HELEN WALTERS

More than a cheap article of clothing, the T-shirt is a portable personal ad, its wearer declaring their political/musical/social affiliations for the world to see. Since the Sixties, the T-shirt has provided a forum for expression where anti-war slogans mixed with early counter-culture classics such as Keep on Truckin, and tie-dye mingled with the debut of that hardy perennial, the tour T-shirt album cover graphic on the front, venue details listed on the back. This book reflects the diverse and rich graphic culture that has arisen from the medium, considering its use in areas such as music, politics and fashion. Music has had a lasting relationship with the T-shirt, which has proved almost as enduring a medium for music-related graphic design as the album cover. Design companies such as Mo Wax, Intro, Stylorouge and Designers Republic have comprehensive back catalogues of cool T-shirts that not only reflect the spirit of a particular band but also the spirit of a particular time. Equally, however, politics and high fashion use the T-shirt as a medium for expressing a particular message. Katherine Hamnett famously used T-shirts to oppose Pershing missiles, while Greenpeace, Amnesty International and similar organizations highlight their causes through T-shirt graphics. Fashion designers such as Stella McCartney and Savage use memorable graphics on T-shirts as an integral part of their range, while T-shirts are also a core part of the business of surf and skateboard companies such as Mambo and Fuct. Equally, however, graphic designers such as Tom Hingston and Product 250 are expanding into creating designs specifically forT-shirts.

Este libro presenta los últimos diseños gráficos de camisetas realizados por artistas y diseñadores de todo el mundo. Desde grafismos especialmente diseñados para este libro hasta diseños realizados para clientes especificos, T-Shirt. Nuevo diseño de camisetas muestra una instantanea del estado de la creatividad global y destaca tematicas y rasgos absolutamente internacionales sobre este tema. Se recogen trabajos de autores ya consolidados (Gama-Go, Shepard Falrey, Just Another Rich Kid, Intercity) hasta camisetas diseñadas por autores emergentes y prometedores (Soft Service, Stereotype Design, Vault 49, Barking Irons).

Featuring 50 seminal short films by key animators from around the world, this book discusses the work of early pioneers such as Oskar Fischinger and Jan Svankmajer as well as contemporary animators such as Larry Cuba, Tim Hope and Run Wrake. All of the films included are independently produced personal work. Most of the featured directors make a living in commercial animation but, freed from the constraints of a client brief, they use their short films to experiment with new ideas and techniques, many of which subsequently find their way into commercial applications. Labors of love, these films can take years to complete each second of the film may consist of up to 25 frames of animation. Grouped according to four main themes, all forms of animation are covered, including 2D, 3D, Claymation, stop frame and web/Flash animation. Each project is accompanied by a 500-word review including comments from the director. Details of software and method along with the internet address of the production company are given in the technical credits.

"La animación es ilimitada: cuando lo haces bien, es una magnífica y directa forma de comunicación". Tim Hope