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Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.
For example, a cover designed for Australia may have a completely different design in the United Kingdom and again in the United States. Book cover art has had books written on the subject. [citation needed] Numerous artists have become noted for their book cover art, including Richard M. Powers and Chip Kidd. In one of the most recognizable ...
Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components and elements of a book into a coherent unit. In the words of renowned typographer Jan Tschichold (1902–1974), book design, "though largely forgotten today, [relies upon] methods and rules upon which it is impossible to improve, [and which] have been developed over centuries.
House for an Art Lover. The House for an Art Lover is an arts and cultural centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The building was constructed between 1989 and 1996 based on a 1901 Art Nouveau house design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The house is situated in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park and sits east of the site of the ...
Art Instruction, Inc. was known to many aspiring artists as the Draw Me! School, because of the familiar "Talent Test" advertising campaigns seen in magazine ads, matchbook covers with Spunky the Donkey, TV commercials and online promotions with the "Draw Me!" ad copy.
Phillumeny. Assorted matchboxes and match labels. Phillumeny (also known as phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match -related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. [1]
Books with cover art/design by Paul Bacon (designer). Pages in category "Books with cover art by Paul Bacon" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Between them, the work on display ranges from Muholi’s best-known photographs to their new bronze sculptures. Yet Muholi doesn’t refer to themself as an artist; instead they prefer the term ...