Digipop
"Ornamentation is a modus operandi for communication, for providing dimension, texture, pattern, depth, and spirit—it is a way to liven up space, to create complementary conditions, to move the eye and break up surfaces, to bring illusion or entropy, to embellish and give richness to surfaces and materials and objects." —Karim Rashid
Exploring computer graphics in the use of two- and three-dimensional decoration is the aim of this project by designer Karim Rashid. Divided into five parts by theme (SYMBOLIK, IKONIK, GRAPHIK, OPTIKAL, and INFOSTETHIK), Digipop showcases Rashid`s colorful, geometrical patterns both as simple designs and as applied to three-dimensional objects such as clothing, figures, and abstract shapes. Created over the last ten years for architectural products, objects, art shows, and gallery and museum installations, these designs, graphics, and icons are meant, says Rashid, "to suggest, inspire, consider, criticize, document, represent, symbolize and energize the worlds of the decorative, from objects to fashion, textile, and space."
About the authors:
Albrecht Bangert is a publisher and exhibition curator active in the fields of design in particular and culture in general. He curated the Karim Rashid Exhibition CHANGE for the Die Neue Sammlung museum, Design in der Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany.
Conway Lloyd Morgan is lecturer in New Media Publishing at SAMD, Newport. He has written extensively on contemporary architecture and design, with books on Marc Newson, Philippe Starck and Jean Nouvel among many others.
Karim Rashid was born in Cairo in 1960 - half Egyptian, half English - raised in Canada and practices in New York. His perspective and clients are global and while he considers himself more of a cultural provocateur, his projects range from products, interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, art and music to installations.
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Digipop
Rashid, Karim / Bangert, Dr. Albrecht / Morgan, Conway Lloyd
Flexicover, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.), 272 pages, $ 34.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-3995-9
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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"For anyone interested in 3 dimensional design this is an invaluable tool that showcases the various design methods and how they can be used to bring relevance and meaning to your work."
First Point Magazine, London, United Kingdom
First Point Magazine, London, United Kingdom
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