The Workes of William Shakespeare
A Flickbook By Abram Games
$22.83
- Paperback
104 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2018
Summary
In 1975 Abram Games, one of Britain’s greatest graphic designers, was commissioned to make a fund-raising poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His brilliant solution was to become iconic: the face of Shakespeare built up from the titles of all the plays as they appear in the First Folio. The poster has been seen all over the world; but Abram Games intended much more. After his death, his daughter Naomi discovered a mock up he had made of a flick book. As the reader flicked the pages, Ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781843681373 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1843681374 |
| Author: | Abram Games |
| Publisher: | Pallas Athene Publishers |
| Imprint: | Pallas Athene Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 104 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 157g |
| Dimensions: | 105mm x 148mm |
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About The Author
Abram Games
A first-generation Londoner born in 1914, Abram Games designed some of the most iconic and recognisable images of the 20th century. His work was known for its efficiency, directness and humour, and included public information posters, advertisements, book jackets and stamps. From 1942 he was the official war artist for posters, and later he worked for London Transport, BEA and BOAC, the Financial Times and Guinness amongst many others. Most famously, he designed the logo for the Festival of Britain in 1951. His motto was ‘maximum meaning, minimum means’. Games was awarded the OBE for services to graphic design and appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), by the Royal Society of Art. He died in 1996.
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