Hippie Modernism examines the art, architecture and design of the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s. The catalogue surveys the radical experiments that challenged societal norms while proposing new kinds of technological, ecological and political utopia. It includes the counter-design proposals of Victor Papanek and the anti-design polemics of Global Tools; the radical architectural visions of Archigram, Superstudio, Haus-Rucker-Co and ONYX; the installations of Ken Isaacs, Joan Hills, Mark Boyle, Hélio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida; the experimental films of Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner and John Whitney; posters and prints by Emory Douglas, Corita Kent and Victor Moscoso; documentation of performances by the Diggers and the Cockettes; publications such as Oz and The Whole Earth Catalog; books by Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller; and much more.
While the turbulent social history of the 1960s is well known, its cultural production remains comparatively under-examined. In this substantial volume, scholars explore a range of practices such as radical architectural and anti-design movements emerging in Europe and North America; the print revolution in the graphic design of books, posters and magazines; and new forms of cultural practice that merged street theater and radical politics. Through a profusion of illustrations, interviews with figures including: Gerd Stern of USCO; Ken Isaacs; Gunther Zamp Kelp of Haus-Rucker-Co; Ron Williams and Woody Rainey of ONYX; Franco Raggi of Global Tools; Tony Martin; Clark Richert and Richard Kallweit of Drop City; as well as new scholarly writings, this book explores the conjunction of the countercultural ethos and the modernist desire to fuse art and life.
Andrew Blauvelt is Design Director and Curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where he organized the traveling exhibitions, "Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life" (2003) and "Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses" (2005). His writings on design and culture have appeared in such publications as "Emigre", "Graphis", "Eye", "Idea", "Design Issues", "Design Book Review", "AIGA Journal", "ACD Statements" and "Zed".
Andrew Blauvelt is Design Director and Curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where he organized the traveling exhibitions, "Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life" (2003) and "Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses" (2005). His writings on design and culture have appeared in such publications as "Emigre", "Graphis", "Eye", "Idea", "Design Issues", "Design Book Review", "AIGA Journal", "ACD Statements" and "Zed".
Esther Choi, a multidisciplinary artist and writer, is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Criticism and Curatorial Practices, Photography, and the Interdisciplinary Masters in Art, Media, and Design Program at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Alison Clarke is at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
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阅读体验的愉悦感是这本书带给我的另一个惊喜。叙事节奏的把控堪称一绝,时而激昂,时而低回,像一首精心编排的交响乐。作者似乎非常懂得如何调动读者的情绪张力,总能在关键的转折点抛出引人深思的观点,让你不得不停下来,合上书本,凝视窗外,消化那些涌入脑海的画面与概念。语言风格上,它保持了一种难得的平衡——既有学术的严谨性,避免了空洞的说教,又充满了文学性的描摹,让那些抽象的文化现象变得可感、可触。书中穿插的一些个人访谈或日记摘录,更是为冰冷的理论注入了温暖的人性,让我们看到了理想主义者在现实世界中挣扎、碰撞的真实面貌。这使得整本书读起来一点也不枯燥,更像是一场精彩绝伦的口述历史记录,充满了戏剧张力。
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评分这本书的结构设计简直是教科书级别的示范。它不是简单的时间线梳理,而是围绕几个核心的文化母题进行了多角度的立体解构。每一个章节的过渡都衔接得异常自然,仿佛是一块块精密咬合的齿轮,驱动着整体叙事的推进。我特别欣赏作者在处理不同文化元素之间的张力时所展现出的那种克制与洞察力。比如,它如何探讨了对工业化大规模生产的反叛,与自身对新型生活模式的构建之间的内在矛盾,分析得入木三分,避免了落入非黑即白的简单化窠臼。更难得的是,它并没有将所有内容都“结论化”,而是留下了大量的空白和疑问,鼓励读者自己去填补和探索,这种开放式的处理方式,极大地提升了这本书的再阅读价值。每次重读,都会发现新的侧重点和被之前忽略的精妙之处。
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评分这本书的封面设计简直是一场视觉的盛宴,那种强烈的对比色和迷幻的字体排版,让我一拿到手就忍不住反复摩挲。它不是那种传统意义上厚重、严肃的学术著作,反而散发着一股自由不羁的艺术气息。内页的印刷质量也相当出色,纸张的触感温润而不失质感,即便是那些充满细节的插图和版画,也呈现出惊人的清晰度和色彩还原度。装帧上看得出作者或出版方在细节上的用心良苦,那种略带手工感的装订方式,仿佛在诉说着它所承载的那个时代的精神——反主流、强调个人体验与手工技艺的回归。光是翻阅这本书的过程,就像是进行了一次穿越时空的沉浸式体验,那些精心挑选的图像资料,不仅仅是简单的记录,更像是那个时代心灵的快照,充满了张力和未被驯服的生命力。我甚至可以想象,在阳光洒满的午后,泡上一杯浓郁的咖啡,慢慢品读其中每一页的用心布局,那将是多么惬意的享受。
评分那个时代该是有多酷啊...
评分那个时代该是有多酷啊...
评分那个时代该是有多酷啊...
评分那个时代该是有多酷啊...
评分那个时代该是有多酷啊...
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