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J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1 | P E R S P E C T I V E 3 5 R E S O U R C E S BUTTON POWER: 125 YEARS OF SAYING IT WITH BUTTONS BY CHRISTEN CARTER, TED HAKE From the campaign trail to the rock tour, Button Power collects a people's history of American culture told through the pin-back button. Lively commentary from two of America's foremost button experts shows how the small but powerful button reveals the events and movements that outraged, amused, and inspired us over time, from the solo fl ight of Charles Lindbergh to the Black Power movement. Artists, athletes, actors, politicians, punk and pop musicians, and mascots of the past 125 years make cameos, including Rube Goldberg, Muhammad Ali, the Ramones, Shirley Chisholm, Maratona the Snake Handler, and Ray Stevens, singer of "The Streak." The fi rst book of its kind, Button Power is a rich visual feast. Each colorful spread chronicles defi ning moments in history through colorful photographs and artifacts. This collection will be an essential pick for fans of pop culture, visual culture and design. CHINATOWN PRETTY: FASHION AND WISDOM FROM CHINATOWN'S MOST STYLISH SENIORS BY ANDRIA LO, VALERIE LUU Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend- setting seniors across six Chinatowns. It also shares nuggets of philosophical wisdom and personal stories about immigration and Chinese-American culture. Chinatown Pretty is a signature style worn by ph pohs (grandmas) and gng gungs (grandpas) everywherebut it's also a life philosophy, mixing resourcefulness, creativity, and a knack for fi nding joy even in diffi cult circumstances. E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER: THE ARTIST IN ADVERTISING BY CAITLIN CONDELL, EMILY M. ORR This publication is the fi rst to address the full range of Kauff er's career, from sophisticated designs for major clients—including the London transport system, Random House, American Airlines, and Shell, as well as Allied propaganda posters during World War II—to book covers, rugs, costumes and stage sets. An interdisciplinary group of authors off er critical perspectives on the cultural context of Kauff er's work, bringing new attention to the designer's depictions of race, gender and global politics. E. McKnight Kauff er (American, 1890-195) was a pioneering fi gure who transformed the fi eld of graphic design between the wars. He drew upon the emerging visual languages of Cubism, Vorticism, and Surrealism to create a modern graphic style that shaped the development of commercial art. Through collaborations with his avant-garde peers in art, literature and design, including the Bloomsbury Group, Marion Dorn, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Aldous Huxley and Man Ray, Kauff er expanded the scope and impact of his fi eld.