My Way

by Robert Klanten Michael Mischler Not Available (Na), Michael Mischler

Silex, an open-minded assembly of Swiss designers, has quietly revived the spirit of the traditional artists’ collective. Unimpressed by the commercial renaissance of illustration, their intensive weekend workshops serve as a cathartic outlet for their stranger, funnier and darker talents. My Way offers a diverse collection of 12 exercises, based on topics ranging from Poetry to Nightmare. Here deceptively simple tasks, reminiscent of primary school exercises like Chinese whispers, memory games or free association, achieve unique, improvised results - simultaneously accessible and subversive, simple and deeply textured they manage to defy and destroy stale design patterns. While the binding, too, reflects the playful ethos of childhood doodles, My Way nevertheless remains strictly structured by its choice of colours and paper. At each and every perusal the reader will discover new details in this very personal, varied and likeable volume, stirring his own creativity and the irrepressible urge to scribble.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

champions of creative evolution - even just neat tiny aspects of paper engineering, leaving me wondering upon misprint or intention. would be more than happy to hold onto this forever.