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karlssonwilker inc.'s tellmewhy: The First 24 Months of a New York Design Company
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by Clare Jacobson, Jan Wilker And Hjalti Karlsson, and Stefan Sagmeister
Sales Rank: 42727
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$29.95
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on 11-27-2008.
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Features
Turtleback: 240 pages
Published by: Princeton Architectural PressEdition: 1st Edition September 1, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1568984162
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1568984162
Book Dimensions:
8.6 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
by the time you get to the firm's album covers for the Vines, you'll be a jaded industry expert. -- Washington Post
A disarmingly honest accountA surprisingly engaging book that raised a smile. -- Grafik: Journal of the Best in International Design
It takes guts to publish a book showcasing your failures, doodles, and unrealized projects as well as your successes. -- STEP Inside Design
The good, the bad, and the hungry tale of two young European designers setting up shop in New York. -- ReadyMade
a gift to anyone starting their own design office. -- Susan Yelavich, I.D. The International Design Magazine
Product Description
Why would two talented and employable young graphic designers start up their own practice without any clients, in the midst of a recession, and in a city brimming with world-renowned designers? Karlssonwilker inc.'s tellmewhy is the improbable story of such a venture -- or act of bravura or insanity -- on the part of Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker, and offers a telling, humorous, and always human insight into the workings of a young startup design studio, showcasing every single project they did in their first two years.
A book as iconoclastic as their designs, tellmewhy features fresh stories of karlssonwilker's ordinary office live and its less-than-romantic tales about rooftop parties, battles with immigration, language obstacles, missed meetings, and money problems. Despite these stories -- and because of others -- karlssonwilker has produced an impressive body of work in two short years. Tellmewhy shows the happy endings, including signage for a Philadelphia restaurant, logo designs for a New York fashion house, and CD packaging for both independent and major music labels. And it presents the few unrealized designs, like an ad campaign for a TV network. All share the designers' creative and humorous take on design.
Karlssonwilker intersperses these examples with its singular illustrated diagrams, faux flow charts linking the partners' biographies, work, social lives, and whatever comes to their unique minds.
Tellmewhy offers both inspiration and caution for designers everywhere. A foreword by former employer Stefan Sagmeister recalls karlssonwilker's start in his design office.
Reader Reviews
At work I often times like to check out what's hot on the graphic design book circuit at Amazon.... This past Monday was no exception.... as I was browsing I came upon karlssonwilker's "tellmywhy" .... I was already a fan of Hjalti Karlsson's work from his hay days with Stefan "el capitan de designo" Sagmeister.... and thought it would be great to read up on how life was after "style=fart" .....I hit the add to cart button.... received the book in the mail 2 days later.... and couldn't put it down till I was done consuming all of its goodness..... If there were a survey that came along with this book it would look like this: Did you like this book? YES Is this book enjoyable? YES Did you find the book funny/smart/genius/interesting/sexy? YES Would you recommended it to your friends? YES If this book were a music album, would you buy it in all of its different formats? YES well played karlssonwilker!
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