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Book Synopsis"Stars, stripes, hearts and targets... If Peter Blake's name is not the first thing you spot on the cover of the latest addition to the Antique Collectors' Club's highly regarded Design
series, the Pop motifs in the background positively shout it" Eye, Winter 2010/2011 This new title in the highly successful
Design series features the design work of the acclaimed artist Peter Blake. Best known of the British pop artists, Peter Blake came to fame in the late 1950's and early 1960's with iconic works like
On the Balcony and
First Real Target both now in the Tate Gallery. Tate held an exhibition of his works in 1983 as well as a more recent retrospective at Tate Liverpool in 2007. His famous works for album covers, such as The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the Band Aid single
Do They Know Its Christmas, the Oasis greatest hits album
Stop the Clocks and Paul Weller's
Stanley Road brought him to a wider audience. This stunningly designed book celebrates the brilliant creative talent of this unique British artist. The
Design series is the winner of the Brand/Series Identity Category at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2009, judges said:
"A series of books about design, they had to be good and these are. The branding is consistent, there is a good use of typography and the covers are superb." Also available:
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David Mellor ISBN: 9781851496037
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Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious ISBN: 9781851495009
El Lissitzky ISBN: 9781851496198
Festival of Britain 1951 ISBN: 9781851495337
Harold Curwen & Oliver Simon: Curwen Press ISBN: 9781851495719
Jan Le Witt and George Him ISBN: 9781851495665
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Trade Review"Stars and stripes, hearts and targets - if Peter Blake's name is not the first thing you spot on the cover of the latest addition to the Antique Collectors' Club's highly regarded 'Design' series, the Pop motifs in the background positively shout it" Eye, Winter 2010/2011 "This, the latest title in the ACC's highly acclaimed 'design' series of hardback pocket books, largely leaves his fine art work to one side - concentrating instead on his commercial work" Nude magazine, December 2010
