"Martin Venezky is not your typical point-and-click designer. While he is adept at operating a mouse, he is just as comfortable cutting and pasting type from old books, collaging found signs, or making his own photographs. What results are the unique creations of a unique eye." "It Is Beautiful ... Then Gone presents Venezky's commercial design work as well as new graphics created especially for this book: the 702 images from the wall collage that defines his office and his aesthetic; the singular photography, collections, and notebooks that characterize his personality; and the text that explains - or at least questions - it all. Venezky's philosophy that life and design are a continuation of each other permeates this elegant book filled with hundreds of idiosyncratic, deeply wrought examples."--Page 2 of cover.