Drip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer

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Bloomsbury Publishing, Nov 28, 2005 - Design - 192 pages
Before the Second World War, the term graphic design didn't even exist. Lucienne Roberts' Drip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer celebrates the work of those practitioners who created this now familiar term.

Including work from and interviews with some of graphic design's biggest names - Ken Garland, Wim Crouwel, Milton Glaser, Karl Gerstner, Rosmarie Tissi and Ivan Chermayeff - this book gives an understanding of design history and sets contemporary work in an expansive and broad landscape. Contributors place their work in historical and personal contexts, reflecting on their formative years and long careers.

Rich in anecdotes and observations, as influential designers speak honestly about what it was like to make design history, this is detailed visual retelling of the history of graphic design and its pioneers.
 

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Contents

Using this book
8
The introductions
10
The dimensions
17
The history
18
The politics
24
The type
28
The lettering
36
The trademark
40
Sabina Oberholzer
93
Michael Gericke
107
Rupert Bassett
121
Helmut Schmidt Rhen
135
Kerr Noble
149
Dirk Fütterer
163
Reference section
177
The timeline
178

The imagery
42
The discussions
49
Experimental Jetset
51
Brookie Maxwell
65
Peter Smith
79
Index
188
Contributor biographies Image credits Thank yous
192
Back Cover
193
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Lucienne Roberts is a graphic designer who allies a commitment to accessible, engaging graphic design with a socially aware agenda. Her studio, LucienneRoberts+, specialises in design for the voluntary, charity and arts sectors. She was a signatory of the First Things First 2000 manifesto, which called for greater design responsibility; has taught widely, most recently at Yale and ESAD, Porto and is external examiner of BA Typography and Graphic Communication at Reading University.

Bibliographic information

TitleDrip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer
Required Reading Range
AuthorLucienne Roberts
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing, 2005
ISBN2940439885, 9782940439881
Length192 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Design / Graphic Arts / General
  
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