RYPSON Piotr - Not Geese. Polish graphic design 1919-1949

RYPSON Piotr - Nie gęsi. Polish graphic design 1919-1949. Kraków 2017 Karakter. 8, s. 406, [2]. Booklet.
Very good condition. "A story about the emergence of the visual language of modernizing Poland, and at the same time a portrait of the everyday life of this interesting, though sometimes ghastly country, which was the Second Polish Republic and Poland of the war and postwar years. More than a thousand unique illustrations, three hundred graphic artists, the only - literally! - such a collection. No Geese is a meticulously recreated universe of designs: covers, posters, flyers, packaging (what were pre-war condoms wrapped in?), magazines, stamps; it is an overview of all areas of social, economic and cultural life: from the work of leftist propagandists, through advertisements for various industries ("Sugar fortifies"!), to such curiosities as the photomontage on the cover of a volume of poetry by Polish fascists. Not Geese is also a clear guide to the main currents of design art and a document of the emerging modernity: the experiments of the Futurists, the achievements of functionalism and constructivism. Contemporary designers will find here inspiration and proof that surprising design solutions are born not only in the 21st century, critics and art historians will receive a comprehensive and reliable source of knowledge, and all readers - written in a brisk language, an absorbing story about the forgotten, but colorful and diverse everyday life of Poland during the turbulent thirty years." [From the Publisher.]