Swifty banned 20165/2/2023 ![]() ![]() library and needs to be checked by all students of contemporary cultural studies. This book needs to be in every art school / graphics dept. Expect to be immersed in a huge body of work and become attuned to an intuitive dynamic that continues to fuel Swift’s restless and relentless innovation. At 300+ pages – it’s phatter than Mo’Wax’s Urban Archaeology. Swift is deep into the craft and has serious hands-on skills. You also get to appreciate those old skool skills from screen printing to etching. Anyone who peruses this book will gain access to the physical transition from MacSE to Imac to IBook from floppys to Syquests to email from Quark Express to InDesign. After launching his Swifty Tyopgraffix studio behind Hoxton Square with Straight No Chaser we get to encounter Talkin Loud, Mo Wax, Far Out, Especial, Kyoto Jazz Massive and then journey west to Studio Babylon and That’s How It, MELT2000 is and Fosters Ice/Street Art. The journey begins in the Eighties with Swift moving from post punk Manchester to The Face. You can’t look at Swift’s work without witnessing the evolution of a rich, shape shifting underground culture. Meanwhile on the clubland/music front there’s myself, Neil Spencer, Kath Willgress, Gilles Peterson, Paul Martin, James Lavelle, Janine Neye, Joe Davis, the Okino brothers, Jonny Kiat, Robert Trunz et al. In the designer mix are interviews with Malcolm Garrett (Assorted iMaGes), Neville Brody, David Crow, Mode2, Futura, Stash, Tyler Askew, Ebon Heath, Mitch, Fred Deakin, Robi Walters, Kam Bhogal. For those of you involved in the design world this book spans the transition from the analog, pre-internet, cut’n’paste era to 100% digital output. ![]()
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