Swissted: Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594746116)

"Fine art for font nerds."--New York Magazine

"One of the most engaging homages I have ever seen."--Steven Heller

Swissted takes rock concert posters of the '70s, '80s, and '90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the coolest images you've ever seen The book features 200 posters, all microperforated and ready to frame. Or keep them bound in one collection as an art book. The foreword is written by legendary designer Steven Heller.

Posters are from legendary indie, alternative, and punk bands such as Jane's Addiction, Blondie, the Beastie Boys, the Clash, the Pixies, Green Day, the Ramones, Devo, the Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Public Image Ltd., Sonic Youth, the Cure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, H sker D , Danzig, the Replacements, Fugazi, the Lemonheads, Pearl Jam, Pavement, Superchunk, They Might Be Giants, Guided by Voices, Sugar, Sleater Kinney, Violent Femmes, Iggy Pop, Fishbone, Nirvana, and many, many more

Author: Mike Joyce
ISBN-10: 1594746117
ISBN-13: 9781594746116
Publisher: Quirk Books
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.01lbs
Size: 13.92h x 10.27w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/09/2013 pg. 34