Graphic Design

A Concise History

AvRichard Hollis

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

Del i serien World of Art

201 kr

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Beskrivning

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, the computer and digital technology. With over 800 illustrations fully integrated with the text, this indispensable account is uniquely clear, comprehensive and absorbing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-08-20
Mått:150 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:World of Art
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:9780500203477

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Richard Hollis (b.1934) is a British graphic designer. He has taught at various art schools, written several books, and worked as a printer and magazine editor. Employed in Paris as publicity designer for Galeries Lafayette, he later went on to design the quarterly journal Modern Poetry in Translation, before becoming the art editor of the weekly magazine New Society and later designed John Berger’s Ways of Seeing. He also designed the visual identity and marketing materials for the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London (1970–72 and 1978–85) and co-founded the School of Design at West of England College of Art.

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'Essential and affordable reading for students, designers and historians … considered, well-informed and imaginative' - The Eye

Innehållsförteckning

From graphic art to design 1890 to 1914; the Avant-garde and the origins of Modernism 1914-1940; national tendencies until 1940; the designer and the art director; variants of Modernism in Europe; psychedelia, protest and new techniques of the late 1960s; new waves - electronic technology; 1990 and beyond.