Customer Reviews

Demanifest

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This book makes me want to turn off the tv and create art. If you want a beautiful book (by beautiful, I mean interesting and thought provoking, not a Monet print to put above your ikea sofa) you should buy this. This book left me wanting more, but there is a website: www.phantomresearchfoundation.com.

This book is one my most valued & referenced books of recent years; if only because the odd and beautiful craft & design of it lends it to more of an artist's book than a mass-produced design anthology. The pieces draw on multiple art and design techniques and references, producing illustrations that are at first somewhat flat, simple, or even deadpan, but later revealing an elegance and wistfulness reminiscent of japanese panel paintings, Gustav Klimt, and the oddball collages of contemporaries like Laurent Fetis or MM Paris. Great mix of handdrawn, photographic, and handdrawn elements without a trace of design-techno-vector-porn, very refreshing!

Demanifest takes you to higher levels of imagination and creativity that surprise and delight. Michael Spoljaric and Stephen Johnston have created a universe for the eye and heart that welcomes both the unexpected and stunning with stark sensibility and lush exploration. There is so much to see and discover that the content accomodates most viewers quite happily. Be prepared for an expansive, new vision that will leave you inspired and wanting more.

A great gather of experimental art. Many explorations with paper, photos, collage, drawings, and digital work. A great example of the thin border between art & computers.

Very well designed book too. Minimal and concise.

I do not regret a penny spent on this and I love the smell of it, truly. Does anyone knows which paper it is printed?

This book is a pice of crap. Is a construction paper catalog with a few words!!!!