Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías R. I. P. (1954-2013)
Las Lanzas Coloradas (The Red Lances) by the Venezuelan writer Arturo Uslar-Pietri, may very well be the first-ever official germination of Latin American magical realism…Anyone interested in Venezuelan History this a great book to begin with..This is a 1932 German edition, designed by the German master typographer Jan Tschichold…
“Diario de un Diplomático Británico en Venezuela 1825-1842” by Sir Robert Ker Porter
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This book is a journal of British Diplomat in Venezuela from 1825-1842. Based in the English version by Walter Dupouy in 1966. Designed by Álvaro Sotillo.
Catalogues of Galería de Art Nacional
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4 sets of beautifully designed catalogues from each solo exhibitions by Venezuelan artists and photographer that were held in Galería de Art Nacional; Gladys Meneses, Christian Belpaire, Chales Ventrillón Horber, Asdrúbal Colmenare.
El Arte Prehispánico de Venezuela by Miguel G. Arroyo
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A completed catalog of the Pre-Columbian art of the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. Honorable mention at The Most Beautiful Books Award in 2001. Design by Alvaro Sotillo / Carlos Germán Rojas (illustrator).
“A Short History of Metal Engraving” by Miguel G. Arroyo
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This publication is considered by Álvaro Sotillo to be his first completed assignment as a book designer, and still it won the honorable mention as the Most Beautiful Books in the World Award at Leipzig in 1975.
“Carlos Raúl Villanueva y la arquitectura de Venezuela” by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
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This book explores in depth not only the career of renowned architect Carlos Raul Villanueva, but also shows where he fits in to the context of Venezuelan and South American architecture as a whole.
“El ABC de la conservación de obras de arte hechas en papel & Cuento del papel” by Miguel G. Arroyo & Álvaro Sotillo
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This is an exhibition catalogue of a very nicely presented history, uses and protection of paper through millennium. Designed by Álvaro Sotillo. Honorable Mention at The International Art Book Exposition in 1980.
“Geohistoria de La Sensibilidad” by Pedro Cunill Grau
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This is the most beautiful two-volume encyclopedia of Venezuela GeoHistory of sensitivity. Álvaro Sotillo and Gabriela Fontanillas, both excellent graphic designers from Caracas, have created a complex yet highly subtle typography. This first edition of two volumes was the winner of the “Golden Letters”, a maxim distention at “The most Beautiful Book of the World” from the foundation The Art of the Book of Leipzig in 2008.
Look inside for this trajectory of great Venezuelan graphic designers!
La emblemática de Gerd Leufert by Gerd Leufer & Álvaro Sotillo
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The book groups the great work of Gerd Leufert’s and Álvaro Sotillo’s designs, earned the first price in Leipzig as the best-designed book in 1985. If you are an admirer of object-books and world graphic design, this is definitely, a great example to have. Photographs by Paolo Gasparini.
La emblemática de Gerd Leufert by Gerd Leufert & Álvaro Sotillo
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The book groups the great work of Gerd Leufert’s and Álvaro Sotillo’s designs, earned the Goldene Letter in Leipzig as the most beautiful book in 1985. If you are an admirer of object-books and world graphic design, this is definitely, a great example to have. Photographs by Paolo Gasparini.
ベネズエラのグラフィックデザイナー、Álvaro Sotilloが自身の師であるGerd Leufertの作品をまとめたもの。
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1985年、ドイツのライプチヒで行われた「世界で最も美しい本」国際コンクールで最優秀の「金の文字賞 ( Goldene Letter ) 」を受賞。南米のグラフィックデザインのコレクターにとってお宝です。
