Pop Culture
 New! Magic, 1400s–1950s
Hardcover, 29 x 44 cm (11.4 x 17.3 in.), 650 pages
$ 200.00
This XL tome presents the world's greatest magicians from the 1400s through the 1950s, tracing magic's performing arts and spellbinding visual culture in over 1,000 rare vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings
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 New! Design for Obama. Posters for Change: A Grassroots Anthology
Hardcover, 22.9 x 26.9 cm (9 x 10.6 in.), 184 pages
$ 29.99
Hundreds of graphic posters appeared on designforobama.org by artists and designers who supported Barack Obama's candidacy. Spike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker selected the best, and wrote contextual essays, to create a compelling document of this historic campaign.
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 Advertising Now! TV Commercials
Flexicover, with DVD, 19.6 x 24.9 cm (7.7 x 9.8 in.), 384 pages
$ 39.99
From Apple to Volkswagen via public awareness, the very best of today's TV commercials, with accompanying DVD
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 20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm (9.4 x 11.9 in.), 464 pages
$ 39.99
A visual history and comprehensive guide to the evolution of 20th-century style through the imagery of fashion advertising
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 20th Century Classic Cars: 100 Years of Automotive Ads
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm (9.4 x 11.9 in.), 480 pages
$ 39.99
Time-travel through automobile history with this lush visual overview of last century's car advertising
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Editors in charge
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Cultural anthropologist and graphic design historian Jim Heimann is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America, and author of numerous books on architecture, pop culture, and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles, and Hollywood. His unrivaled private collection of ephemera has been featured in museum exhibitions around the world and dozens of books. |
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Julius Wiedemann was born in Brazil, studied graphic design and marketing, and was an art editor for digital and design magazines in Tokyo. His many TASCHEN digital and media titles include Animation Now!, Advertising Now! the Web Design series, and 1000 Favorite Websites. |
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Since 2001, Nina Wiener has edited dozens of pop culture, photography, and art books for TASCHEN. She takes great delight in seeing titles like Burton Holmes: Travelogues and Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra travel from her desk in Los Angeles to your library. |
eCards
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eCard 'Design for Obama'Graphic innovation that helped make history |