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Celebrate the smiley face’s 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with The Sm;)e Book. In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream. The Sm;)e Book showcases an unprecedented collection of some the world’s most potent visual communicators. With introductions from authors db Burkeman and Rich Browd, the book includes work from some of the most important visual communicators of our time such as:

  • Alex Da Corte
  • Alfie Steiner
  • Alicia McCarthy
  • Aurel Schmidt
  • BANKSY
  • Chapman Brothers
  • Cody Hudson
  • Curtis Kulig
  • Destroy All Monsters
  • Eric Elms
  • Erik Foss
  • Greg Bogin
  • INVADER
  • James Joyce
  • Jeremy Deller
  • KATSU
  • Mark Flood
  • Misaki Kawai
  • Norman Cook
  • Paul Insect + BÄST
  • Richard Prince
  • Rob Pruitt
  • Ron English
  • Sadie Benning
  • Sayre Gomez
  • SKULLPHONE
  • Tyrrell Winston
  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Yung Jake
  • 1UP Crew

The Sm;)e Book

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    A Hardback by DB Burkeman, Rich Browd

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      Publisher Blurring Books
      Published 18 February 2021
      ISBN-13 9781736156209
      978-1736156209
      ISBN-10 1736156209
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      Art & Photography History of art Other graphic or visual art forms Politics, Philosophy & Society Popular culture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Celebrate the smiley face’s 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with The Sm;)e Book. In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream. The Sm;)e Book showcases an unprecedented collection of some the world’s most potent visual communicators. With introductions from authors db Burkeman and Rich Browd, the book includes work from some of the most important visual communicators of our time such as:

      • Alex Da Corte
      • Alfie Steiner
      • Alicia McCarthy
      • Aurel Schmidt
      • BANKSY
      • Chapman Brothers
      • Cody Hudson
      • Curtis Kulig
      • Destroy All Monsters
      • Eric Elms
      • Erik Foss
      • Greg Bogin
      • INVADER
      • James Joyce
      • Jeremy Deller
      • KATSU
      • Mark Flood
      • Misaki Kawai
      • Norman Cook
      • Paul Insect + BÄST
      • Richard Prince
      • Rob Pruitt
      • Ron English
      • Sadie Benning
      • Sayre Gomez
      • SKULLPHONE
      • Tyrrell Winston
      • Wolfgang Tillmans
      • Yung Jake
      • 1UP Crew

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