Graphic design at the speed of change: the international design work gathered in these pages is edgy,rreverent, funny, enlightening, maddening, forbidden, and thought-provoking. Here is the inside word,:rom the designers themselves, on graphics that take you places you didn't expect to go. Discover the low and why behind the creation of each design and explore the conceptual and technical elements :hat Dower the oranhics.

Running alongside the text is an exciting e-mail debate on the meaning of Provocation. The participants include Haley Johnson, who runs her own studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Citrus, a design studio in London; Steven McCarthy, who teaches in the graphic design program at the University of Minnesota; and Dann DeWitt of titanium, a studio in Massachusetts known for often producing outlandish work. Insightful observations from designers daring to test the limits between acceptable and over the line make this a must-read!

foreword

chapter 1: Outraqeous

chapter 2: Seductive

chapter 3: Incensing

chapter 4: Shocking

chapter 5: Electrifying

chapter 6: Compelling

chapter 7: Challenging

chapter 8: :Sensuous

chapter 9: Bid They Go Too Far?

directory of design firms

about the author