Ed Fella: A Life in Images

David Cabianca

ISBN 10: 1916457371 / ISBN 13: 9781916457379

Published by Unit Editions Feb 2023, 2023

Neuware - Ed Fella: A Life in Images includes a wide selection from his 60 years of work across, effectively, his two careers. A 316pp visual essay forms the centrepiece of the book. Designed by Fella in his own inimitable style, this is a visual history of a remarkable life in images, as told by the man himself. This section contains a wide range of Fella's artworks, sketchbook pages and collages; examples from various illustration and print ad commissions; Polaroids and photographs; alongside many of his instantly-recognisable type-based flyers. The book also features an introduction by Katherine McCoy; essays by Lorraine Wild, Rick Poynor and David Cabianca - focusing on Fella's long career, his extensive sketchbook work and his flyers, respectively - and an Afterword by his daughter, Andrea Fella. Seller Inventory # 9781916457379

Synopsis:

A long overdue book examining the extraordinary life and work of artist/designer Ed Fella. Ed Fella is revered by many of the leading names in contemporary design. Now, at long last, there is a book that charts Ed’s journey from the commercial design studios of 1950s Detroit to his current position as a widely celebrated artist/designer. Ed Fella: A Life in Images makes extensive use of his vast treasure store of visual delight: it showcases flyers, posters, original sketches, drawings, Polaroids and collages, as well as items from Ed’s collection of vernacular design. Ed Fella is the designer that many designers would like to be. Not in the sense of copying him, or even doing the type of work he does. Rather, he is admired for the way he has freed himself from the restrictions that nearly all graphic designers work under. As designer and writer Lorraine Wild states: “Fella describes himself as an ‘exit-level designer’, meaning that he still produces work that emulates graphic design (in that it uses typography and other graphic means and materials) but which is created without the constraints of clients, budgets, schedules, and project definitions.” Ed himself has a clear idea about his position. He says: “I'm not an amateur or an outsider artist, I'm an outlier. But there's a lot of study, reading and thinking that went into the things [I make], but not necessarily consciously while I was doing them."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ed Fella: A Life in Images
Publisher: Unit Editions Feb 2023
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu