Skate Crazy: Amazing Graphics from the Golden Age of Roller Skating
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Book Summary Author: Lou Brooks Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2003-11-26 ISBN: 076241460X Number of pages: 144 Publisher: Running Press |
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Book Reviews of the Skate Crazy: Amazing Graphics from the Golden Age of Roller Skating
Customer Review: Eight wheels and no brakes.
Summary: 5 Stars
A tip of the hat to Lou Brooks for making this book such a delight to look at! The subject matter is pretty mundane and in the hands of many other book designers 'Skate Crazy' would just look bland but Mr Brooks knows his stuff. He knows how to select the right photos, handle color panels, overlap graphic images, choose a relevant typeface for headings and all the other little design elements that make each page sparkle and this book has 144 of them in a neat square format.
Although much of the material is similar Brooks has managed to split it into sixteen chapters and write a bit about each subject but the book is essentially visual. The four hundred rink stickers are the main pictorial items and nicely the index in the back is a geographical listing of past rinks across America. Strangely, despite a thorough coverage there are no close-up photos of skates, a page or two from a manufacturer's sales brochure would have been helpful I think.
'Skate Crazy' is a wonderful bit of nostalgia and if you rolled (or danced) around one of the three thousand rinks across the Nation in the Forties or Fifties you'll really enjoy looking at this book. Just super!
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