What Colour is Your World? - Hardcover

Gill, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714848506 ISBN 13: 9780714848501

Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc., 2008

Synopsis

WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR WORLD? is a much-loved children's classic reissued for the first time in forty years. This imaginative, inspiring book encourages children to look at and think about colour in the world around them. Bob Gill presents a beautifully woven sequence of text and images. The book is notable for being a combined UK/US edition that highlights our different approaches to spelling. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR WORLD? is destined to be a classic for design lovers of all ages.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Gill (b. 1931) was a freelance designer and illustrator in New York before moving to London in 1960, where he worked with Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes in a design agency that was a precursor of Pentagram. He resumed his freelance career as an illustrator, designer, teacher, filmmaker, and author of children's books in 1967, and returned to New York in 1975. His clients have included CBS, Pirelli, Apple Corps, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Universal Pictures, Nestlé, and the United Nations, and he has written a number of books about graphic design.

Review:

"This charming book is back in print after 40 years and it remains a beautiful evocation of the freedom in being an artist."-Creative Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0714848506
• ISBN 13: 9780714848501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32