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Thames & Hudson 1st 1998
square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards, small impact dent to btm of rear bd o/w VG++ 410 gms
(Order reference 14861).

I've always considered myself an outsider and I've always tried to do good by being bad.' Tibor Kalman's uncompromising 'anti-design' approach has provoked admiration and distaste in equal measure. Despite having no formal graphics training, Kalman has triumphed in a range of disciplines and media, moving on whenever the work seems to get too easy. Shattering the conventions of good taste and order, Kalman's in-your-face methods communicate through the power of humour, the vernacular and upside-down thinking.

Moving from the beginnings with Kalman's M&Co in the early 80s, the work for Talking Heads and the hip New York Restaurant Florent, to the creative directorship of Artforum and Interview, this book traces the trajectory of Kalman's design 'anti-career', often in his own words. The latter part of the book focuses on the Benetton-sponsored Colors magazine, in which Kalman, as editor-in-chief, tackled hot issues such as AIDS, poverty and racism with his characteristic blend of humour, radical commitment and provocative imagery. Using material drawn from interviews with Kalman himself, this book is a revealing portrait of the notorious 'anti-designer'.