Talk
In this live online talk, Spencer Bailey, Phaidon editor-at-large and author of the new book "In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials," speaks with graphic designer Michael Bierut and architect David Adjaye about the shift from figurative to abstract styles in memorials.The discussion will address questions such as: What is the relevance of memorials in the 21st century? Why does abstraction carry a power that figurative statues rarely, if ever, achieve?
In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials is available for pre-order at www.phaidon.com/inmemoryof