The ALEXANDER GIRARD COLOR board book features the vintage 1972 illustration “Girls” on the cover, as well as 26 classic Girard designs that celebrate color. Pre-schoolers learning to identify colors will enjoy this charming little book and its whimsical illustrations. Design-savvy adults will also love the retro illustrations and sophisticated packaging design.
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PreS-Most of the images in this square board book are from Girard's textiles and designs while a few include photographs of wooden toys and a shot from a painting. While certainly colorful and attractive, the artwork is displayed in a seemingly random order. The result is a series of examples of Girard's work rather than a continuous narrative. The rhyming text, taking many grammatical liberties, focuses on identifying some colors and objects from each picture: "red, green, and/blue stripes,/orange stripes/and more;/a few/black/birds;/i think/there/are/four?" In light of the many available color-oriented board books available, this one can be skipped.-Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, NJα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
About the Author
ALEXANDER GIRARD (1907-1993) was a pre-eminent mid-20th century designer whose work spanned many disciplines, including textile design,graphic design, typography, illustration, furniture design, interior design, product design, exhibit design, and architecture. He was born in New York to an American mother and French-Italian father, raised in Florence, Italy, and graduated from the Royal School of Architecture in Rome.
Girard is most well known for his bold, colorful, and iconic textile designs for Herman Miller (1952-1975). These were often featured in conjunction with furniture designs by his contemporaries Charles and Ray Eames, and George Nelson. In his designs for La Fonda del Sol restaurant (1960), he experimented with typography as a communication tool and large-scale environmental graphic. Textiles and Objects (1961) was a very influential New York store sponsored by Herman Miller that featured Girard's designs inspired by his travels and folk art collection. The Girard Foundation (1962) houses his own personal and extensive collection of folk art, textiles, toys, and objects from around the world. His complete environmental design for Braniff International Airways (1965) gave him the opportunity to work at all scales with color, graphics, textiles, and furniture design. He designed every aspect of the project himself, from the minute-sized sugar packets and the ticket counters to the graphic colors of the planes themselves.
Alexander Girard's playful yet sophisticated designs continue to inspire new generations of artists and designers.The breadth and scope of his work is truly remarkable. This highly anticipated tome is the first major retrospective of this very accomplished and prolific designer, and has been painstakingly edited by renowned New York-based designer Todd Oldham.
GLORIA FOWLER is the design director for AMMO books, and has created AMMO's growing line of kids books and products, starting with the Charley Harper series. The Alexander Girard children's line beautifully augments this series of design-centric products. The Alexander Girard Eden Giant Floor Puzzle, Memory Game, and Board Book celebrate the playful spirit of this seminal designer with a series of educational, well-designed, and affordable items for kids. Gloria is also a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.
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By milla
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
great good kids book or coffee table book. pictures are bright with very little words. I have a two year so being able to make up a story i can remember is always good. just pointing out the colors in a funny voice is a good time.
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
Obviously written to try and make some story/sense of the pretty artwork. I could have done with more art and fewer words, but it works.
Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase
Give it to an artistic young person. Or keep it for yourself. Eight more words required, so is this enough?
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Will buy again for gift.
I am an interior designer, and love bringing color and design to my daughter. She is just 6 weeks and loves the images!
Published 2 months ago by Kb
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Artsy-Fartsy Baby Mamma 1
Requested by my fabulous graphic designer daughter and film editor son-in-law for the first grandchild. A beautiful first book that will be enjoyed by parents and child
Published 4 months ago by mxel
5.0 out of 5 stars
colors!
there are lots and lots of colors in this book. the colors aren't necessarily labeled, which leaves the reader free to identify them as specifically or as generally as you like.
Published 5 months ago by Erin Oakley
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amazing children book
I am a mom & an art director. I cannot say how much I love this book (and hopefully my son will appreciate it too when he can read). Read more
Published 8 months ago by frequent flyer
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