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Modern typography in Britain : graphic design, politics, and society / [editor, Paul Stiff].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Typography papers ; 8.Publication details: London : Hyphen, c2009.Description: 216 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780907259398 (pbk.) :
  • 0907259391 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Typography papers 8
  • Typography papers eight
  • Modern typography in Britain : graphic design, politics, and society
Contained works:
  • 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
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 686.2205 STI
LOC classification:
  • Z119
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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