Profile : Pentagram design

Pentagram, founded in 1972, is one of the best known and most influential graphic, product, and architectural design firms in the world, with offices in London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, and Austin.

Its partners are distinguished members of the international design community, consistently generating award-winning work of the highest quality.

Profile is the first survey of Pentagram published since 1999, and the first book to include the design firm's "new guard," partners Fernando Gutierrez, D.J.

Stout, Lisa Strausfeld, and J. Abbott Miller. The book is a unique collection of essays on Pentagram's nineteen partners by best-selling authors, revered design critics, editors, and other well-known cultural figures.

These essays are eloquent and insightful explorations into the personalities, thought processes, careers, and work of the different partners.

Generously illustrated with examples of both famous and lesser-known projects, the essays not only shed light on nineteen individual talents, but together provide a comprehensive overview of the legendary firm as it embraces the new millennium.