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This accessible book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design

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Prolific author andco-chair of the MFA Design School of Visual Arts Steven Hellershares his love of design with the world throughessays, interviews, and profiles.

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An overview of the work of illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and 70s

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This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good design

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This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good illustration

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Arrows, swashes, swooshes, globes, sunbursts and parallel, vertical and horizontal lines, words, letters, shapes and pictures

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Playing with typographic puzzle pieces is one of the joys of graphic design and typographers have many entertaining, esoteric and eccentric options at their disposal

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

In the aughts, geekdom was the new rock'n'roll, Pokmon and PS2 kept the kids busy, a website called Amazon had just turned a profit and social media was beginning its bid for world domination. Savor a decade's worth of magazine ads for food, alcohol, travel, auto, fashion, and beauty, fed to a tech-hungry but increasingly anxious post 9/11 nation.

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Suitable for those interested in vintage design and practicing and aspiring graphic designers, this title features specimens, vintage layouts, logos, and decorations.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This volume delivers a complete and nostalgic overview of 1970s advertising. As television and other media began to compete for advertising dollars, new ideas were incorporated into a post-hippie world where disco clashed with punk, and social consciousness, health and environmental awareness went head-to-head with the Me Generation.

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The emergence of the digital world signaled a looming change in the advertising industry. Still cash, cocaine, and Calvins were the staples of flagrant consumerism. With cell phones just around the corner and the death of print in the air, advertisers were still devoting substantial dollars to one of the most outrageous, flamboyant, and prosperous decades of the 20th century.

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Revisit the 1990s in a massive compendium of advertising gems that sold Generation X and baby boomers everything from Game Boys to Boyz II Men. Featuring six chapters spanning food, fashion, entertainment, and cars, page after page of ads remind us how sex and blockbusters led the way to a decade's worth of ironic, cool, and classic visuals, which closed one century and took us to the next.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

America of the 1960s exuded optimism and a bright economic future. Advertisers seduced Americans to indulge in a giant consumer binge. This collection of ads features stars such as Sean Connery, Woody Allen, Salvador Dal, and Sammy Davis Jr. endorsing everything from bourbon to suits in an era known for extremes.

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Europe's reputation as the center of the culinary world is confirmed with this expansive array of restaurant menus from across the continent. From extravagant bills of fare for royal feasts to delectable mid-century minimalist graphics, the gustatory customs of dozens of European countries are revealed in this encyclopedic design compendium.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Sit back with this anthology of ads and zoom back in time to the height of American postwar consumerism, when real life Don Drapers labored day and night to sell everything from girdles to guns. This panorama of midcentury marketing paints a fascinating portrait of the 1950s and 60s, high in color, crisp fonts, and sexy, carefree capitalism.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Sit back with this anthology of ads and zoom back in time to the height of American postwar consumerism, when real life Don Drapers labored day and night to sell everything from girdles to guns. This panorama of midcentury marketing paints a fascinating portrait of the 1950s and '60s, high in color, crisp fonts, and sexy, carefree capitalism.

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The first comprehensive survey of Mid-Century Modern graphic design in America

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An extensive collection of typographic compositions that celebrate the ability of letterforms to express narratives and voice.

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Balancing Social, Professional, and Artistic Views

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While many young designers perceive a design studio to be little more than a table and computer, the majority of businesses consider the physical locale and architectural surroundings of a firm to be as important as the work that is produced. This book is a firsthand look inside studios and offices, both large and small, from all over the world.