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On the shoulders of giants : a tribute to 13 graphic designers / writer & editor, Larissa Meikle ; co-writer, Kate McDonald ; indexer, Simon Pemberton ; design, Stephen Banham, Letterbox ; setting, Heather Walker, Letterbox ; [foreword by] Simon Pemberton
Bib ID 7089740
Format BookBook [text, two-dimensional moving image, volume, videodisc]
Author
Meikle, Larissa, author, editor
 
Printer [Waterloo, New South Wales] : Digitalpress
Description [Chippendale, New South Wales] : Graffitti Design, [2016] 
71 pages : colour illustrations, colour facsimiles, colour portraits ; 27 cm + 1 DVD (12 cm) and 1 CD (12 cm) 
ISBN 9780646909196 (hardback)
Technical Details

System requirements to watch DVD: DVD or PC with a DVD drive and a multimedia player. 

System requirements to listen to CD: CD player or PC with a DVD drive and a multimedia player. 

video file : DVD video 

audio file : CD audio 

Summary

"On The Shoulders of Giants is a tribute to thirteen designers who, over the last thirty or forty years, have helped shape the graphic design industry in Australia today."--Introduction.

Full contents
  • The interviews:
  • Ken Cato
  • Mimmo Cozzolino
  • Garry Emery
  • Trevor Platt
  • Ian Kidd
  • Myriam Kin-Yee
  • David Lancashire
  • John Nowland
  • Brian Sandgrove
 
Credits Director - David Liu, Cameraman and lighting - Simon Walsh, Sound recordist - Christopher Roland, Production assistant - Rose Cidoni, Editing, sound mix and creative direction - Max Miller, Music - GoodWolf, Typography - Stephen Banham, Photography - Paul Garbett and David Pigeon, Creative assistant - Matt Leach. 
Performer Interviews by Nell Schofield. 
Notes

"Cato, Cozzolino, Emery, Flett, Kidd, Kin-Yee, Lancashire, Nowland, Sandgrove, Spatchurst, Tucker, Turner, Williamson"--Title page.

Includes index.

DVD has video interviews with Ken Cato, Mimmo Cozzolino, Garry Emery, Trevor Platt, Ian Kidd, Myriam Kin-Yee, David Lancashire, John Nowland, Brian Sandgrove, John Spatchurst, Neil Turner, Barrie Tucker and Harry Williamson. The CD has a sound recorded interview with Les Mason.

Lyall Hotel, Melbourne, Autumn 2008.

Digital content preserved

Subjects Cato, Ken.  |  Cozzolino, Mimmo, 1949-  |  Emery, Garry.  |  Platt, Trevor.  |  Kidd, Ian.  |  Kin-Yee, Myriam.  |  Lancashire, David.  |  Nowland, John.  |  Sandgrove, Brian.  |  John Spatchurst.  |  Neil Turner.  |  Tucker, Barrie.  |  Mason, Les.  |  Graphic artists -- Australia -- Biography.  |  Graphic arts -- Australia -- History.  |  Australia -- Biography.  |  Australian
Other authors/contributors McDonald, Kate, author  |  Pemberton, Simon, writer of foreword  |  Banham, Stephen, book designer  |  Walker, Heather  |  Schofield, Nell, interviewer  |  Liu, David, director  |  Walsh, Simon, photographer, lighting designer  |  Roland, Christopher, recordist  |  Cidoni, Rose, producer  |  Miller, Maxr, director, editor of moving image work, recording engineer  |  Garbett, Paul, photographer  |  Pigeon, David, photographer  |  Leach, Matt  |  Cato, Ken, interviewee  |  Cozzolino, Mimmo, 1949- interviewee  |  Emery, Garry, interviewee  |  Platt, Trevor, interviewee  |  Kidd, Ian, interviewee  |  Kin-Yee, Myriam, interviewee  |  Lancashire, David, interviewee  |  Nowland, John, interviewee  |  Sandgrove, Brian, interviewee  |  John Spatchurst, interviewee  |  Neil Turner, interviewee  |  Tucker, Barrie, interviewee  |  Williamson, Harry, interviewee  |  Mason, Les, interviewee  |  GoodWolf (Musical group), performer
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On the shoulders of giants : a tribute to thirteen graphic designers

Copyright information © Simon Pemberton 

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