Monumental: the Reimagined World by Deborah Hussey

Monumental: the Reimagined World by Deborah Hussey

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Kevin O'Callaghan is a legendary design teacher whose passion, creativity and drive has inspired remarkable achievement. Monumental is his manifesto: a richly illustrated, funny, and thought provoking tour of his wild imagination, that proves that any object, no matter how useless, can be turned into art that possesses aesthetic value.

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Monumental: the Reimagined World by Deborah Hussey

Kevin O'Callaghan is a legendary design teacher whose passion, creativity and drive has inspired remarkable achievement. Monumental is his manifesto: a richly illustrated, funny, and thought provoking tour of his wild imagination, that proves that any object, no matter how useless, can be turned into art that possesses aesthetic value.
Kevin O'Callaghan graduated from SVA in 1985, and began teaching his MFA 3-D design course shortly thereafter. A jack-of-all design trades, he has constructed film sets for Rodney Dangerfield and windows for Hammacher Schlemmer, and currently designs sets and props for the MTV Movie Awards. He is the designer of the largest rococo frame in the world (which hangs in Times Square) Steven Heller is America's leading historian and critic of graphic design. He is the author, co-author, and/or editor of more than 100 books on design and popular culture, including Abrams' Illustration. His career is closely entertwined with two great New York institutions, The New York Times (as an art director) and the School of Visual Arts (as program director and teacher).
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ISBN 13 9780810989535
ISBN 10 0810989530
Title Monumental: the Reimagined World
Author Deborah Hussey
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Abrams
Year published 2010-10-01
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.