NEW - Neon Revolution - Eastern Bloc Electro-Graphic Design' by Ilona Karwinska

AVAILABLE NOW - BUY ONLINE OR AT THE NEON MUZEUM !

'Neon Revolution' is the outstanding new photographic book by Ilona Karwinska. This stunning publication is richly illustrated by photographs taken over a decade - by Ilona Karwinska - of cold war era neon signs from Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, former GDR, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Complementing this brilliant visual narrative, there is an exclusive memoir and photographs by Jeffrey Feltman - American diplomat and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. The book also includes an essay by Professor David Crowley and photographs by Hans J. Orth taken in Warsaw in 1966. The book is lavishly printed and bound on archival quality paper.

Published by Neon Muzeum, Warsaw
Pages: 336 
Format: Hardcover soft-touch
Size: 30cm x 24cm 
Language: English 
ISBN: 978-1-5272-1560-3

For more information about Ilona Karwinska's Neon project please go to: www.neonmuzeum.org






Warsaw Neon by Ilona Karwinska

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'Neon Warsaw' is the definitive new book by photographer and curator Ilona Karwinska. The culmination of a ten year project to document and preserve Warsaw's cold war era neon heritage, the book also includes stunning never-before-seen archival drawings and blueprints from the great 'Neon Group' artists of the 1950s-1960s. With a comprehensive historical essay on the motivations and methods of the Polish State that led to Golden Age of Neon in Poland. But the real beauty of the album lies in the visually stunning neon photographs by Ilona Karwinska. It is the debut publication of the Neon Muzeum, Warsaw. The book is printed on archival quality paper.

Published by Neon Muzeum, Warsaw
Page Count: 232
Size: 28cm x 23cm
Format: Soft Cover
Language: English/Polish
ISBN: 978-83-943184-0-6

For more information about Ilona Karwinska's Neon project please go to: www.neonmuzeum.org



Polish Cold War Neon by Ilona Karwinska

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Polish Neon: Cold War Typography and Design tells the fascinating story of neon signs in Poland during the cold war by preserving and celebrating the remnants of this rich and influential history. Comprising of archival and contemporary photographs of these mesmerizing signs, as well as original designs and interviews with the designers, this book reveals an untold story of Poland and how a communist bureaucracy helped shape the future of graphic design and typography.

Published by MBP, New York
Page Count: 224
Size: 11 x 9 inches
Format: Casebound

For more information about Ilona Karwinska's Neon project please go to: www.neonmuzeum.org

Warsaw, Polish Neon by Ilona Karwinska - OUT OF PRINT

This pioneering Polish Neon photographic project documents the disappearing world of cold war era neon advertising in Warsaw. This bestselling book contains over 170 colour images by Ilona Karwinska, archival blueprints and foreword by David Crowley (Professor at The Royal College of Art), plus contributions by author Marius Kociejowski and historian Jerzy Majewski.

Publisher: Gazeta Wyborcza (Dec 2008)
ISBN: 978-8375524697
Hardcover 168 pages
24.5cm x 29cm

For more information about Ilona Karwinska's Neon project please go to: www.neonmuzeum.org



LEE - Make History

Publisher: LEE Jeans
Hardcover 215 pages
21.5cm x 30cm

Ilona was recently shortlisted (twice) from over 16,000 international entries to appear in the ‘LEE - Make History’ First Edition Photographic Album.

The book contains 101 winnings images - and her chosen photographs have been shown around the world as part of the promotional exhibition.