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Reinventing the Wheel Paperback – June 23, 2006

by Jessica Helfand (Author)
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  1. Print length
    160 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Princeton Architectural Press
  4. Publication date
    June 23, 2006
  5. Grade level
    8 and up
  6. Reading age
    13 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    7.7 x 0.6 x 9.6 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1568985967
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1568985961
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About the Author

Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer. A former contributing editor and columnist for Print and Eye magazines, she is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Art Director's Hall of Fame. She received both her BA and MFA from Yale University where she has taught since 1996. In 2013, she won the AIGA medal. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton Architectural Press; 1st edition (June 23, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568985967
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568985961
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 0.6 x 9.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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    Trained as a graphic designer at Yale, where she taught for more than two decades, Jessica Helfand is an artist and writer. She grew up in Paris and New York City, and is a founding editor of Design Observer, an award-winning online platform for design journalism and practice. The first-ever recipient of the Henry Wolf Residency at the American Academy in Rome, Jessica Helfand has been a Director’s Guest at Civitella Ranieri, a fellow at The Bogliasco Foundation, and the artist in residence at CalTech. She won the AIGA medal, the design profession's highest honor, in 2013.

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    This project percolated in my brain (and my sketchbooks) for years until I realized that scrapbooks were simply visual autobiographies filled with stories waiting to be told. I am fascinated with the degree to which non-visual people felt, for whatever reason, compelled to keep these remarkably visual records of their lives. Its a chapter in American history (and in graphic design history) that has not been told: in my book I call it outsider art with insider knowledge. It's raw and primitive and heartbreaking and real, and if it bears little if any resemblance to contemporary scrapbooking, it's probably because a generation ago, people made things from the detritus of their lives: they rescued things, saved and savored them, and pasted them in the pages of books. And therein lies the scrapbook's particular and enduring magic.

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