{"id":6129,"date":"2008-07-16T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T14:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/?p=6129"},"modified":"2008-07-16T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T14:13:39","slug":"area_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/read\/books\/area_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Area_2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phaidon<\/a> just can&#8217;t go wrong with their curated collections; this large volume of recent contemporary graphics seems to call for some serious sit-down-and-absorb-everything kind of time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nArea_2 is the second volume in the graphics version of Phaidon&#8217;s award-winning series of curated compendiums, which includes Cream, Fresh Cream, Blink, 10&#215;10, 10x10_2, and Spoon. Covering all manifestations of printed graphics created by the world&#8217;s most visionary designers, Area_2 presents the posters, books, magazines, typography, packaging, and ephemera that has influenced visual culture over the past five years.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>    An international, up-to-the-minute overview of graphic design today<\/li>\n<li>    100 of the most creative designers to have emerged on the international scene over the past five years, chosen by 10 of the most respected figures in the field<\/li>\n<li>    More than 1500 full-color images showcasing the best of contemporary graphics, from posters to books to typefaces and beyond<\/li>\n<li>    An indispensable reference not only for students and graphic designers, but also for anyone interested in the visual trends shaping our culture <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>$90.00, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/Default.aspx\/Web\/area2-9780714848556\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Buy it here<\/a><br \/>\nor for $56.70, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0714848557?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=tsdr5678-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0714848557\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like Phaidon just can&#8217;t go wrong with their curated collections; this large volume of recent contemporary graphics seems to call for some serious sit-down-and-absorb-everything kind of time. Area_2 is the second volume in the graphics version of Phaidon&#8217;s award-winning series of curated compendiums, which includes Cream, Fresh Cream, Blink, 10&#215;10, 10x10_2, and Spoon. [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[240,254,241],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}