A Parrish Colour Book for Children.
By Marie Neurath & J. A. Lauwerys.
Published by Max Parrish and Co. Ltd in 1966 (revised edition).
Binding: Hardcover.
Condition: Book in excellent condition. Dust jacket in VG+ condition.
Marie Neurath designed science books for children in the mid-20th century, using modernist visual techniques and illustrations to explain complex ideas. Neurath and her team were the brains behind Isotype – the International System Of Typographic Picture Education – a method for assembling, configuring and disseminating statistical information through pictorial means.
Simple yet vivd, child-centred yet technically accurate, this Isotype Parrish Colour Book is a great example of how Neurath pioneered the use of infographics to teach kids scientific concepts in groundbreaking ways.
Just beautiful.