false 15778 1 Alan Fletcher's <I>The Art of Looking Sideways</I> is an absolutely extraordinary and inexhaustible "guide to visual awareness," a virtually indescribable concoction of anecdotes, quotes, images, and bizarre facts that offers a wonderfully twisted vision of the chaos of modern life. Fletcher is a renowned designer and art director, and the joy of <I>The Art of Looking Sideways</I> lies in its beautiful design. Loosely arranged in 72 chapters with titles like "Colour," "Noise," "Chance," "Camouflage," and "Handedness," Fletcher's book, which he describes as "a journey without a destination," is "a collection of shards" that captures the sensory overload of a world that simply contains too much information. In one typical section, entitled "Civilization," the reader encounters six Polish flags designed to represent the world, a photograph of an anthropomorphic handbag, Buzz Aldrin's boot print on the moon, drawings of Stone Age pebbles, a painting of "Ireland--as seen from Wales," and a dizzying array of quotations and snippets of information, including the wise words of Marcus Aurelius, Stephen Jay, and Gandhi's comment, "Western civilization? I think it would be a good idea." Fletcher's mastery of design mixes type, space, fonts, alphabets, color, and layout combined with a "jackdaw" eye for the strange and profound to produce a stunning book that cannot be read, but only experienced. <I>--Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk</I> 17598 20 8 2001 The Art of Looking Sideways total:223|5:144|4:61|3:12|2:2|1:4| 223 1008 403 37 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 21 09:18:16 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 19:04:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 03 09:59:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 10:04:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 26 07:15:37 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 07:17:38 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Fri Jan 18 17:39:45 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:47:38 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:57:35 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 01 15:33:36 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 15:34:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 18:31:25 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 18:31:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Aug 29 13:31:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 13:49:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Feb 27 07:32:06 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 07:35:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 05 18:59:59 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 19:01:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 15 17:15:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:17:52 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 04:32:44 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 04:34:17 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Mon Apr 20 05:03:12 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 05:04:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 20 08:33:33 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 08:33:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 12:03:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 19:59:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 13 07:05:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 07:06:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 11:47:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:47:31 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 03:33:13 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 03:34:05 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jul 02 11:56:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:57:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 10 01:49:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 01:50:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Oct 19 21:07:08 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 21:10:14 -0700 2007 more...]]>