Text| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 302.23 MCL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1967 penguin edition | 39002100676791 | |||
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 302.23 MCL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100569228 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Well known for coining the term 'Global Village', Marshall McLuhan's thinking was, and still is, revolutionary. His theories, many of which are illustrated in this astonishing 'inventory of effects', force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishing man.
The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. This is one of four books in that series.
Originally published: New York: Random House, 1967.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Quentin Fiore was born in the Bronx, New York on February 12, 1920. He studied at the Art Students League of New York but turned to calligraphy and type design to make ends meet. During World War II, he declared himself a conscientious objector and was assigned to camps in California, Colorado, and New Hampshire, fighting forest fires and rescuing lost or injured skiers. In the 1950s, he turned to general design and became a consultant and designer for corporate clients like the Ford Foundation, Bell Laboratories, and RCA.He spent much of his career doing conventional design work for large corporations and book jackets for university presses. However, he also collaborated on several books including The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects and War and Peace in the Global Village with Marshall McLuhan, Do It! with Jerry Rubin, and I Seem to Be a Verb with Buckminster Fuller. He died from complications of bronchitis on April 13, 2019 at the age of 99.
(Bowker Author Biography)