Research Catalog

Title

Abbott Miller : design and content / foreword, Rick Poynor ; essays, Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller ; conversation, Michael Bierut [and three others].

Author

Miller, J. Abbott

Publication

New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Poynor, Rick
• Lupton, Ellen
• Bierut, Michael

Description

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

• "Open Book is the first monograph on the preeminent graphic designer Abbott Miller. Recipient of numerous design honors including the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, Miller is known for his pioneering graphic work as a partner at Pentagram, where he leads a team designing books, magazines, catalogs, identities, exhibitions, and creating editorial projects. His work is often concerned with the cultural role of design and the public life of the written word. Collaborating with performers, curators, artists, photographers, writers, publishers, corporations, and institutions, he has created a unique practice that crosses back and forth between the printed page and the physical space of exhibitions. In his work as a designer, editor, and writer he has pioneered the concept of the designer as author, and he has collaborated with artists such as Matthew Barney, Yoko Ono, Geoffrey Beene, Philip Glass, Twyla Tharp, and Nam June Paik, among many others. His clients include Vitra, Knoll, Harley-Davidson, and Steuben, as well as many museums and publishers. Miller presents his work as a catalog of design strategies, emerging from the unique circumstances of form and content. In four chapters "Books," "Exhibitions," "Magazines," and "Identity"Open Book provides insight into Miller's working process and showcases all of his best designs. Miller talks freely about influences on his practice, his ideas, his experiences working with curators, artists, and clients, as well as the lessons hes learned. A foreword by Ellen Lupton situates his work in the context of contemporary design. Open Book, beautifully produced and illustrated with more than four hundred images, is a must-have for anyone interested in design and the visual arts"--
• "Abbott Miller: Design and Content is the first monograph of the works of Abbott Miller--graphic designer, writer, editor, and the youngest partner to join Pentagram. This comprehensive survey of Miller's career acts as a catalogue of design strategies emerging from the unique circumstances of form and content, which he develops in symbiosis. To this end, his theoretical writings and design projects are presented in Abbott Miller: Design and Content as parallel arguments for his ideologies, representing various platforms of production, primarily through publications, and exhibitions. Working with performers, curators, artists, photographers, writers, publishers, corporations, and institutions, Miller has created a unique practice that traverses between the printed page and the physical space of exhibitions. He has focused on the relationship of culture and public forums in design and writing, and has subsequently pioneered the notion of designer as author"--

Alternative Title

Design and content

Subject

• Miller, J. Abbott > Themes, motives
• Miller, J. Abbott
• Themes, motives

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269).

Contents

Foreword / Rick Poynor -- Design and content / Abbott Miller -- The archaeology of college / Ellen Lupton -- Design is a mode of inquiry -- The only way to do it is to do it -- Design is a measure of energy -- A white cube is a black box -- Patterns create patterns from patterns -- A book is a movie you hold in your hands -- An exhibition is a room with a plot -- The story is the engine -- Identity links pixels and bricks -- The idea is the machine -- From object to observer -- Through thick and thin: fashion and type -- The elephant in the room / Michael Bierut, Abbott Miller, Eddie Opara, and Paula Scher.

Call Number

JQF 14-1158

ISBN

• 9781568987262 (hc.)
• 1568987269 (hc.)

LCCN

2013010636

OCLC

154689131

Author

Miller, J. Abbott, artist.

Title

Abbott Miller : design and content / foreword, Rick Poynor ; essays, Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller ; conversation, Michael Bierut [and three others].

Publisher

New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269).

Added Author

Poynor, Rick, writer of foreword.

Lupton, Ellen, writer of supplementary textual content.

Bierut, Michael, associated name.

Research Call Number

JQF 14-1158