Icons: Magnets of Meaning Edited by Aaron Betsky
Contributions by Steven Flusty, Chee Pearlman & David E. Nye
8vo. pp. 272. profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. hardcover (near fine). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, [1997].
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
ISBN-10: 0811818578 / ISBN-13: 9780811818575
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From blue jeans and surfboards to cosmetics and corporate logos, 12 everyday objects are recast as icons-single, physical forms that embody a complex universe of associations-and explored as benchmarks for the current state of design. Includes essays by Betsky, Chee Pearlman, and others.