Word: graphically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...While graphic novels have educated, entertained and provoked their audience over the course of their brief history, rarely have they inspired hope. Yet, that is exactly the effect of Carol Tyler's Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics Books; 136 pages; $29). Unlike the typical "inspirational" prose book (e.g., the Chicken Soup series), which proffers advice on how to overcome life's challenges, Tyler's book goes one better. Late Bloomer leads by example. Like many women, Tyler put off her personal ambitions for the sake of child rearing. But now, after more than a decade of relative creative fallowness, she returns with...
...HOTELS The new trend in luxury lodging is the creative lifestyle hotel. Breaking from traditional cookie-cutter conformity, five-stars are inviting artists to reimagine guests' aesthetic experiences without sacrificing comfort. To achieve this harmony of form and function, Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen let loose 21 graphic designers, urban artists and illustrators in 61 of its rooms. From wacky comical styles and fantastical street art to Japanese manga and simply spaced-out fantasies, each residence is an individual work of art. Madrid's Hotel Puerta América has also gone eclectic. The boutique's 12 floors have been transformed...
...fashion trend. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Secessionist movement that came out of Vienna in the early 20th century are influencing fashion and home design. Fabric manufacturer Maharam has reissued the fabrics of Dagobert Peche, and young designers like Proenza Schouler are picking up on the colors and graphic detail of the period...
WHAT DID WRITING A NOVEL SATISFY CREATIVELY THAT DESIGNING DOES NOT? My experience in design school was intense, and I wanted to try to capture that while at the same time making a book in which you actually learn something. So the satisfaction came from hopefully turning the graphic-design process into a compelling narrative. I'm now working on my second novel, which is kind of a continuation. In school you are taught how to solve design problems; the next book is about applying that in the workplace. You've learned all these lofty ideals, but then...
...THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? I feel as if I'm in about as purely creative a graphic-design job as exists. It used to be the album cover, but now the music video has replaced it in presenting the image of the artist...