Alexander Rodchenko: Design

John Milner

Hardcover | 15.32 x 1.5 x 22.89 cm | 96 pp

ACC | 2014 | 9781851495917

Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian Constructivist art movement; a radical activist, a pioneer of photomontage, a theorist, and a teacher. This concise, comprehensive and informative work focuses largely on Rodchenko's graphic work in the form of book jackets, posters and advertising. 

He was an active force in the organisation of the first museums of modern art that arose in Russia in the first years after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Central in the re-examination of art and its place in society after the Revolution, and in the search for a new culture without the class implications of the past, Rodchenko's radical approach proposed a new understanding of a constructed, rather than a tastefully composed, culture. 

The ACC Design series highlight designers working across illustration, book design, graphic design and corporate identity. Although they may not be household names, their designs became ubiquitous elements of twentieth century visual culture and continue to influence new generations of designers, illustrators and artists today.

The series was winner of the Brand/Series Identity category at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2009.