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All Wrapped Up!: Groovy Gift Wrap of the 1960s | 
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| Author: Kevin Akers
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
Buy New: $12.00
You Save: $10.95 (48%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 175990
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0811843734
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.54
EAN: 9780811843737
ASIN: 0811843734
Publication Date: February 24, 2005
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: H20081114205835T
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Product Description
Through hundreds of eye-popping reproductions, All Wrapped Up! celebrates gift wrapthat most ephemeral of paper productsfrom the groovy 1960s. The modest palette and conventional patterns of the previous decade eventually yielded to the riotous colors, op art, and psychedelic visions that defined the late '60s, charting a course through the entire spectrum of mid-century graphic design and commercial illustration. Popular imagery of cute animals, adorable children, barbecue iconography for dad, funky florals, and Santas of every stripe grace these pages. A thoughfully wrapped present is a gift in itself, and All Wrapped Up! is the perfect package to celebrate the popular designs of the most visually exuberant decade of all.
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Wonderful book June 25, 2008
The 1960's are before my time, but I still enjoy looking at stuff like this. My mother used to save EVERYTHING. She had NEW (never used-still in the packaging) gift wrap paper that I knew even when I was a kid that it was from the '60s (I was familiar with the styles). I guess she figured that she may need it one day (who knows), but I thought it woefully out of style! Other things of that era were saved in our household. I always enjoyed them. I found them to be cute and sweet and colorful, too. I also love the late '60's and early '70's.
I love this book because I am extremely nostalgic. It may appeal to other people for the same reason. As an artist, I also like to have wonderful reference books about art! I don't believe that anyone would be disappointed in this book if he or she has it for those reasons.
One more thing: I am also extremely amazed that the person who put this book together would be able to find such wonderful samples. Wow!
perfect coffee table reading December 24, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A perfect little coffee table art book. Lots of great, colourful scans and not much annoying text...unique and fun!
1960s "Adult Kids re-Collecting Our Childhood" Must Have! June 28, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I hardly ever write a review here, but I ordered this book for myself for Christmas 2005 and have been looking at it probably weekly since then. As a 43 year old child of 1962 and collector of everything 1950s, 60s, and 70s, this book brought SUCH a smile to my face when I initially flipped through it and has continued to bring joy. For those of us who truly relish images/graphics/design styles from our past -- feed your brain with THIS book and feel your dopamine and serotonin levels spill all over themselves as you take that trip down memory lane into Christmases, birthdays, and baby/bridal showers past! Then, buy a copy for all of your retro type friends!
wow! January 4, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
this book is amazing! i don't know how they found all these incredible patterns! the book is just jam packed with those fun wrapping papers from the 60's. a great gift for any pop-arty design fan!!!
Groovy Gift - Gotta Get this Book! May 4, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book will bring back so many memories. If you're 40 something, you'll want a copy for yourself, one for your parents and more for your 40-something friends. It's a scrapbook of the groovy generation and the perfect gift for the person who thinks he has everything! All Wrapped Up is a gorgeous book. My kids loved looking through it. It sparked a lot of conversation about what it was like to live in the 1960's.
You'll not only remember every birthday you had in the 60s but you'll start to remember songs you forgot, commercials you saw on television and the gifts you received. This wonderful book is a treasure.
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