A History of Graphic Design

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Summary: A very good book for introductory design
Review: This book gives a concise background on the history of graphic design. It incorporates how graphic artists react to the times and societal issues they are faced with, and how they influence the world around them with their innovations. The collection of images is quite spectacular! A must have for every graphic designer and/or art lover!

Rating:
Summary: A very good book for introductory design
Review: This book gives a concise background on the history of graphic design. It incorporates how graphic artists react to the times and societal issues they are faced with, and how they influence the world around them with their innovations. The collection of images is quite spectacular! A must have for every graphic designer and/or art lover!

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Summary: This is the definitive history of graphic design
Review: This book is one of the best presentations of the evolution of visual thinking and design. It shows the great design of each era, and a highly readable text tells about the philosophy and formal developments that occurred. It has about a thousand illustrations.

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Summary: A History of Graphic Design by Phillip Meggs 3rd Ed.
Review: This is an excellent text for first year Design Majors. It teaches the beginnings of graphics and typography from the very basic elements of cave paintings to the electronic graphic era. There is an enormous amount of information in this book. A benefit to anyone interested in the area of design.

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Summary: An in-deapth history of graphic design
Review: This is one of the only serious history books on the subject of graphic design. It is concise, well written, and extremely enlightening. A must have for all graphic designers and design students.

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Summary: The Book
Review: This is The Book, a must-have. Incredibly helpful. What I like best - it provides an outstandingly complete context in which certain individual works and trends were developed. Also, you don't have to read the whole - very big - book to understand the things you're currently looking for; it's a great reference. And if you don't find something, at least you know where else to look and which next bookshelf to address. Nothing comes close.

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Summary: shame
Review: Very well organized, structured, etc, etc.... but, can you believe the illustrations of posters and printed examples in this book have NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTUAL SIZE of them????? What happened??? Were all designers doing postcards and stamps before our time???
The author is also very biased, which I guess is the only way to go when you have to pick what to include in such an ambitious work. When talking about Malevich's black square, to fail to mention that he had positioned this painting in the corner of the room where orthodox icons go in houses, is quite decontextualizing.