The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear by Anderson, Chase

The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear

For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and...
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Author: Chase Anderson
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Language: English
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The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear by Anderson, Chase

The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear

$65.00

The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear

$65.00
Author: Chase Anderson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and catalogs, pushing the limits of photography and graphic design. This fascinating collection of outdoors covers, drawn from the Outdoor Recreation Archive at Utah State University and spanning one hundred years, features seventy iconic brands including Columbia, The North Face, and Snow Peak. Together, they make up a stunning visual sequence that traverses generations, sports, styles, and continents, and holds something for creatives of all persuasions.

The images, from grainy climbing photographs to homely illustrations of happy campers and cinematic landscapes, are organized artfully by medium--from outdoors to processed photography, collage to illustration, product photography to typography. Lead-in texts provide an overview of the scope and creative opportunities afforded by each medium, while interspersed throughout are pieces written by guest contributors. Specially commissioned, these personal reflections--by more than twenty industry leaders, designers, creatives, and sportspeople, including photographer Chris Burkard, designer Jeff Staple, and climber Conrad Anker--hone in on a particular image and explore what it means to them. Four eight-page inserts, meanwhile, printed on a different paper stock, reveal a selection of fascinating pages from inside the catalogs.

Carefully crafted, with an unfurling sequence of varied and impactful covers, The Outdoor Archive is an enviable resource for graphic designers and creative studios, plus a covetable item in its own right.



Author: Chase Anderson,Clint Pumphrey
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.48lbs
Size: 11.68h x 8.78w x 1.38d
ISBN: 9780500025994

About the Author
Anderson, Chase: - Chase Anderson is industry relations manager in outdoor product design and development at Utah State University.Pumphrey, Clint: - Clint Pumphrey is archives manuscript curator at Utah State University.Burkard, Chris: - Chris Burkard is an award-winning photographer, creative director, explorer, and author. He has worked with companies including The North Face, Patagonia, National Geographic, and the BBC.

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