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‘The Picture Book’ Published in Mini Edition
The Picture Book: Contemporary Illustration, compiled by Angus Hyland, has been published in a mini edition by Laurence King as a result of the popularity of the full scale first edition.
The Picture Book is a survey of work by 80 illustrators from across the globe presenting a broad spectrum of styles, techniques and subject matter representative of current trends and innovations.
“Angus Hyland’s carefully curated books on illustration are one of the main forces behind its recent rise in popularity.” Adrian Shaughnessy, Founding editor, Varoom
New Work: ‘The Surreal House’
Angus Hyland was commissioned by Jane Alison, Senior Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery, to design the graphic identity for The Surreal House, the blockbuster exhibition on view at the Barbican through 12 September. The show examines the relationship between Surrealism and architecture and features work from artists like Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, René Magritte, Man Ray and Joseph Cornell alongside contemporary figures like Rebecca Horn, Rachel Whiteread, Rem Koolhaas and Louise Bourgeois, mounted in an atmospheric, house-like series of rooms. Hyland was delighted to accept this commission as it allowed him to explore a longstanding interest in Surrealism.
New Work: Nabokov Covers for Penguin Classics
Angus Hyland and his team have designed the covers for the entire backlist of titles by Vladimir Nabokov, one of the most acclaimed authors of the 20th Century. Penguin is publishing the 24 new books in three batches over a year.
The brief by Penguin’s Art Director, Jim Stoddart, was to move the covers away from the sombre approach used in previous editions and to focus more on the playful and satirical aspects of Nabokov’s writing in the hopes that this might encourage a new generation of readers.
Pentagram suggested three possible solutions, and Penguin chose one that initially appears traditional, incorporating symmetrical typography in a box with a decorative border. However, Hyland subtly subverts this classical approach. Each cover features a different game, sport or visual illusion used as a background pattern echoing the contents of the book. Beyond that the covers were commissioned out to illustrators who were then permitted to deface the strong typographic grid. The illustrators composed their work around the fixed elements of the title and the author name, and in some instances their work overlaps elements of the branding.
Illustrations were provided by Alan Baker, Christine Berrie, Luke Best, Masumi Briozzo, Astrid Chesney, Agnès Decourchelle, Marion Deuchars, David Foldvari, Michael Gillette and Slawa Harasymowicz.
Last fall Pentagram participated in the repackaging of Nabokov’s US backlist, published by Vintage.
More pictures of the Penguin covers after the jump.
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‘Marks’ Out Now in Paperback
Last year when we issued our book Pentagram Marks in a limited edition format, the title quickly sold out and became a collector’s item. This month Laurence King publishes the paperback edition of the book, which compiles 400 logos produced by Pentagram’s partners, past and present. Designed and edited by Angus Hyland, the book includes marks for everything from huge multinationals (Citibank, 1998), to cultural institutions (Art Institute of Chicago, 2008), to personal logos (Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Hair, 1976). It even includes some ’60s classics that pre-date Pentagram’s founding in 1972 (the original Reuters logo, 1968).
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Angus Hyland and William Russell Featured in .Cent Magazine
.Cent is a magazine which celebrates originality, ingenuity and inventiveness within creativity; the process, the people and the product. For each issue the magazine works with a different Guest Editor who picks a theme around which all contributions are based. The “Sense of Purpose” issue was edited by Keith Reilly, Creative Director of Fabric and Matter who sought contributions from Angus Hyland and William Russell with whom he had previously collaborated on the Matter nightclub.
Hyland contributed an exploration of fractal forms, while Russell provided his “recipe for concrete.” Both designers provide quotes linking their contributions to the theme chosen by Reilly because he feels that a sense of purpose is fundamental to great art, rather than art that simply replicates. Russell states that, “Function, or sense of purpose, is critical to my work but never the complete story.” For Hyland, “A sense of purpose is required to find true meaning buried in these abstract forms.”
This issue is available now. Click here for stockists and to purchase.
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New Work: ‘PLP Architecture’
Angus Hyland and his team have created an identity for the newly formed PLP Architecture.
PLP Architecture was founded in 2009 by Lee Polisano, David Leventhal, Fred Pilbrow, Karen Cook and Ron Bakker, the five former partners of Kohn Pedersen Fox’s (KPF) London office. The new practice operates from offices in Camden with a team of over 70. They are currently working on a number of projects in the U.K. and abroad, including a mixed-use tower in the City of London for Heron International, the over-site development at Bond Street Station for Grosvenor, a hotel in Abu Dhabi for Mubadala and a large-scale urban planning project for the Qatar Foundation.
The identity utilises a re-drawn version of the typeface DIN. The font has been customised into a stencil version evocative of architectural hand-drawn lettering. The slash between PLP and Architecture is positioned at the same angle as the slope of the ‘A’. A range of stationery is laid out using a linear hang-line system and clean typography and the background for literature uses a pattern based upon the diagonal slash.
Examples of the application of the identity after the jump.
Pentagram Wins at the Transform Awards
Pentagram partners Harry Pearce and Angus Hyland scooped seven awards between them at last night’s Transform Awards 2010, including the Grand Prix for excellence in rebranding for The Co-operative. The Awards are the UK’s only dedicated celebration of rebranding, brand transformation and reputational change.
In a ceremony hosted by the BBC’s arts editor Will Gompertz, Harry Pearce’s work for the Co-operative won a further two gold awards; for best brand architecture and best national rebrand. Angus Hyland’s AkzoNobel identity won two golds and a silver and his work for Grant Thornton received a gold.
The Transform Awards were established by Communicate magazine, the UK’s leading magazine for corporate communications and stakeholder relations.
AkzoNobel’s ‘A’ Magazine Wins Again
‘A’ The AkzoNobel Magazine has won the ‘External Publications’ category in the European Excellence Awards. The Awards were announced at the Hofburg in Vienna on the 10th of December and honour outstanding achievement in communication on an international scale. This recognition follows a Bronze at the ADC 88th Annual Awards earlier this year. Angus Hyland and his team designed issue one and collaborated with AkzoNobel designer Pepe Vargas on the subsequent issues.
Previously: New Work: ‘A’, The AkzoNobel Magazine
New Work: ‘The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox’
Angus Hyland was commissioned by Jacob Lehman at Rizzoli to design the book to accompany “Fantastic Mr Fox,” the latest film by Wes Anderson. The film is based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, originally illustrated by Donald Chaffin. The book chronicles the making of the film adaptation, which uses stop-motion animation and features the voices of George Clooney as Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox and Bill Murray as Badger.
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Quantum of Solace Wins British Book Design Award
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