Matchbox Labels: Over 2,000 Elegant Examples from All Over the World
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1552979784 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to AA. Awesomebeautiful book!!. MadMacs said Excellent production, So-so selection. Well designed and printed on quality paper, this well-stocked archive is a decent production for collectors, fans, and graphic designers. It's organization is clear and the color labels easily identified.However, the most obvious shortcoming, and one that I found frustrating, was the amazing lack of North American selections. Nearly the entire "Excellent production, So-so selection" according to MadMacs. Well designed and printed on quality paper, this well-stocked archive is a decent production for collectors, fans, and graphic designers. It's organization is clear and the color labels easily identified.However, the most obvious shortcoming, and one that I found frustrating, was the amazing lack of North American selections. Nearly the entire 2,000 examples show. ,000 examples show. Small time pleasures. I bought this as I'm interested in popular graphics and the two thousand samples included certainly capture the flavor of this tiny corner of the printed ephemera market.The book is very well designed and printed but ultimately I was rather disappointed with the contents. There is a sameness about so many of these labels. The huge number from the old Soviet Union
Any further description of the contents would never be enough; instead, let readers appreciate visually the almost infinite variety possible in such a small space. Nine different categories, from people and architecture to leisure and graphics, help separate these almost artlike objects. Instead, Smith is simply focused on celebrating the color and design of more than 2,000 matchbox labels collected worldwide, primarily through eBay. Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. Appended to this lovely book are collectors' notes and Internet resources. And the inclusion of French and Spanish translations make these brief explanations much more accessible. From Booklist No ulterior or hidden motives--such as promoting sales or increasing values of
Jane Smith is an artist and illustrator who has been traveling the globe for twenty years. . Her work appears in The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph
The book covers selections from:ScandinaviaEuropeEastern EuropeRussiaSouth East Asia, China and JapanIndia and PakistanGreat Britain and North America. The labels range from minute works of socialist realism from the former USSR to marvelous naïve animal and bird pictures from southern India and sophisticated graphics and illustrations from Japan. The matchbook labels are organized geographically, sorted within each group by theme, and captioned with insightful text. The popularity of collecting matchboxes is growing because they are affordable and a joy to look at. But you don't have to be one to love these tiny works of art. A brief introduction offers a concise history of matchbook art and provides helpful advice on how to start, gather and organize a collection of your own. Matchbox Labels is an eye-catc