Connecting the Dots showcases the remarkable contribution of one
designer, Garry Emery, to Australian culture internationally over
60+ years. It publishes a selection of Emery's writings, alongside
notes he calls 'ramblings' as well as presenting EmeryStudio's
design work. Connecting the Dots collects ad-hoc design thinking,
comments, insights, thoughts, quotations, snippets, questions,
answers, essays, articles, meditations, opinions, ambiguities,
dogmas, observations, ideas, remnants, contradictions, realities,
episodes, moments, fantasies, threads, traces, snapshots,
ramblings, ruminations, not so many facts, no certainties. 'As this
book shows, Emery's work is much more than graphic design. It is
the design of alphabets, pages, books, branding and websites, but
also of walls, installations, exhibitions, furniture, rooms,
postage stamps, car parks, building facades and busy streets. How
do we read a page or a poster; how do we find our way around
crowded, chaotic cities?' - James Button, writer and editor