Min, simplicity and minimalism in graphic design cont

“Less is more.” Never has this minimalist mantra been so powerful. than in our era saturated with images, products and consumption. While the golden age of ornamentation and graphic excess seems to have passed, Many graphic designers are moving towards a simplified aesthetic. Stuart Tolley has selected 150 projects with minimalist design, embodying purity, sobriety, simple geometry… He compiles them in this work, and explains the approach of their creators, the production techniques used, the messages conveyed in these visuals. From packaging to poster, from record cover to magazine layout, All fields of printed graphic design are represented in this selection. MIN is also punctuated by interviews with emblematic creators of the contemporary minimalism, and by essays on history, sociology and scope of the minimalist movement.