Acc Art Books Graphic Life: Celebrating Places, Telling Stories, Making Symbols

A small selection of projects covered in the book include: One World Trade Center (SOM), Marina Bay Sands (Safdie), Hudson Yards (KPF), The Vessel (Heatherwick), Post 9/11 installations at the WTC site, New York's new Penn Station (SOM), Jewel Changi Airport (Safdie), Rockefeller Center, City Point (a hip new Brooklyn center), Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (DSR), The Skyscraper Museum - NY, New York's iconic 42nd St Public Library, Mumbai's International Airport (SOM), Toronto's Pearson Airport (Safdie & SOM), GSK's North American Headquarters (Stern), Hotel Hankyu, Japan, Cornell Tech's Manhattan campus (Morphosis & SOM), Arizona Cardinals NFL football stadium (Eisenman) Michael Gericke is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world today. This much anticipated monograph covers four decades of work by the acclaimed graphic designer and Pentagram partner. Lavishly illustrated throughout at close to 500 pages, the book is driven by a celebration of places, telling stories, and making images and symbols - predominantly through Gericke's work with projects for buildings, civic moments, exhibitions and visual identities, including for posters, magazines, New York's AIA chapter (America's largest) and the Center for Architecture that, through graphics and images, continues to portray the spirit of architecture and design in New York City today. Prefaced by the prize-winning architect Moshe Safdie, with commentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic and educator Paul Goldberger, this encyclopaedic compilation is a must for all collectors and aficionados of contemporary design, branding, and visual identity. Reviews "One of the most influential designers today, Michael Gericke, has been a partner at Pentagram for more than 35 years. Graphic Life, a 520-page monograph of his work, shows that his enthusiasm for his craft has no sign of waning.” - Creative Boom, Top 10 Recommended Books to Read and Enjoy in 2021 "Michael Gericke has become one of Pentagram’s most well-known designers and partners. His new book Graphic Life revisits many of his celebrated projects and reveals some never before seen ones. This monograph brings together Gericke’s many valuable contributions to the world of contemporary design. What ties together all of the work in the pages of this sizeable publication is Gericke's constant desire to communicate spirit and character. His work never falls victim to style over substance and is instead a perfect union of the two. His search for meaning is frequently fruitful and with great elegance he manages to distill complex narrative into beautiful design that is always uniquely his own." - It’s Nice That, Four Decades of Visionary Work "A successful monograph could and should recontextualize a body of work, revealing the threads that connect otherwise unrelated client work, and allowing the designers’ voice to illuminate the often faceless projects. Pentagram partner Michael Gericke’s new monograph, Graphic Life, does all these things and more. Over his nearly 40 year career, Gericke’s work has focused on three broad areas, revealed in the monograph: places, stories, and symbols. At 520 pages… Gericke creates an experience that is architectural in its own right, making an object that allows the longtime Pentagram partner to step into his own spotlight." - American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), The Best Design Books of 2021 "With 284 lush color illustrations, this volume shows the work of a contemporary graphic designer who is actively re-making the visual identity of the world we inhabit." - Metropolis Magazine