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Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
This collection of ... essays published from 1997-2000, in professional and general-interest design magazines alike, offers ... critical discussions on the issues and objects of contemporary graphic design. Among the important themes discussed are: both sides of the controversy over the First Things First Manifesto 2000, a call for greater responsiblility in the design profession, the notion of the graphic designer as "auteur, " and the role of graphic...
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
One didn't dare to inhale for fear of breathing it in. It was the sound of eighteen hundred airplanes approaching Hamburg from the south at an unimaginable height. We had already experienced two hundred or even more air raids, among them some very heavy ones, but this was something completely new. And yet there was an immediate recognition: this was what everyone had been waiting for, what had hung for months like a shadow over everything we did,...
Publisher
Rockport/Allworth Editions
Pub. Date
©1992
Language
English
Description
Thirty-six design firms and individual graphic designers, representing an extraordinary and comprehensive cross section of New York's top design talent, display their portfolios in Graphic Design: New York 2. In response to this technological revolution, many of the design firms create websites for both clients and themselves. Almost all designers have embraced the computer age (after some hesitation) and use state of the art electronics in their...
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Publisher
Allworth
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals. Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury,...
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Publisher
Allworth
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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The most stimulating installment yet in the acclaimed Looking Closer series! This enthralling collection of essays assembles some of the most intriguing critical commentary published in professional and general interest design magazines from 1997 to 2000. Over thirty contributors, including Rick Poynor, Kathy McCoy, Lorraine Wild, Veronique Vienne, Jessica Helfand, and others discuss such important contemporary themes as the rise and fall of the dot.coms...