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Summary: Who's work is being showcased?
Review: Although the text is insightful and the layout is creative, it does a poor job displaying the work of those who were talented enough to be included in the book. How dissapointing it must be to people who paid entry fees only to have small sections of their award winning work shown. This book layout was all form, no function and self indulgent on the designer's part. Plus the cover curves up.
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Summary: The coolest design book in my library...
Review: As a designer, I've come to rely on each year's annual as a benchmark for great design in America. But unlike previous years, 365 provides the insightful details that have previously been missing. For instance, was it the great illustration or the striking photograph that helped get a piece selected. 365 takes these things into consideration, rather than just showing a cover and one spread. I also like 365's index, which resembles the navigation of a website. The bottom line is this book is extraordinary.
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Summary: Eeeesh!
Review: How you'd rate this depends on whether you're rating it as an object or on it's content. What was AIGA's purpose here? I thought it was to showcase the award winning work within not just Jennifer Sterling's work. I left this book on the shelf at my local bookstore.
There are plenty of books on the market sold as objects. I don't see the purpose of disrespecting other peoples work to create an object in what is supposed to be a showcase to honour what they have done.
I like Jennifer Sterling design work but if she wants to sample other peoples work she should record a hip hop album next time. And why did AIGA approve this?
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Summary: collectible / innovative
Review: i didn't know what to expect from this year's AIGA annual but was pleasantly suprised to find that it wasn't typical. Most of these books just mirror the designer back to themselves, and are for the most part a yawn. This one is groundbreaking, and i predict that with all the hype, it will definitely become the most collectible book of AIGA'S history.
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Summary: Best AIGA Book Ever!!!
Review: I love this book. It is certainly by far the best AIGA book ever produced. I know because I have them all. Most are mundane. Though I don't like much of the work that won this year, I think the book is a terrific example of great graphic book design.
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Summary: beautiful
Review: I saw this book while visiting a friend in the U.S. It is truely beautiful. I must say I found it typically American that there has been a backlash. A very conservative reaction. I felt I must comment - it would be well received in Europe.
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Summary: And they call themselves designers?
Review: I've never had such a violent reaction to a book before. They call this a book yet it bears little resemblance to me. They show samples of great design by showing several photos all cropped differently. Not one showing the full page. Then there is the text, sometimes repeated 3 times on a page adding to the visual confusion the rest of the design creates.I couldn't get through the whole book, I returned my copy.
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Summary: An Inspiring book for your collection...
Review: If you can only buy one design coffee-table book this year, because, like me, you're feeling the pinch of a deflated economy, then buy this book. It showcases excellent design and is by far the best designed and most thought-out new design book anywhere.
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Summary: Sterling is a genius
Review: OK, OK, it's true... everything they said is true... Sterling crops the living heck out of everyone's work... but the presentation as design is beautiful... Honestly, if people are that dissapointed because of this, I think they are being petty. This book is gorgeous, and with 500 pages, you are bound to find something that inspires you... I love this book, but feel the cropping issue only deducts one star, NOT 4! That's not being generous... this book is worth it IMO. Blows away every other AIGA book without question. Who wants boring presentation anyway? Stick with Typography 24 if you want boring. This is for fans of ATTIK and TOLLESON, and of course Sterling.
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Summary: good typographic inspiration
Review: Sterling miss 2 stars for the cropping, its true that I can't see what the winners' works look like.
But the cropping itself makes the content more interesting.
Think different, .. its amazing that I enjoy reading this book more than any other AIGA publications. I don't get any inspirations from the works. I do get more how Sterling thinks..
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