Graphic design
Subtitle: the 50 most influential graphic designers in the world
By: Anna Gerber
Series: Little book of big ideas; Little book of big ideas
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers; A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781408120026
Subjects: Commercial artists; Graphic artists; Biography; Graphic arts; History
Other titles: 50 most influential graphic designers in the world; Fifty most influential graphic designers in the world
Description: "This is a comprehensive introduction not only to the world most important graphic designers but also a look at various styles, movements and processes. It particularly concentrates on the ideas and contributions of 50 of the world's most influential graphic designers, and at 10 of the major movements in the field and their place in history. The book includes pieces on Eric Gill, Adrian Frutiger and Alphonse Muchta and on topics such as Politics and Propaganda in poster art, Futurism, New Wave and the Digital Age. All in all, this is a compact, easily accessible, quick guide to the field of graphic design."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Poster design. Jules Charet, Alphonse Mucha, the Beggarstaff brothers, Ludwig Hohlwein, Lucian Bernhard ; Linotype and monotype: Edward McKnight Kauffer, Gustav Klutsis ; Politics and propoganda: the Sternberg brothers, A M Cassandre, Josef Muller-Bröckman ; Swiss style: Tandori Yokoo, Victor Moscoso; title: Books and magazines. Alexsander Rodchenko ; Constructivism: John Heartfield, Alexei Brodovitch, Herbert Matter, Bruno Munari ; Futurism: Wim Crouwel, Push Pin Studio, David Carson, Neville Brody; title: Commercial art, branding, signs and symbols. Peter Behrens, Piet Zwart, Kurt Schwitters, Anton Stankowski ; Photomontage: Paul Rand, Yusaku Kamekura, Saul Bass, Otl Aicher, Karl Gerstner, Pentagram, Massimo Vignelli, Chermayeff and Geismar ; Corporate identity: Gert Dumbar, April Greiman; title: Typefaces and typography. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Paul Renner, Eric Gill, El Lissitsky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy ; Bauhaus: Herbert Bayer, Jan Tschochold ; New typography: Hermann Zapf, Herb Lubalin, Armin Hofmann, Adrian Frutiger, Matthew carter, Ed Fella, Wolfgang Weingart ; New wave: Jamie Reid.