RYPSON Piotr - NOT GĘSI. Polish graphic design 1914-1949 [hardcover].

Author: RYPSON Piotr

Title: Not Geese. Polish graphic design.

• Place of publication: Warsaw
• Year of publication: 2011
• Publisher: Karakter Publishing House
• Number of pages: 404, [4].
• Illustrations, maps: numerous illustrations in the text
• Size: 28 cm
• Binding: hardback
• Condition: good+
• ISBN: 9788362376094

Description:

In the contents, among others:

• Three directions to start
• Ornamental familiarity
• Formism, expressionism, futurism (Hulewicz, Lille Ludwik, Czyzewski, Wat, Stern Anatol,Jerzy Jankowski)
• Line crossover and Block of squares ( Żarnowerówna, Peiper, Jasieński Bruno, Przyboś, Strzemiński Władysław, Mieczysław Szczuka, Stażewski, Berlevi)
• Modern cocktail ( Karol Hiller, Gronowski Tadeusz, Podsadecki, Edmund John, Stefan Norblin, Bolesław Surałło, Artur Horowicz, Józef Horyd)
• The first cheap series ( Grosz Library,Polish House Library, Novelty Library )
• Projections and fantasy clichés ( film folders, advertising leaflets,
• Pic on water. Photomontage ( Zygfryd Kaminski, Szczuka, Jan Polinski, Zbigniew Jurkowski, Zbigniew Czech, Mieczyslaw Berman
• Trading ( letterheads, bills, stationery
• Logos in the twentieth century
• Toward functionalism ( Dźwignia, Literary Monthly, Praesens, Grupa a.r., Brzękowski, Przyboś,
• We are building a house ( magazines: Dom, osiedle, mieszkanie, Architektura i budownictwo, Wnętrze
• Advertising ( Levitt and Him, Zbigniew Jaworski, Berman)

Not Geese is a meticulously recreated universe of designs: covers, posters, flyers, packaging (what were pre-war condoms wrapped in?), magazines, stamps; it's also an overview of all areas of social, economic and cultural life: from the work of leftist propagandists through advertisements for various industries ("Sugar solidifies"!) to surprising curiosities, like the photomontage on the cover of a volume of poetry by Polish fascists. Piotr Rypson's book is at once a clear guide to the main currents of design art and a document of the emerging modernity: the experiments of the Futurists, the achievements of functionalism and constructivism.

This book once and for all dispels the myth of the lack of a Polish graphic design tradition and proves that it is by no means limited to posters. Contemporary designers will find here inspiration and proof that surprising design solutions are born not only in the 21st century, critics and art historians will receive an exhaustive and competent source of knowledge, foreign audiences will discover previously unknown and somewhat exotic art.somewhat exotic oeuvre, while all readers - written in a brisk language absorbing story about the forgotten, yet colorful and diverse everyday life of Poland over the turbulent thirty years.

It also includes an index and bibliography.