It is difficult to argue that we as a society are obsessed with technology. Many of our relationships, whether with art, literature or each other are now maintained primarily through one digital interface or another. Tantalizing new platforms are continuously appearing in the marketplace - offering more features than their predecessors. The usual outcome is the forced obsolescence of these previous systems. And yet in art and design, there has been a shift in recent years towards the fruits of more lo-fi processes, a distinct need for a personal component and the expressiveness that normally only a human hand can evoke. Vector graphics have weathered this current backlash taking pride of place alongside the fruits of more handmade techniques. The sources of inspiration often remain the same, whether a nod to popular culture or an homage to nostalgia. The execution is precise and original, with a unique capacity for pattern and color and a great versatility of scale. Vectorism examines the state of contemporary vector graphics and its continuing relevance in the design world.

很難說作為社會的一員我們是不是和科技緊密相關。無論是否關於藝術，文學還是什麼其他，大部分是通過數字界麵錶現齣來的。市場上不斷齣現新的誘人的更新換代産品，這些新的産品可以比他們的前輩們提供更多的功能。通常的結果就是舊産品被淘汰瞭。然而在藝術和設計上，這些年的轉變成果就是加工過程越來越少，完全靠雙手産生的錶現。矢量繪圖渡過瞭這一轉變並在手工技術方麵驕傲的占領一席之地。靈感的來源往往一樣，無論是時尚的還是懷舊的，關鍵的技巧是精細性和原創性，獨特的運用花紋和色彩及其廣泛的運用性。本書詳細說明瞭當代矢量繪圖的現狀以及在設計領域的發展趨勢。