| Structure of the visual book |  | Author: Keith A Smith
Publisher: Visual Studies Workshop Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1945060
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 113
ISBN: 089822036X
EAN: 9780898220360
ASIN: 089822036X
Publication Date: 1984
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 Great service! October 24, 2008
This book arrived in great shape (better than expected)and fast! I was so glad to find this book and so happy that I now own it. Thank you for the excellent service.
Not what I expected but... March 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was pleasantly surprised. I expected a book full of bookmaking methods from a review I saw on another site but as another reviewer here points out, it strives to make the reader think first, and then, after understanding what they are trying to achieve, THEN make books. Inspirational.
happy February 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
great book for those serious about artist bookmaking and have some prior knowledge of how things are put together.
Keith Smith is a classic for book artists August 31, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I recommended this book to another artist interested in working with the book form and when I came to amazon.com to send a direct link I couldn't believe there is only one review for this book. This is a classic in thinking conceptually about the structure and sequencing of a book, as well as thinking conceptually about what a "book" is as an artifact and an artform.
Although the text is a little intuitive for linear readers at times, anyone who wants to explore the book as an artform must take a look at Keith Smith's work.
Ahead of the curve April 13, 2000
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
This volume, rather than just providing dry (or gluey) how-to instructions on how to MAKE a book, offers readers new ways to THINK about what a book IS, how to make a book expressive beyond the reader's expectations. Smith is clearly a deep thinker, but not without a sense of humor. He is able to rip apart the structure of the book by examining our preconceptions, and he is then able to assemble a new vision of what the word BOOK means, and he is THEN able to draw on his impressive skills to actually assemble the book that serves up that vision, or to show practitioners how that can be done.Frankly, I was blown away, first by his ideas and then when I read the copyright date. I can only imagine where he's been going since the '70s! As a letterpress printer, as a photographer and user of alternative processes and media, I strongly recommend this piece to people who need a little shaking up, or who simply want to be amused and entertained.
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