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Graphic design and architecture, a 20th century history

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"This innovative volume is the first to provide the design student, practitioner, and educator with an invaluable comprehensive reference of visual and narrative material that illustrates and evaluates the unique and important history surrounding graphic design and architecture. Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History closely examines the relationship between typography, image, symbolism, and the built environment by exploring principal themes, major technological developments, important manufacturers, and pioneering designers over the last 100 years. It is a complete resource that belongs on every designer's bookshelf"-- Provided by publisher.

Title Graphic design and architecture, a 20th century history : a guide to type, image, symbol, and visual storytelling in the modern world / Richard Poulin.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers
Creation Date 2012
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Forward / by James Stewart Polshek, FAIA -- Forward / by Deborah Sussman, HAIA, FSEGO -- Pre-20th-Century Influences -- The Modern Age 1900-1950 -- Chapter One: The Impact of Invention 1878-1933 -- Chapter Two: Art and Technology, a New Unity 1901-1928 -- Chapter Three: Style and the Mass Market 1924 -- 1947 -- Chapter Four: Between the Wars 1932 -- 1945 -- The Post-War World 1950 -- 2000 -- Chapter Five: Populuxe: The American Influence 1948 -- 1961 -- Chapter Six: Modernism and the International Style 1950 -- 1979 -- Chapter Seven: Postmodernism and Beyond 1966 -- 1995 -- The Beginning of the 21st Century -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Image Resources -- Contributors -- Index.
Extent 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Language English
National Library system number 997010700567205171
MARC RECORDS
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