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Tibor Kalman

Perverse Optimist Edited by Peter Hall
and Michael Bierut

8 x 9.5 in; 420 pp ; 600 color
Paperback
Published in August, 2000
ISBN 1568982585
ISBN13 9781568982588
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$40.00  

Tibor Kalman -- Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist is the definitive and exuberant document of the late Tibor Kalman's work and ideas. This full-color, oversize title reveals Kalman's thoughts on magazines, advertising, sex, bookstores, food, and the design profession. Product designs, stills and storyboards from his film and video projects, and spreads from his book and magazine work are included. The impressive list of contributors includes Kurt Andersen, Paola Antonelli, David Byrne, Jay Chiat, Steven Heller, Isaac Mizrahi, Chee Pearlman, Rick Poynor, and Ingrid Sischy.

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A witty, eclectic tome of images and writings—half catalog, half manifesto. New Yorker

[Kalman's] body of work [is] breathtaking to behold all at once, which is the best thing about Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist, a handsomely produced volume that is an archive of and homage to the designer...It is a playful greatest hits compilation of his most important work. New York Times