Ladislav Sutnar : Visual Design in Action, 2015 [Lars Müller Reprint; Caduff and Heller]

Ladislav Sutnar : Visual Design in Action Reprint edited by Reto Caduff and Steven Heller, 2015. Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich, Switzerland. 8.5 x 12.25, pp. 188, hardcover with dust jacket. Heavily illustrated with (378) images with a pp. 32 softcover with commentary by the editors, and a complete biography of Ladislav Sutnar. Both volumes in a transparent slipcase.

From Lars Müller Publishers: Originally published in 1961, Ladislav Sutnar’s Visual Design in Action is one of the most groundbreaking books on modern graphic design. This reprint illustrates the power of design and features astonishingly contemporary graphics, advertisements and corporate identities for renowned brands.

Sutnar’s brilliant structural systems for clarifying otherwise dense industrial data placed him in the pantheon of modernist pioneers and made him one of the visionaries of what is today called information design. Visual Design in Action is a snapshot of Sutnar’s American period (1939–1976). The publication is a testament to the historical relevance of modernism and the philosophical resonance of Sutnar’s focus on the functional beauty of total clarity.

As new; a fine hardcover with only the slightest hint of wear to the exterior transparent slipcase. Highly recommended!