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Find inspiration in a multi-media extravaganza from Kevin O’Callaghan, award-winning 3-D designer and educator. O’Callaghan has designed everything from the largest rococo frame in the world (which hangs in Times Square) to MTV’s prestigious Movie Award. Kevin will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Monumental: The Reimagined World of Kevin O’Callaghan (Abrams; October 2010), available for purchase at the event from Joseph Fox Bookshop. (215.563.4184)
Free and open to the public.
Tags: 3-D design, Book Signing, multimedia
Reese Palley will be telling stories uncovered in researching his book, Concrete: A Seven Thousand Year History. Concrete’s history, it turns out, is not dull and heavy as one might expect. The story of concrete down the ages is a tale rife with human drama. From a High Priest of the Pharaohs to Picasso, the high priest of modern art, concrete is revealed as the most ubiquitous and socially impactful of all of man’s inventions. Lecture begins at 3pm. Book signing 2-5 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Book Signing, featured, history, Lecture
Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design hosts a presentation and book signing for Professor and author David Raizman’s History of Modern Design 2e, launching this newly expanded and revised edition of his successful introduction to design history.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Book Signing, history, modern design
Please join Joseph Fox Bookshop and The Art Institute of Philadelphia with Ellen Lupton to “launch” Thinking with Type, 2nd Revised and Expanded Edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, graphic designer, and Director of the Graphic Design Master of Fine Arts program at MICA. Books will be available at the Art Institute for purchase and signing from Joseph Fox Bookshop.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: featured, graphic design