Thursday, July 9, 2009

Artists In Print... Naive

I came across the book Naive, published by Die Gestalten Verlang, in Anthropologie... I was so excited to see the art of contemporary graphic designers. There's some really cool designs in this book.. as you can tell by the number of photos I snapped. Tad Carpenter is one of the illustrators featured in the book, as seen in Beck MGMT and the mustache cyclopes art at the end of this post (thanks to his society6.com page).


"Naïve documents the extraordinary renaissance of Classic Modernism, from the 1940s to 1960s, in contemporary graphic design. This compilation introduces a new wave of young designers who are rediscovering the stylistic elements reminiscent of classic graphic design such as silkscreen printing, classical typography, hand lettering, woodcutting and folk art and integrating them into their work. Inspired by 20th Century American legends such as Saul Bass, Charley Harper and Alexander Girard, the burgeoning designers and their work showcased this in this book are inspiring, ranging from illustrations, poster art, editorials, book covers and record sleeves to stationary and textiles"

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