Modern typography in Britain : graphic design, politics, and society / [editor, Paul Stiff].
Material type: TextSeries: Typography papers ; 8.Publication details: London : Hyphen, c2009.Description: 216 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cmContent type:- 9780907259398 (pbk.) :
- 0907259391 (pbk.)
- Typography papers 8
- Typography papers eight
- Modern typography in Britain : graphic design, politics, and society
- Stiff, Paul. Austerity, optimism: modern typography in Britain after the war
- Hall, Stuart, 1932- Social eye of Picture Post
- Kinross, Robin. Design in central-European London: interactions between eþmigreþs and natives in the 1940s
- Lambert, David, 1932- Wolfgang Foges and the new illustrated book in Britain: Adprint, Rathbone Books, and Aldus Books
- Eve, Matthew. Isotype in trouble, 1946-1948
- Fior, Robin. Recollections of designing and politics in London, 1957-1970
- McLaren, Ian. Designing for CND
- Stiff, Paul. Ernest Hoch and reasoning in typography
- Fior, Robin. Working with Edward Wright
- Jeffery, Sally. Desmond Jeffery the printer
- 686.2205 STI
- Z119
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 686.2205 STI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 218475 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Austerity, optimism: modern typography in Britain after the war / Paul Stiff -- The social eye of Picture Post / Stuart Hall -- Design in central-European London: interactions between eþmigreþs and natives in the 1940s / Robin Kinross -- Wolfgang Foges and the new illustrated book in Britain: Adprint, Rathbone Books, and Aldus Books / David Lambert -- Isotype in trouble, 1946-1948 / Matthew Eve -- Recollections of designing and politics in London, 1957-1970 / Robin Fior -- Call to action: political posters of the 1960s by Robin Fior, Ken Garland, and Ian McLaren -- Designing for CND / Ian McLaren -- Ernest Hoch and reasoning in typography / Paul Stiff and Petra C?erne Oven -- Working with Edward Wright / Robin Fior -- Desmond Jeffery the printer / Sally Jeffery.
A special issue on British graphic design from 1939 through to the 1970s. It includes graphic design for the CND and an essay on the Picture Post from Stuart Hall.