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Graphic Design: A Concise History (World of Art) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 2nd Revised edition edition (20 Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500203474
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500203477
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,384 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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'Essential and affordable reading for students, designers and historians... considered, well-informed and imaginative' - The Eye 'The best introduction [to the subject] yet written' - i-D

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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 roots in the development of printing to become a profession and a discipline in its own right. This authoritative documentary history begins with the poster and goes on to chart the development of word and image in brochures and magazines, advertising, corporate identity, television and electronic media, and the effects of technical innovations such as photography and the computer. A new final chapter in this revised edition covers the international development and leading practitioners in graphic design over the past ten years, exploring in particular the revolutionary impact of digital technology. Designers and companies discussed here include Tibor Kalman, David Carson, Jeffrey Keedy, Edward Fella, Pierre di Sciullo, Fontshop, Tomato, LettError, Design Writing Research, Gerard Unger, Fred Smeijers and Cornel Windlin.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to the history of graphic Design, 15 Jan 2002
By fogo-fatuo@clix.pt (Lisboa, Portugal) - See all my reviews
This is the best introduction to the history of Graphic Design I ever read.
The book is very well organized (chronological and geographically), and despiste the amplitude of the subject tries to reach the roots of the cultural and technological context of the big mutations of the contemporary graphic Design.
Easy to read contains reprodutions (however small in size)that help to visualize the essencial movements and authors, and doesn't stop at the Bauhus but goes to just yesterday.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great over view, 29 May 2002
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Organised by country and date, this book is a great introduction to where Graphic Design is coming from. Not expecting you to know anything about the topic, this book can be used as a history, or as a quick contextual refrence book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough pictures :), 26 Jun 2008
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As I work best with pictures rather than words. I love graphic design books packed with large images full of inspiration. This has images, but not enough- plenty of writing tho! (hahaha) Guess its good for contextual studies though.
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