept running into books on furniture, and architecture. It seemed like no one had ever printed a book on the more graphic design attuned things from this period and it frustrated the heck out of me. I checked out a stack of books from my local library at least a quarter tall in height as I am, and the only thing I would find is a few examples here and there, but no books devoted exclusively to the particular aspect I needed. These Heller books are incredible. Painstakingly researched and well presented examples abound in every volume. While there is some very nice text on the topic, the meat of the books is the beautifully pictured examples in page after page. Another book I would recommend if you like these is the Schiffer book: "Affordable Art Deco Graphics" by Susan Warshaw Berman. It too is a wonderful treasure trove of printed Art Deco examples.