CCA Publications
no straight lines: four decades of queer comics Fantagraphics, 2012 Hardcover, 304, $35
the way beyond art: wide white space CCA Wattis Institute, 2012 Paperback, 104 pages, $17
Edited and designed by jon sueda (Graphic Design
justin hall (Comics faculty) edited and compiled this collection of some of the best queer comics of the last 40 years, whose creators have tackled complex issues of identity and a changing society with intelligence, humor, and imagination.
faculty), this book investigates graphic design’s
darth vader and son
americana: 50 states, 50 months, 50 exhibitions
Chronicle Books, 2012 Hardcover, 64 pages, $14.95
What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his
evolving relationship with curating and exhibitions. It features notable designs (in full color) and essays by CCA faculty members tim belonax, rachel
berger, eric heiman, brett macfadden, emily mcvarish, and scott thorpe.
CCA Wattis Institute, 2012 Hardcover, 240 pages, $25
son? In this comic reimagining, life lessons include
This catalogue, designed by jon sueda (Graphic
light-saber batting practice, using the Force to raid
Design faculty), documents a five-year series of
the cookie jar, and Take Your Child to Work Day on the
Wattis Institute exhibitions curated by students in
Death Star. The book is designed by michael morris
the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice. Each
(Graphic Design 2004). A New York Times best seller!
show examined one of the 50 American states, focusing on artworks, historical artifacts, curiosities, the often overlooked, and the little known.
the jewelry and metalwork of marie zimmermann Yale University Press, 2012 Hardcover, 400 pages, $65
refract house CCA, 2012 Hardcover, 144 pages, $25
Designed by CCA Graphic Design students suzanne
baxter and jason kerr, Refract House explores the evolution of CCA’s solar-powered house that competed in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, reframing the team’s efforts within a larger context of contemporary architectural practice. It features full-color photographs, architectural renderings, and texts by faculty members peter
anderson, ila berman, nataly gattegno, matt hutchinson, andrew kudless, and oblio jenkins.
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david cole (Jewelry / Metal Arts faculty) spent 13 years and traveled widely to photograph the work of Marie Zimmermann for this book, which includes approximately 400 of his images. Zimmermann was a very colorful character in addition to being one of the most creative and important makers of metalwork in early-20th-century America.
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