Tibor Kalman Perverse Optimist, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Printing of stated 1st Edition. Text & images are clean & unmarked with no rips or creases. Former owner's bookplate on front fly leaf. Binding tight. Pictorial boards are clean & bright with moderate spine bumping. Quick, secure shipping with free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. International shipping may be extra due to weight.

Illustrierter Einband. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Autor:Peter Hall, Michael Bierut - Titel:Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist; Einband:Illustrierter Einband,Zustand:Sehr Gut, , Verlag:Booth-Clibborn Editions, Erscheinungsjahr:1998, Erscheinungsort:USA. Sehr gut erhalten, auch der Schutzumschlag, keine Beschriftungen gefunden. Schöner Zustand. Hochwertige Monografie über den legendären Designer Tibor Kalman. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Beiträgen von namhaften Autoren zeigt das Buch seine provokanten, gesellschaftskritischen Arbeiten. Gestaltet von Michael Bierut. Ein Klassiker der Designliteratur - vergriffen und international gesucht, daher entsprechend hochpreisig. Englisch. ; Gewicht:1537 g.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 8.25 X 1.5 X 9.75 inches; 420 pages; color and B&W illustrations throughout the book. Light foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. CREDITS: Credits are a thorny issue in the bushes of design. Stephen Doyle has already advised us that everything shown on the preceding pages was his idea, and that everything yet to be designed by Kalman and M&Co is his idea also. The more astute readers will perceive that Doyle's braggadocio is in fact drawing attention to the prickly subject of ownership. It is rare that a project is completed by one person alone, and there is no doubt that Kalman could not have produced the work in this book without dozens of others, and likewise, the work would not have occurred without him. The collaborate nature of design is such that many walk around with the work of others in their portfolios. Having acknowledged this, the only thing left to say is that the following credits were assembled by Kalman and the book's editorial team with the help of an M&Co and the Colors masthead.Dissenters are encouraged to publish alternative lits.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. Inscribed by Kalman to Marc Treib, professor of architecture, in January of 1999.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback edition. 4to. Pp. 420. Profusely illustrated in color. Near Fine, with the slightest curl to front cover. Contributors includes Kurt Andersen, Paola Antonelli, David Byrne, Jay Chiat, Steven Heller, Isaac Mizrahi, Chee Pearlman, Rick Poynor, and Ingrid Sischy. Please note: The blue spot seen on the spine in the first photo is glare, due to the photographer's (mine!) lack of skill, and is not a blemish on the book. Monograph on this legendary designer who was the creative director of the in-house design department at Barnes and Noble.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1998). 4to. 1st edition. Good, clean textblock. Uneven discoloration along joints and edges of rubbed and faintly scratched/marked boards with slight bumping, wear, and creasing to forecorners and joint ends. VG. INSCRIBED.

First Edition. Quarto. A stylish monograph reflecting on the career of Tibor Kalman and his design firm M&Co., published shortly before his untimely death; this copy SIGNED by Kalman to title page ("Cheers / Tibor / 99/2"). Opening with a dynamic manifesto from Kalmanarticulating his "perverse optimism" for a post-affluent societyand featuring dozens of illustrated campaign studies, including an issue-by-issue commentary on Colors Magazine. Poignantly concluding with a series of graphic vignettes from Kalman's wife Maira ("Some things you don't know about Tibor"). Other contributors include David Byrne, Jay Chiat, Jenny Holzer, Isaac Mizrahi, and Oliviero Tosani. Near fine in illustrated boards.