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Čitajte umjetnost je program knjižnice Instituta za suvremenu umjetnost u Zagrebu. READ ART IS A PROGRAM OF THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN ZAGREB.

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Bettina Schulz, Njemačka | Germany
editor-in-chief, magazine novum World of Graphic Design

Bettina Schulz (born 1974 inMunich) has been editor-in-chief of the international journal novum World of Graphic Design since 2001. She joined the editorial staff of the magazine in 1984. MrsSchulz also works as a freelance writer and editor for national and international magazines and for a range of clients in different sectors. 

One of the leading and the most influential international design magazines presents monthly published works from the field of graphics, design, communication, media, illustration, new media, advertisment and typography.


Glavna urednica časopisa novum World of Graphic Design

Bettina Schulz (rođena 1974. u Muenchenu) je urednica časopisameđunarodnog magazina novum World of Graphic Design od2001. Uredništvu časopisa se pridružila 1994. Bettina Schulz radi također kao slobodni autori urednik za nacionalne i međunarodne časopise i niz klijenta iz različitih sektora. 

Jedan od vodećih i najutjecajnijih međunarodnih časopisa iz područja dizajna, mjesečno predstavlja objavljena djela s područja grafike, dizajna, komunikacije, medija, ilustracije, novih medija, oglašavanja i tipografije.



Saki Mafundikwa, Zimbabve | Zimbabwe
Ziva, Zimbabwe Institute for Vigital (visual/digital)
Arts and research of African Writings.

Saki Mafundikwa is a graphic designer, typographer and teacher. He holds an MFA from Yale University and has worked and taught in New York City. Returning to Zimbabwe, he founded the country's first graphic design and new media college, the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts. The college opened in 1999 and continues to operate under extremely difficult conditions as the country goes through its most challenging era since independence.

Afrikan alphabets have a rich cultural and artistic history. Many continue to be in current use today. Their story, however, is little known due largely to their past suppression by colonial powers. This book sets the record straight. Both entertaining and anecdotal, African Alphabets presents a wealth of highly graphical and attractive illustrations. Writing systems across the Afrikan continent and the Diaspora are included, analyzed and illustrated: the scripts of the West Africans - Mende, Vai, Nsibidi, Bamum and the Somali, and Ethiopian scripts. Other alphabets, syllabaries, paintings, pictographs, ideographs, and symbols are compared and contrasted. This informative and beautiful book will be of interest to anyone fascinated with African cultural and art. 

Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher (October 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0972424067
ISBN-13: 978-0972424066

Ziva, Zimbabve institut za vigitalnu (vizualnu/digitalnu)
umjetnost i istraživanje afričkih pisama.

Saki Mafundikwaje grafički dizajner, tipograf i predavač. Nosi MFA s Yale Universtiy, i nakon studija je radio u New Yorku. Nakon povratka u Zimbabwe, osnovao je prvu školu grafičkog dizajna i novih medija, Zimbabve Institut za Vigitalnu Umjetnost. Školaje otvorena 1999, i nastavlja radom pod iznimno teškim uvjetima, budući da Zimbabve prolazi najteže razdoblje u svojoj povijesti od svojeg osamostaljenja.

Afrički alfabeti imaju bogatu kulturnu i umjetničku povijest. Mnogi su i danas u upotrebi. Njihova je povijest u svakom slučaju, malo poznata uglavnom zbopg represije kolonijalnih snaga. Ova knjiga to ispravlja. Ona je zabavna i puan anegdota; Afrički alfabet je grafički bogata i atraktivno ilustrirana. U nju su uključeni sustavi pisanja diljem afričkog kontinenta i u dijaspori. Analizirani su i ilustrirani: pisam zapadne Afrike - Mende, Vai, Nsibidi, Bamum i Somali, te etiopska pisma. Drugi alfabeti, slogovi, slova, slike, piktografi, ideorafi i simboli su uspoređeni i suprotstavljeni. Ova inforamtivna i prekrasna knjiga bit će zanimljiva svakom tko je fasciniran afričkom kulturom i umjetnosti. 

Nakladnik: Mark Batty Publisher (Listopad 2006)
Jezik: Engleski
ISBN-10: 0972424067
ISBN-13: 978-0972424066




Stefan Sagmeister, USA | SAD

Things I have learned in my life so far

Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned 
twenty or so things in his life so far. But he did
manage to publish these personal maxims all
over the world, in spaces normally occupied by advertisements and promotions: as billboards, projections, light-boxes, magazine spreads, annual
report covers, fashion brochures, and, recently,
as giant inflatable monkeys. 

In this presentation Sagmeister throws his diary, a lot of design, and a little art together with a pinch of psychology and a dash of happiness into a blender and pushes the button. It tastes surprisingly yummy.


Concept: Stefan Sagmeister
Design: Stefan Sagmeister & Matthias Ernstberger
Photo: Henry Leutwyler
Illustration: Yuki Muramatsu, Stephan Walter
Editor: Deborah Aaronson
Production: Anet Sirna-Bruder
Client: Abrams Inc.
Year: 2008

Stvari koje sam do sada naučio o životu

Začudo, Stefan Sagmeister je do sad u svojem životu naučio tek dvadesetak stvari. No svoje je
maksime uspio objaviti diljem svijeta, na mjestima koja inače zauzimaju reklame i oglasi, na
jumbo-plakatima, projekcijama, light-boxovima, časopisima, duplericama, naslovnicama godišnjih
izvještaja, modnih izdanja, i od nedavno, na divovskim majmunima na napuhavanje. Na ovom
svojem predstavljanju, Sagmeister je u mikseru pomiješao svoj dnevnik, puno dizajna i nešto
malo umjetnosti, uz zrno psihologije i dodatak sreće, i pritisnuo gumb. Iznenađujuće je fino.

Koncept: Stefan Sagmeister
Dizajn: Stefan Sagmeister & Matthias Ernstberger
Fotografije: Henry Leutwyler
Ilustracije: Yuki Muramatsu, Stephan Walter
Urednica: Deborah Aaronson
Proizvodnja: Anet Sirna-Bruder
Naručitelj: Abrams Inc.
Godina: 2008.

Iz naše knjižnice / From our Library

  • MJ - Manifesta Jouranal [journal of contemporary curatorship]
  • Boris Cvjetanović, Fotografije iz škafetina
  • Hans Belting, Heinrich Dailly, Wolfgang Kemp, Willibald Sauerlaender, Martin Wanrnke: Uvod u povijest umjetnosti
  • Saki Mafundikwa: Afrikan Alphabets