Vectorism
Subtitle: vector graphics today
By: [edited and produced by Viction:workshop]
Publisher: Viction:workshop
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9789881943804
Subjects: Computer graphics; Art; Graphic arts; Catalogs; Computer art; History
Other titles: Vector graphics today
Description: It is difficult to argue that we as a society are obsessed with technology. Many of our relationships, whether with art, literature or each other are now maintained primarily through one digital interface or another. Tantalizing new platforms are continuously appearing in the marketplace - offering more features than their predecessors. The usual outcome is the forced obsolescence of these previous systems. And yet in art and design, there has been a shift in recent years towards the fruits of more lo-fi processes, a distinct need for a personal component and the expressiveness that normally only a human hand can evoke. Vector graphics have weathered this current backlash taking pride of place alongside the fruits of more handmade techniques. The sources of inspiration often remain the same, whether a nod to popular culture or an homage to nostalgia. The execution is precise and original, with a unique capacity for pattern and color and a great versatility of scale. Vectorism examines the state of contemporary vector graphics and its continuing relevance in the design world. -- Publusher Description.
Notes: Includes index.

"Emerging to give a vision of alternative reality, vector graphics are imaginative descriptions central to our communication today. Their capacity to stimulate is vast, traversing disciplines of fashion, architecture and graphica art. Unfolded over the pages is a delightful parade of the world's latest vector works by 50 multi-idented artists from different creative fields. A tribute to their devotion that gives birth to the diversity of excellence in illustration style in this ever-burgeoning field of visual art"--Cover.