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Alejandro Magallanes - The Order of Chaos

Miguel Ángel Pérez Arteaga,  Alejandro Magallanes

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Hoaki Books S.L.
03 September 2024
Individual designers
A book featuring the wide-ranging work of internationally renowned Mexican graphic designer, illustrator, poet and artist Alejandro Magallanes, including posters, book illustrations, and works of art, as well as the artist's thoughts about the nature of his creations.

As ""An exercise in ordering chaos,"" in Alejandro Magallanes', the author's words, the book seeks to ""intuit new paths that lead to places never explored before"" in the artist's ceaseless play with letters and images. It is divided into five sections that introduce the reader to a fascinating visual universe where Magallanes ""illustrates with words and writes with images."" In texts throughout the book, the artist discusses the diverse nature of his projects (books, collages, photographs, letters and illustrations), reflects on his graphic style, and muses on whether the included illustrations, detached from their original text, function on their own as independent, autonomous creations that suggest new readings and meanings. Through this vast array of work, we can see how Magallenes's process for creating illustrations and designing advertisements for important firms is always changing, depending on the printed object, that is, the text he is going to illustrate. The resulting images can be poetic, intelligent, childish, mainstream and even sometimes grotesque. They are examples of the different visions of an adult who refuses to stop being a child, one who makes believe and plays all the time, twisting ideas, images and words that can become part of our memory and stay with us forever.

AUTHORS: Miguel Ángel Pérez Arteaga is a graphic designer and cofounder of the design studio Batidora de Ideas. He is the author and illustrator of children's books published in Spain, Mexico and Brazil. His books include Graphic Designers on Creative Processes, Illustrators on Creative Process, Isidro Ferrer: About Nothing and The Art of Jesús Cisneros, all published by Hoaki Books. He participated in the exhibitions ""Ready to Read - Book Design from Spain"", a selection of the best books published in Spain, and ""Ilustrísimos: An Overview of Children and Young Adults' Illustration in Spain"" at the Bologna Fair. He has held numerous solo and group painting, photography and illustration exhibitions.

Alejandro Magallenes is internationally recognized as a graphic designer, illustrator, poet, and artist. Born in Mexico City in 1971, he studied Graphic Design at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Magallanes experiments with poetry, animation/videos in his sculptures, photographs, and drawings. The recipient of multiple international awards, his work has been published in numerous books and magazines around the world. He has also written 10 children's books and two books of poetry.
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Imprint:   Hoaki Books S.L.
Country of Publication:   Spain
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 170mm, 
ISBN:   9788410650046
ISBN 10:   8410650045
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Miguel Ángel Pérez Arteaga is a graphic designer and cofounder of the design studio Batidora de Ideas. Author and illustrator of children’s books published in Spain, Mexico and Brazil, his books include Graphic Designers on Creative Processes, Illustrators on Creative Process, Isidro Ferrer: About Nothing and The Art of Jesús Cisneros, all published by Hoaki Books. He participated in the exhibitions “Ready to Read - Book Design from Spain”, a selection of the best books published in Spain, and “Ilustrísimos: An Overview of Children and Young Adults’ Illustration in Spain” at the Bologna Book Fair. He has held numerous solo and group painting, photography and illustration exhibitions. Alejandro Magallenes is internationally recognized as a graphic designer, illustrator, poet, and artist. Born in Mexico City in 1971, he studied Graphic Design at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Magallanes experiments with poetry, animation/videos in his sculptures, photographs, and drawings. The recipient of multiple international awards, his work has been published in numerous books and magazines around the world. He has also written 10 children’s books and two books of poetry.

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