THE PENTAGRAM PAPERS: A Collection Of 36 Papers Containing Curious, Entertaining, Stimulating, Provocative, And Occasionally Controversial Points Of View That Have Come To The Attention Of, Or In Some Cases Are Actually Originated By, The Partners Of Pentagram Design

Celebrated global design firm Pentagram has produced a series of signature annual documents, known as Pentagram Papers, exclusively for clients and colleagues since 1975. On the occasion of the firm's 35-year anniversary, these quirky and influential Papers are collected here together for the first time. Each Paper explores a unique and curious topic of interest to the Pentagram designersMao buttons, the Savoy ballroom, rural Australian mailboxes, and the pop architecture of Wildwood, New Jersey, have all been featured subjects. Included here are not only in-depth reproductions and detailed discussion of the Papers' origins, but also an exclusive new Paper created especially for the book and set into a tray inside its back cover.

Delphine Hirasuna is the principal of Hirasuna Editorial and the editor of the acclaimed design journal @ Issue. Author of several books, she has won numerous design awards. She lives in San Francisco.