Graphic Design and Photography 116 - History of Graphic Design - Schuldt: Books & Articles

Explores the evolution of graphic design from the late 19th century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the book illuminates the relationship between design and manufacturing as well as the roles of technology, social change, and commercial forces on the course of design history. This third edition includes discussions of app design, social media, emojis, big data visualization, the use of animated graphics in film and television, and the phenomenon of the citizen designer.

Covers artistic innovators, breakthrough technologies, and groundbreaking developments that define the graphic design field. Includes topics such as: the invention of writing and alphabets; the origins of printing and typography; the advent of postmodern design; and
the latest key developments in web, multimedia, and interactive design. Includes over 1,400 images, and timelines framed in a broader historical context to help you better understand the evolution of contemporary graphic design.

Demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design, and how those ideas have manifested themselves in objects of design. The 100 entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain); to stylistic (swashes on caps, loud typography, and white space); to objects (dust jackets, design handbooks); and methods (paper cut-outs, pixelation).

Presented in five languages -- English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish -- "Graphic Design, Translated" is a reflection of the increasingly international nature of visual communication design. Illustrated with examples from around the globe, the book is a compilation of more than 200 of the profession's most common terms from a broad range of categories: design history; printing and paper; typography; digital technology; and general design practice.

Provides information about typographers, journals, movements and styles, organizations and schools, printers and private presses, art directors, technological advances, design studios, graphic illustrators, and poster artists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Includes more than 550 illustrations, extensive cross-references, and a chronological chart outlining the relationship between movements, technology, and individual designers.

Documents and chronicles the full scope of essential typographic knowledge and design from the beginnings of moveable type to the present day, including: thousands of illustrated examples of contemporary usage in design; historical developments from Greek lapidary letters to the movie Helvetica; landmark designs turning single letters into typefaces ; definitions of essential type-specific language, terms, ideas, principles, and processes; ways technology has influenced and advanced type; and the future of type on the web, mobile devices, tablets, and beyond.