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Philip Meggs has written the most throughly illustrated, definitive history of graphic communications. In the epilogue, Meggs notes the following: "At the time of this writing human affairs are undergoing a new revolution comparable to the industrial revolution that launched the machine age. Electronic circuitry, microprocessors, and computer-generated imagery threaten to radically alter our culture's images, communications processes,and the very nature of the work itself. Graphic design, like many other sources of human activity, is undergoing profound changes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This second edition attempts to provide a conceptual and pictorial overview of significant graphic-design accomplishments. The book is organized into five general chronological sections: The Prologue to Graphic Design; A Graphic Renaissance; The Industrial Revolution; The Modernist Era; The Information Age. Each section is then divided thematically into chapters. This edition has expanded content, revised format and typography, timelines for each section and an expanded bibliography. In keeping with the Epilogue in the first edition, Meggs designed the dust jacket of this second edition using computer generated graphics. Although the number of pages in the second edition is slightly smaller than the first edition, this is because the font size is smaller; actually, the text has been expanded to cover recent contemporary trends in graphic design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This third edition provides hundreds of new full-color illustrations and new material in areas such as alphabets, Japanese and Dutch graphics, and the computer revolution. The book is organized into five sections: The Prologue to Graphic Design; A Graphic Renaissance; The Industrial Revolution; The Modernist Era; The Age of Information. Each section is then divided thematically into chapters. This edition has expanded content, revised format and typography, timelines for each section and an expanded bibliography. In keeping with the Epilogue in the first and second editions, Meggs designed the dust jacket of this second edition using computer generated graphics. The expansion in this revision relates mainly to th edigital revolution in typography and the new "dirty" typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book provides a densely illustrated, overview of avant garde page design from 1900 to 1950. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The drawing on the colophon page consists of a large K in ink and green graphite. Two phrases are handwritten at the top and bottom of the K: "Quand bien meme lance dans des circonstances eternelles" and "Toute pensee emet un coup de des." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The catalogue reproduces and documents Massin's book and record covers as well as some typographic layouts and bookbindings. The drawing on the colophon page consists of the letter K with an arm and leg hand drawn and colored. Inscribed on each side of the K is the phrase "Cette lettre K qui derive du [symbol of bent arrow] Phenicien." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Amazon.com: "Robert Massin (b. 1925) is a highly influential French graphic designer and writer. He has worked with many famous authors and playwrights, including Eugene Ionesco, Blaise Cendrars, and Raymond Queneau, and for twenty years has been the art director for the pre-eminent French publisher Gallimard. This is the first monograph published in English on the work of Massin, one of the key exponents in the development of post-war graphic design. Wolff charts Massin's wide-ranging career with detailed discussion of some of his most inventive and exciting projects, including the award-winning THE BALD PRIMA DONNA (1964) and LETTER AND IMAGE (1970). Wolff carried out her research in close collaboration with Massin, gaining unrivaled access to the Massin collection in Chartres as well as the designer's personal archives. MASSIN includes preparatory sketches, letters, and finished works, photographed especially for this book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The 74 typographic prints by international designers are from the collection of Felix Beltran who also contributed a work. The prints were originally exhibited in Europe in the 1970's and were shown for the first time in North America at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This outstanding book traces the history of typographic design through major art movements to a description of new technologies for print design using computers. The chapters include: The Many Faces of Typographic Design; Order out of Chaos-the Russian Avant Garde; The New Typography Crosses the Ocean; The Influence of the Private Presses; Typefaces; Bits, Bytes and Typographic Design. Typefaces are alphabetically listed and their features described as an excellent reference source.This copy is the first edition whereas the duplicate is a first edition, second printing in 1991.Editorial review: Suddenly, the universe of people making typographical decisions has expanded. Effective visual communication through the informed manipulation of the size and style of type, its placement on a two dimensional surface, its integration with graphic material, and the quality of its reproduction is within reach of anyone who has a computer. Typographic Communications Todayplaces this phenomenon...