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On paperback. Pub Date: 2006 01 of Pages: 272 in Publisher: Laurence King Publishing Swiss graphic design and the Swiss Style are crucial elements in the history of modernism. During the 1920s and '30s. skills traditionally associated with Swiss industry. particularly pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering. were matched by those of the country's graphic designers. who produced their advertising and technical literature. These pioneering graphic artists saw design as part of industrial production and searched for anonymous. objective visual communication. They chose photographic images rather than illustration . and typefaces that were industrial-looking rather than those designed for books. Written by noted design authority Richard ...
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This book offers a rich and fascinating account of Swiss graphic design history, setting the stylistic developments into the social and cultural context of the times. The first truly comprehensive account of the origins and development of the 'Swiss' style, it includes an explanation of why Swiss graphic design looks the way it does by a leading graphics scholar. It is the key text for graphics students and professionals.
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- PublisherLaurence King Publishing
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1856694879
- ISBN 13 9781856694872
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