A history of British magazine design
By: Anthony Quinn
Contributors: National Art Library (Great Britain); Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: V&A Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781851777860
Subjects: Graphic design (Typography); British periodicals; Graphic arts; National Art Library (Great Britain); Magazine design; History
Description: What does a magazine's look and feel say about it? Sometimes more than its written content. Starting with the advent of two periodicals ; Punch in 1841 and the Illustrated London News a year later ; this groundbreaking study investigates the design history of British magazines over the past 170 years, right up to the beginnings of digital distribution. This pioneering survey of a still-developing story encompasses graphic design, typography, photography, and innovative print technology, and explores why magazines have looked how they do and how they have changed over time. The wealth of superb illustrations is drawn from the V&A's National Art Library's unparalleled archive of periodicals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: How the magazine became a magazine; title: Punch and the Illustrated magazine; title: The Mass-market weekly; title: The Great war and photogravure; title: War and austerity; title: Magazine for swingers; title: Style bibles and computers, lads' mags and celebrities; title: Beyond print - and back again.