Patent Depending: Vehicles; 2nd Edition
Author | : Steven Johnson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2021-02-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798711966753 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Patent Depending: Vehicles; 2nd Edition written by Steven Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the expanded, updated second edition of Patent Depending: A Collection. Paired with a companion book, Patent Depending: Vehicles, 2nd edition, it includes all of Steven M. Johnson's most recent invention and product whimsy work pertaining to various types of vehicles. Much of the artwork included in this book was published in 1984 and 1991, though many drawings were created in intervening years up to and including 2021. Johnson began to specialize in creating and illustrating plausible, futuristic or amusing products and scenarios around 1974 while he was working as an urban planner and later as a newspaper artist. He specialized in thinking up whimsical variations and humorous alternative versions of existing products. Most of the drawings in this large collection of nearly 600 panels were originally published in black-and-white. All art has been converted to color. The style of presentation emulates the appearance of book of comics, yet the drawings are not comics, having no narrative, plot development or recognizable characters. Johnson says he developed a habit of thinking up product ideas while still half asleep in the morning. Notes were made before the ideas had vanished from his mind. Thinking up variations especially intrigues him. reader will discover that the tone of the book varies from silly to serious. The author is comfortable thinking in either mode, and the method he employs for coming up with silly concepts is the same as he uses for his pessimistic images.