num_pages: 240
description: Merz to Emigré and Beyond  is an historical survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and newspapers all the way from the early twentieth century to the present day. The book features a unique selection of international publications from Europe and the USA including  Merz  (1920s),  View  (1940s),  East Village Other  (1960s),  Punk  (1970s),  Raw  (1980s) and  Emigré  (1990s). The design of these magazines, often raucous and undisciplined, was as ground breaking as the ideas they disseminated. Many were linked to controversial artistic, literary and political movements, such as Dada, Surrealism, Modernism, the New Left and Deconstruction. They contain the work of many leading experimental artists and designers of their time - from Kurt Schwitters and El Lissitzky in the 1920s and 30s, to Art Spiegelman and Rudy Vander Lans in the 1980s and 90s.
language: English
title: Merz to Emigré and Beyond: Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: Merz to Emigré and Beyond: Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century
genres: Art Design, History, Design, Art
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Phaidon Press