Karl Gerstner: Review of 5 x 10 Years of Graphic Design [English Edition]

Karl Gerstner: Review of 5 x 10 Years of Graphic Design etc. by Karl Gerstner, edited by Manfred Kröplien, 2001. Hatje Cantz, Germany. English edition, 9.375 x 11.75, pp. 256. Printed in Germany. Highly recommended! The definitive book on one of the foremost Swiss graphic designers, Karl Gerstner (1930–2017), where he recounts his 50 years of active work as a graphic designer. The ups and downs of his professional life are vividly illustrated with samples of work, both realized and rejected. Richly illustrated with (650) mostly color works, many printed large with detailed and thoughtful captions ... ”not how it should be done, but rather how he [Gerstner] did it.” With a Foreword by the editor, and the remaining text by Gerstner: Two Preludes (a Lecture presented at the annual conference of Swiss Art Historians, Zürich, 1988 and Prelude to the Beginning) including (5) chapters and (2) intermezzos: The Fifties: Storm and Stress, The Sixties: GGK, Intermezzo I: Visual Language, The Seve