Graphic Style From Victorian to Digital

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Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

The book to consult for an overview of graphic design styles from the industrial era onward. A quick appreciation of every significant trend from Art Nouveau to Neo-Modern. Now, in an expanded edition with over 700 illustrations, this essential design compendium takes us up to the present day. A new section on the digital era covers everything from typocentric design to the impact of club culture and the Internet.

Author Biography

Seymour Chwast’s distinct style has had a worldwide influence on contemporary visual communications. His designs have been used in advertising, animated films, corporate graphics, posters, packaging, stage sets, magazines, and adult and children’s books. He is a founding partner of Push Pin Studios, and his work is showcased in major galleries and museums around the world. Chwast has honorary doctor­ates in fine arts from Parsons and the Rhode Island School of Design and was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Graphic Style Time Line 6(2)
Foreword 8(1)
Introduction 9(5)
Victorian
14(16)
British
16(4)
American
20(8)
French
28(2)
Arts and Crafts
30(10)
British
32(6)
American
38(2)
Art Nouveau
40(32)
French/Belgian
42(10)
Jugendstil
52(6)
Glasgow Style
58(2)
Vienna Secession
60(4)
American
64(6)
Italian
70(2)
Early Modern
72(10)
Plakatstil
74(6)
Wiener Werkstatte
80(2)
Expressionism
82(6)
German
84(4)
Modern
88(38)
Futurism
90(6)
Vorticism
96(2)
Constructivism
98(12)
De Stijl
110(2)
Bauhaus
112(6)
New Typography
118(8)
Art Deco
126(42)
French
128(8)
German
136(4)
Swiss
140(4)
Eastern European
144(2)
Italian
146(4)
English
150(4)
American
154(6)
Streamline
160(6)
Dutch
166(2)
Dada
168(8)
Heroic Realism
176(6)
Late Modern
182(38)
Swiss
184(2)
English
186(4)
American
190(6)
Swiss International Style
196(4)
Corporate Style
200(2)
Revival
202(2)
Eclectic
204(2)
Polish
206(4)
Psychedelic
210(4)
Japanese
214(6)
Post-Modern
220(14)
Memphis/Basel/Zurich
222(2)
American New Wave
224(4)
American Punk
228(2)
American Post-Modern
230(2)
European New Wave
232(2)
Digital
234(25)
Deconstruction
236(2)
Emigre
238(3)
Fontism
241(3)
Controlled Chaos
244(4)
Rave
248(2)
Kinetics
250(5)
New Simplicity
255(4)
Selected Bibliography 259(3)
Index 262

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