va-Fritz Kahn - Couverture souple

Debschitz, Uta Von; Debschitz, Thilo Von

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3836548402 ISBN 13 : 9783836548403

Editeur : TASCHEN, 2013

Synopsis

Anatomy of ideas: The life’s work of an infographics pioneer

 

Fritz Kahn was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer whose brilliant work has all but fallen into oblivion. Chased out of Germany by the Nazis, who banned and burned his books, Kahn emigrated to Palestine, then France, and finally the United States to continue his life's work. Though his achievements were numerous, the most notable was the development of creative visualizations to explain complex scientific ideas. Published on the 125th anniversary of Kahn's birth and destined to bring his work back into the spotlight, this monograph features more than 350 illustrations with extensive captions, three original texts by Fritz Kahn, a foreword by Steven Heller, and an essay about Kahn’s life and œuvre. Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in visual expression of ideas will be fascinated by this tribute to Kahn’s greatest achievements.

 

Fritz Kahn: Official Selection TED Book Club
Four times a year, the non-profit organization “TED” sends out a specially curated selection of up to three books that support the TED mission: “spreading thoughts that change attitudes, lives, and ultimately the world, by bringing together ideas from the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design” (= TED). For the fourth and final book club mailing of 2013, the TED Book Club jury has chosen the Fritz Kahn monograph as one of their top bi-monthly recommendations, meaning that the world’s most inspired thinkers as well as attendees of the two global annual TED conferences will receive the Kahn publication in February 2014. Through its decision, the jury acknowledges Fritz Kahn’s inspirational mind and his work as a pioneer of information design.

 

Text in English, French, and German

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Frère et s ur, Uta and Thilo von Debschitz, ont collaboré sur plusieurs projets texte / image. En 2009, ils ont reçu le Prix du Livre de Photographie allemand pour leur premier ouvrage. La même année, ils ont publié leur premier livre sur Fritz Kahn. Uta von Debschitz a travaillé comme architecte jusqu en 2002, avant de devenir journaliste spécialisée dans la culture et la santé. En 2010, elle a organisé l exposition consacrée à l uvre visuelle de Fritz Kahn au Musée d histoire médicale de Berlin et prépare actuellement un doctorat sur les représentations visuelles de Kahn, à l Université des Arts de Berlin. Après ses études de Design de communication, Thilo von Debschitz a travaillé comme designer et directeur artistique dans des agences de publicité et de design internationales. En 1997, il a fondé l agence créative Q à Wiesbaden, qui a remporté de nombreux prix pour ses projets, aussi bien sur papier que sur internet.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: TASCHEN
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: allemand
• ISBN 10: 3836548402
• ISBN 13: 9783836548403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 389
• Coordonnées du fabricant: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne