Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action - Facsimile Edition

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Facsimile reprint of an iconic 1961 book by modernist graphic designer and pioneer of information design Ladislav Sutnar
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Funded: $146,313 of $79,000
Dates: Apr 28th -> Jun 3rd (37 days)
Project By: Designers & Books
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Latest News

Sutnar's Out of Print Prague Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue Offered at New Reward Level

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We're taking a moment to say how honored and gratified we've been by the enthusiastic support we've received for this project to date. And we wanted to let you know that we now are able to offer, at a new reward level of $300, a copy of the out of... (Read More)

Special Gallery Talk on Ladislav Sutnar and Reception at Swann Galleries in Manhattan, July 30

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
We're very pleased to offer the following new reward. Pledge $150 and receive an invitation for two to a special reception and gallery talk by Nicholas D. Lowry, President of Swann Galleries and Director of the auction house's Vintage Posters... (Read More)

"Two-Book Special"

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Now you can receive two copies of “Visual Design in Action”—whether you’d like an additional copy for yourself or one to keep and one to give away. Pledge $121 for two copies of the facsimile edition of “Visual Design in Action” and the... (Read More)

"Student Special"

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
May is the end of the academic year at design schools. In celebration of all the design students graduating this month or finishing their semester studies, and as a way to introduce the legacy of Ladislav Sutnar to the generation of designers being... (Read More)

1,000!

May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We just reached 1,000 backers! What a great thing to happen on Day 9. A thousand thanks to our 1,000 backers!  (Read More)

The Master Designer Who Gave the Area Code Its Parentheses

May 6th - via: wired.com
A Kickstarter project hopes to rescue an infographic guru from obscurity. (Read More)

Designers & Books Bringing Back "Perfect Reprint" of Iconic Graphic Design Book

May 4th - via: core77.com
The folks over at Designers & Books got their hands on a rare, largely unsung design classic: Ladislav Sutnar's Visual Design in Action, "one of the most beautiful and thought-provoking books on modern communications and graphic design." There's only one problem, and that's that the book has been out of print for over 40 years. So D&B, following their mission, are trying to bring the book back. (Read More)

Help Get This Modernist Design Bible Back In Print

April 30th - via: fastcodesign.com
Designers & Books is raising funds on Kickstarter to create a reprint facsimile of Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action. (Read More)

designers & books presents ladislav sutnar on kickstarter.

April 30th - via: designapplause.com
Designers & Books just launched a special Kickstarter campaign that will attempt to bring back into print one of the most beautiful and revered books ever published on graphic design and data visualization: (Read More)

We are grateful and delighted!

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are extremely happy to announce that Kickstarter just notified us that we have reached our funding goal.  We want to thank everyone who has supported our project so far. We are grateful and delighted that we are now able to start planning for... (Read More)

Major Sutnar Facsimile Offered on Kickstarter

April 28th - via: printmag.com
Steven Heller & Co. are on a quest to bring back one of the design world's lost treasures: Ladislav Sutnar's "Visual Design in Action." (Read More)

The Seminal "Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action" Looks for a Second Life on Kickstarter

April 28th - via: eyeondesign.aiga.org
Today marks the launch of Designers & Books’ Kickstarter campaign to breathe new life into Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action, a seminal work of graphic design and a hallmark of book publishing. (Read More)

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