The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and most important in the history of 20th-century visual culture. Created to inform, identify and promote, graphic design has evolved from its... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book has condensed design history into a tangible yet informative format. I visit this book often for reference and inspiration.
Comprehensive book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
First: it is great book full of a lot of examples and connections. And I love it and I can recomend it for everyone who wants to know something about graphic design. But sometimes it lost connection between graphic and polictic, which is important in 1920s and 1930s.
A must read...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
for design students. The book gives a complete analysis of the graphic design's history.
follow the arrow
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
insightful, full of samples (about 800 though largely black & white) a great guide to graphic styles, and the key movers & shakers in the history of graphic design right through from the 1890s to the 1990s.a huge resource for such a little book, definately worth reading if not just to look at the pictures...
Great reference for Graphic Design history.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is an excellent guide to the history of graphic design. I really enjoyed reading this insightful view of graphic design. It has lots of useful information on the history of graphic design from early posters to the electronic age. I have found this as a good book for my study as an art student. I would recomend this to anyone interested in graphic design history or if you are thinking of the graphic arts industry.
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