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Design literacy (continued) : understanding graphic design /

By: Publication details: New York : Allworth Press, ©1999.Description: xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1581150350
  • 9781581150353
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NC998 .H45 1999
Contents:
Objects -- Propaganda -- Cold War Graphics -- The Peace Symbol -- End Bad Breath / Seymour Chwast -- Troilus and Cressida / Anthon Beeke -- How to Commit Suicide in Souh Africa / Sue Coe -- Gulf War Graphics -- Hate Sites -- Racism / James Victore -- Forever Free / Michael Ray Charles -- Nineteenth Amendment Postage Stamp / April Greiman -- 41 Shots, 10 Cents / Art Spiegelman -- Media -- Das Plakat -- Advertising Arts -- Picture Magazines of the Thirties -- West / Mike Salisbury -- Zap Comix -- Story / R.O. Blechman -- Garden Design / Michael Grossman -- Wallpaper* and Nest -- ESPN Magazine -- Dr. Strangelove / Pablo Ferro -- The World According to Garp / Richard Greenberg -- Multi-Maus / Peter Girardi -- Cheap Thrills / R. Crumb, Bob Cato -- Shock and Roll -- Language -- Art Deco New York -- Blackletter -- Typographische Mitteilungen / Jan Tschichold -- Hot-Metal Type Specimens -- American Typography of the 1960s -- Bell Centennial / Matthew Carter -- Hand Lettering / Joost Swarte -- Digital Type Specimens -- Pussy Galore / Teal Triggs, Liz McQuiston, Sian Cook -- Mrs Eaves / Zuzana Licko -- The Area Code (Parenthesis) / Ladislav Sutnar -- Little Blue and Little Yellow / Leo Lionni -- Ancient Life / Brad Holland -- Grandma -- Jambalaya / Stefan Sagmeister -- Commerce -- Russian Film Posters / Vladimir, Georgii Stenberg -- Tel Aviv Film Posters -- Show Cards -- Notgeld -- Decorative Book Jackets / W.A. Dwiggins -- Book Covers / Edward Gorey -- Food Packages.
Review: "Author Steven Heller continues his engaging exploration of the significance and histories of various objects of design and their impact on both the particular and broader cultural environments in which they exist. Grouped into the collective themes of propaganda, media, language, and commerce, the objects discussed range from Zap Comix to Cold War graphics to Leo Lionni's children's books to au courant magazines of the 1990s. This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, such as Norman Rockwell's lasting impression on Americana, issues of plagiarism and censorship, and the "Big Idea" in advertising, and includes profiles of designers whose bodies of work helped determine the look and content of design today."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.

Objects -- Propaganda -- Cold War Graphics -- The Peace Symbol -- End Bad Breath / Seymour Chwast -- Troilus and Cressida / Anthon Beeke -- How to Commit Suicide in Souh Africa / Sue Coe -- Gulf War Graphics -- Hate Sites -- Racism / James Victore -- Forever Free / Michael Ray Charles -- Nineteenth Amendment Postage Stamp / April Greiman -- 41 Shots, 10 Cents / Art Spiegelman -- Media -- Das Plakat -- Advertising Arts -- Picture Magazines of the Thirties -- West / Mike Salisbury -- Zap Comix -- Story / R.O. Blechman -- Garden Design / Michael Grossman -- Wallpaper* and Nest -- ESPN Magazine -- Dr. Strangelove / Pablo Ferro -- The World According to Garp / Richard Greenberg -- Multi-Maus / Peter Girardi -- Cheap Thrills / R. Crumb, Bob Cato -- Shock and Roll -- Language -- Art Deco New York -- Blackletter -- Typographische Mitteilungen / Jan Tschichold -- Hot-Metal Type Specimens -- American Typography of the 1960s -- Bell Centennial / Matthew Carter -- Hand Lettering / Joost Swarte -- Digital Type Specimens -- Pussy Galore / Teal Triggs, Liz McQuiston, Sian Cook -- Mrs Eaves / Zuzana Licko -- The Area Code (Parenthesis) / Ladislav Sutnar -- Little Blue and Little Yellow / Leo Lionni -- Ancient Life / Brad Holland -- Grandma -- Jambalaya / Stefan Sagmeister -- Commerce -- Russian Film Posters / Vladimir, Georgii Stenberg -- Tel Aviv Film Posters -- Show Cards -- Notgeld -- Decorative Book Jackets / W.A. Dwiggins -- Book Covers / Edward Gorey -- Food Packages.

"Author Steven Heller continues his engaging exploration of the significance and histories of various objects of design and their impact on both the particular and broader cultural environments in which they exist. Grouped into the collective themes of propaganda, media, language, and commerce, the objects discussed range from Zap Comix to Cold War graphics to Leo Lionni's children's books to au courant magazines of the 1990s. This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, such as Norman Rockwell's lasting impression on Americana, issues of plagiarism and censorship, and the "Big Idea" in advertising, and includes profiles of designers whose bodies of work helped determine the look and content of design today."--Jacket.

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