Merz to Emigr and Beyond: Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century [Paperback]

Merz to Emigr? and Beyondis an historical survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and newspapers all the way from the early twentieth century to the present day. The book features a unique selection of international publications from Europe and the USA includingMerz(1920s),View(1940s),East Village Other(1960s),Punk(1970s),Raw(1980s) andEmigr?(1990s).

The design of these magazines, often raucous and undisciplined, was as ground breaking as the ideas they disseminated. Many were linked to controversial artistic, literary and political movements, such as Dada, Surrealism, Modernism, the New Left and Deconstruction. They contain the work of many leading experimental artists and designers of their time - from Kurt Schwitters and El Lissitzky in the 1920s and 30s, to Art Spiegelman and Rudy Vander Lans in the 1980s and 90s.

Steven Heller is a Senior Art Director atThe New York Timesand Co-Chair of the MFA/Design Program of the School of Visual Arts in New York. A respected authority in the design world, he has written and co-authored numerous publications, includingPaul Rand, also published by Phaidon. A social history lesson in alternative culture. Arena

Will become the bible for all magazine lovers. Dazed & Confused

Magazine design connoisseurs will go wild for Steven Heller'sMerz to Emigr? and Beyond... Laden with beautifully ground breaking print designs... Beautifully realized, Heller's not-so-secret history is one to be read on many differing levels. i-D

It will provide everyone from design students, art historians, academics and coffee-table/armchair connoisseurs with a visually breathtaking reference book, as well as a thorough and engaging read. Fernando Guiti?rrez, partner at the Pentagram design agency, London, Creative Review

A well-illustrated, impeccably researched and chronological study, this book l36