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All Wrapped Up!: Groovy Gift Wrap of the 1960s

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This book will bring back so many memories. If you're 40 something, you'll want a copy for yourself, one for your parents and more for your 40-something friends. It's a scrapbook of the groovy generation and the perfect gift for the person who thinks he has everything! All Wrapped Up is a gorgeous book. My kids loved looking through it. It sparked a lot of conversation about what it was like to live in the 1960's.

You'll not only remember every birthday you had in the 60s but you'll start to remember songs you forgot, commercials you saw on television and the gifts you received. This wonderful book is a treasure.

A most delightful look at 1960s! I have to say, as an artist, I ripped-off a couple of the cool ideas I found on the pages of this book! The Christmas section if wonderful and the animal section is ultra hip with a lot of retro creatures to conjur up a few smiles. Lots of beautiful patterns in the flower power section and the masculine section is a laugh out loud! The author gives a nice overview of the industry and there is a concise little history of 60s design in the front. I never write reviews but I really did love this book!

I hardly ever write a review here, but I ordered this book for myself for Christmas 2005 and have been looking at it probably weekly since then. As a 43 year old child of 1962 and collector of everything 1950s, 60s, and 70s, this book brought SUCH a smile to my face when I initially flipped through it and has continued to bring joy. For those of us who truly relish images/graphics/design styles from our past -- feed your brain with THIS book and feel your dopamine and serotonin levels spill all over themselves as you take that trip down memory lane into Christmases, birthdays, and baby/bridal showers past! Then, buy a copy for all of your retro type friends!

this book is amazing! i don't know how they found all these incredible patterns! the book is just jam packed with those fun wrapping papers from the 60's. a great gift for any pop-arty design fan!!!

A perfect little coffee table art book. Lots of great, colourful scans and not much annoying text...unique and fun!

Most of us use wrapping paper and some of us are old enough to recall "wrapping" in the 60's. This marvelous book brings back memories for we baby boomers and will delight the younger generation. A valuable compilation of the decade's design movements by a great designer and illustrator Kevin Akers.

This book is full of colorful images from the 60's. Who knew wrapping paper could produce such a fantastic book? It will make you think twice about tossing the wrapping paper after opening your next gift!

A fabulous blast from the past! This book provides a fun, clever and inspiring look at the 60's through gift wrap design. It offers unlimited inspiration for retro design ideas and color combinations that look so fresh and modern today (I'm stealing a couple of design ideas from the book to decorate my daughter's room.) A perfect gift for designers, history buffs, or anyone who grew up in this era.

PUurhased as a gift for my partner who was born after this era but seems to have the soul of someone who lived through it.