Women Graphic Designers: Rebalancing the Canon

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Women are now the largest student body demographic in graphic design programs, yet in the twenty-first century the professional work of female designers is still underrepresented or ignored in the media and historical canons.

Women Graphic Designers features illustrated essays of 41 undervalued and marginalized female graphic designers from diverse global cultures who worked professionally during the 20th century (19001999). Each essay critically explores each subject's challenges and alternative approaches when faced with professional roadblocks or personal and family dilemmas.

With a broad range of contributors from around the world looking at the work of international graphic designers, this new collection is ideal for use on courses that expand the conversation beyond the traditional canon and look at design history holistically. This significantly important publication will celebrate the contribution women have made to the discipline of graphic design and help establish a more comprehensive, diverse and inclusive design history.

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Elizabeth Resnick has presented us with the most important publication, that rewrites the history of graphic design practice. It documents narratives of lives lived, within the landscape of graphic design, providing an insight into women who were passionate about their creative practice, despite the adversity they faced. * Jacquelyn Malcolm, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, UK *
Discover the untold stories of pioneering women graphic designers across the globe, from the fearless 19th century pre-modernist graphic artists to the intrepid postmodern designers of the late 20th century an inspiring and enlightening journey. * Priscila Lena Farias, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil *

Author Bio

Elizabeth Resnick is a Professor Emerita, former chair of Communication Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA. She is a designer/design educator/curator/writer. Her publications include The Social Design Reader (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2019); Developing Citizen Designers (Bloomsbury Academic 2016); Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics (2003) and Graphic Design: A Problem-Solving Approach to Visual Communication (1984).