The Story of Graphic Design: From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design - Hardcover

Patrick Cramsie

 
9780712306966: The Story of Graphic Design: From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 071230696X ISBN 13: 9780712306966
Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division, 2010

Synopsis

The Story of Graphic Design is a comprehensive illustrated history of the development of graphic styles in the West, from the origins of the alphabet itself, through the invention of printing in the Renaissance, and the subsequent major styles (with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries), to the recent impact of digital technology on design. This authoritative history places major developments in the context of social, cultural and technological change and, at the same time, exposes the reader to a comprehensive selection of the greatest work by book makers and graphic designers since the invention of writing.

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About the Author

Patrick Cramsie studied graphic design at London's Middlesex University before going on to work in an Anglo-Japanese design company and then later as a freelance designer. His design work has centred on corporate identity and book design, but alongside this he has written book reviews for The Times Literary Supplement and The Tate Gallery Magazine.

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Publisher
The British Library Publishing Division
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
071230696X
ISBN 13 
9780712306966
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352
Editor
Patrick Cramsie

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