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Graphic Design History: A Critical History / Drucker, Johanna ; McVarish, Emily ; Bass S ; Bayer H ; Blake W ; Brody N ; Carson D ; Cassandre AM ; Chermayeff I ; Chwast S ; Crumb R ; Depero F ; Fella E ; Gill E ; Glaser M ; Greiman A ; Heartfeld J ; Hoch H ; Kalman T ; Klucis G ; Licko Z ; Lissitzky E ; Lubalin H ; Lustig A ; Makela S ; Marinetti FT ; Matter H ; Mau B ; Mayakovsky V ; McCoy K ; Padgett R ; Rand P ; Rodchenko A ; Ruscha E ; Sagmeister S ; Scher P ; Schwitters K ; Sutnar L ; Tschichold J ; VanDoesburg T ; Warhol A ; Werkman HN ; Zapf H ; Zdanevich I ; Zwart P ; Stenberg G ; Stenberg V ; Schmidt J ; Cassandre AM ; Stankowski A ; Reid J ; VanderLans R., 2009

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Identifier: CC-48471-69500

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Scope and Contents

Graphic Design History traces the social and cultural role of visual communication from prehistory to the present, connecting what designers do every day to a history of innovative graphic forms and effects. The contents of this book include the following chapters titled Early Writing: Mark-making, Notation Systems, and Scripts - Medieval Letterforms and Book Formats - Modern typography and the Creation of the Public Sphere - the Graphic Effects of Industrial Production - The Culture of Consumption - Corporate Identities and the International Style - Postmodernism in Design - Digital Design. The book includes an extensive glossary of terms, a bibliography and a list of image credits. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2009

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (386 pages)) ; 27.6 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

ref shelf graphic design

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Prentice Hall. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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