All Wrapped Up!: Groovy Gift Wrap of the 1960s

All Wrapped Up!: Groovy Gift Wrap of the 1960s
by Kevin Akers

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Author: Kevin Akers
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-24
ISBN: 0811843734
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Chronicle Books

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Book Review: Wonderful book
Summary: 5 Stars

The 1960's are before my time, but I still enjoy looking at stuff like this. My mother used to save EVERYTHING. She had NEW (never used-still in the packaging) gift wrap paper that I knew even when I was a kid that it was from the '60s (I was familiar with the styles). I guess she figured that she may need it one day (who knows), but I thought it woefully out of style! Other things of that era were saved in our household. I always enjoyed them. I found them to be cute and sweet and colorful, too. I also love the late '60's and early '70's.

I love this book because I am extremely nostalgic. It may appeal to other people for the same reason. As an artist, I also like to have wonderful reference books about art! I don't believe that anyone would be disappointed in this book if he or she has it for those reasons.

One more thing: I am also extremely amazed that the person who put this book together would be able to find such wonderful samples. Wow!

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Summary of All Wrapped Up!: Groovy Gift Wrap of the 1960s

Through hundreds of eye-popping reproductions, All Wrapped Up! celebrates gift wrap that most ephemeral of paper products from the groovy 1960s. The modest palette and conventional patterns of the previous decade eventually yielded to the riotous colors, op art, and psychedelic visions that defined the late '60s, charting a course through the entire spectrum of mid-century graphic design and commercial illustration. Popular imagery of cute animals, adorable children, barbecue iconography for dad, funky florals, and Santas of every stripe grace these pages. A thoughfully wrapped present is a gift in itself, and All Wrapped Up! is the perfect package to celebrate the popular designs of the most visually exuberant decade of all.

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