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Graphic design theory : readings from the field / edited by Helen Armstrong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Design briefsPublication details: New York : Princeton Architectural, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 151 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781568987729 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 741.6 22
LOC classification:
  • NC997 .G673 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Manifesto of Futurism / F. T. Marinetti -- Who we are : manifesto of the Constructivist group Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, and Aleksei Gan -- Our book El Lissitzky -- Typophoto Laþszloþ Moholy-Nagy -- The new typography Jan Tschichold The crystal goblet, or, Why printing should be invisible Beatrice Warde -- On typography Herbert Bayer -- Designing programmes Karl Gerstner -- Grid and design philosophy Josef Mu·ller-Brockmann -- Good design is goodwill Paul Rand -- Learning from Las Vegas : the forgotten symbolism of architectural form Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour -- My way to typography Wolfgang Weingart -- Typography as discourse Katherine McCoy with David Frej -- The macrameþ of resistance Lorraine Wild -- The dark in the middle of the stairs Paula Scher -- The underground mainstream Steven Heller -- Design and reflexivity Jan van Toorn -- Design anarchy Kalle Lasn -- The designer as author Michael Rock -- Designing our own graves Dmitri Siegel -- Dematerialization of screen space Jessica Helfand -- Designing design Kenya Hara -- Import/export, or, Design workflow and contemporary aesthetics Lev Manovich -- Univers strikes back Ellen and Julia Lupton
Summary: An introduction to graphic design theory, this book invites designers of all levels to plunge into the world of design discourse. Topics range from essays tracing the evolution of the modern design aesthetic to debates about legibility, social responsibility and corporate revolution.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Manifesto of Futurism / F. T. Marinetti -- Who we are : manifesto of the Constructivist group Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, and Aleksei Gan -- Our book El Lissitzky -- Typophoto Laþszloþ Moholy-Nagy -- The new typography Jan Tschichold The crystal goblet, or, Why printing should be invisible Beatrice Warde -- On typography Herbert Bayer -- Designing programmes Karl Gerstner -- Grid and design philosophy Josef Mu·ller-Brockmann -- Good design is goodwill Paul Rand -- Learning from Las Vegas : the forgotten symbolism of architectural form Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour -- My way to typography Wolfgang Weingart -- Typography as discourse Katherine McCoy with David Frej -- The macrameþ of resistance Lorraine Wild -- The dark in the middle of the stairs Paula Scher -- The underground mainstream Steven Heller -- Design and reflexivity Jan van Toorn -- Design anarchy Kalle Lasn -- The designer as author Michael Rock -- Designing our own graves Dmitri Siegel -- Dematerialization of screen space Jessica Helfand -- Designing design Kenya Hara -- Import/export, or, Design workflow and contemporary aesthetics Lev Manovich -- Univers strikes back Ellen and Julia Lupton

An introduction to graphic design theory, this book invites designers of all levels to plunge into the world of design discourse. Topics range from essays tracing the evolution of the modern design aesthetic to debates about legibility, social responsibility and corporate revolution.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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