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Fritz Kahn. Infographics Pioneer

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Edition: Multilingual (English, Italian, Spanish)Availability: Currently not available
Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in the visual expression of ideas will be fascinated by this tribute to Fritz Kahn, the German infographics pioneer who excelled in the demystification of complex scientific ideas and whose inspired creative concepts have influenced generations of artists and communicators through to today.
Hardcover5.5 x 7.7 in.2.77 lb526 pages
“Fascinating, ingenious and quite amazing illustrations which are certain to surprise anyone who sees them.”
Esquire
Fritz Kahn. Infographics Pioneer

Fritz Kahn. Infographics Pioneer

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Anatomy of ideas

The life’s work of an infographics pioneer

Fritz Kahn (1888–1968) was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer. Chased out of Germany by the Nazis, who banned and burned his books, Kahn emigrated to Palestine, then France, and finally the United States to continue his life’s work.

In this revised Bibliotheca Universalis edition, TASCHEN celebrates Kahn as a creative genius, particularly adept at the visualization of complex scientific ideas. In such works as Man as Industrial Palace, we see how Kahn deployed vivid visual metaphors to demystify science and how his concepts have influenced generations of scientific illustrators, visual communications specialists, and infographic artists through to today.

The book features more than 350 illustrations with extensive captions, three original texts by Fritz Kahn himself, a foreword by Steven Heller, and an essay about Kahn’s life and oeuvre.
The author

Brother and sister Uta and Thilo von Debschitz have collaborated on several picture/text projects. They were awarded the 2009 German Photo Book Award for their first book, Frank Kunert. Topsy-Turvy World (Hatje Cantz Verlag) and in the same year they published their first book on Fritz Kahn. Uta von Debschitz was an architect until 2002, when she became a journalist focusing on culture and health. In 2010, she curated the exhibition of Fritz Kahn’s visual work at the Berlin Museum of Medical History and is currently doing a doctorate on Kahn’s visualizations at Berlin University of the Arts. Thilo von Debschitz worked as a designer and art director in international advertising and design agencies after completing his communication design studies. In 1997, he founded the creative agency Q in Wiesbaden, which has won many awards for its print and online media projects.

Fritz Kahn. Infographics Pioneer
Hardcover14 x 19.5 cm1.26 kg526 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-6775-6

Edition: Multilingual (English, Italian, Spanish)
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From hard to simple with just one imagine

Marco,November 7, 2021
Fritz Khan can unveil the complex of scince processes jist with one single imagine, so for example the process of digestion, the structure of the lungs, digestive system or nerves is immediately understandable thanks by original illustrations. This book is a graphics art masterpiece. Vivid colors, good size book. 5 strars.

Genial

Cris,October 27, 2021
Un libro muy completo e interesante.