GOLDBERG Carin. School of Visual Arts - Senior Library 2004

New York, School of Visual Arts, 2004.

5 books In-4, cloth cover, flat spine with black dots indicating the order of the books. Book 5 has 4 black dots and a cross on the first cover.
White box with a representation of the books printed in black and gold on one side, and a cut-out portrait and a cross drawn in vector on the other side. Information about the book on the back of the box.

Each year the School of Visual Arts in New York prints in a limited edition of the works of the graduate students of the design and advertising department and one of the professors of the school is selected to create the book.
These are often internationally renowned graphic designers who are professors at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and, as for the editions of the Types Director Club, it must be an honor for a graphic designer to be selected to direct this type of edition.

In our opinion, the 2004 edition by Carin Goldberg is certainly the most remarkable and moving, especially since the graphic designer left us in 2023.

The book number 5 offers a visual exploration of Goldberg's student life combining fonts, calligraphy, vector shapes and naive drawing. Creating a style that is unique to her and certainly inspiring for a whole generation of students.

The other 4 books present the work of students, we read them as we visit a contemporary art exhibition, between concept and curiosity.
You will find attached in one of the books a CD-rom presenting works in motion design.
In 2004 we are at the very beginning of the expansion of this animation discipline in art schools under After Effect and Premier and the artistic styles are very marked by the graphic capabilities of software and computers. There are the effects of texture and typography movement characteristic of the 2000s.

Books from the School of Visual Arts - Senior Library are very rare to find.

The 2018 version designed by Pentagram: https://www.pentagram.com/work/school-of-visual-arts-senior-library-2018/story

The 2008 version designed by Poulin: http://www.poulinmorris.com/projects/publication/Exposed_School_of_Visual_Arts_Senior_Library.html
The 2016 version designed by Scott Buschkuhl: https://hinterlandstudio.com/project/school-of-visual-arts/

An interview with Carin Goldberg in which she talks about this edition: https://bookdesigners.com/blog/carin-goldberg-2016

Page on the website of the International Graphic Alliance dedicated to this book: https://a-g-i.org/design/school-of-visual-arts-senior-library-2004

Condition : the box is damaged on the corners of one side