28/03/10 – Between 1965 and 1966, New York book publisher George Braziller published a six volume series under the title Vision + Value.

The aim of the series, “…to stimulate the circulation of ideas, to find channels of communication that interconnect various disciplines and offer us a sense of structure in our 20th century world…,” encouraged interdisciplinary cooperation and sought to bring together the day’s foremost artists, scientists and scholars.

Each volume centred on a broad basic theme with the series itself speaking to the fundamental role of vision for human insight and expression.

The series included essays by such eminent contributors as: Rudolf Arnheim, Saul Bass, Max Bill, Marcel Breuer, John Cage, R. Buckminster Fuller, Karl Gerstner, Johannes Itten, Marshall McLuhan, Paul Rand, and many others; and was edited by renowned artist, designer and M.I.T. professor, Gyorgy Kepes.

Volumes in the series:
1. Education of Vision (1965)
2. Structure in Art and in Science (1965)
3. The Nature and Art of Motion (1965)
4. Module Proportion Symmetry Rhythm (1966)
5. The Man-Made Object (1966)
6. Sign Image Symbol (1966)

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17/07/09 – Selections from Design and Paper (13): Controlled Visual Flow by Ladislav Sutnar, New York (1943).

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16/07/09 – Selections from Design and Paper (19): Shape, line and color by Ladislav Sutnar, New York (1945).

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