Type Graphics: The Power of Type in Graphic Design

Type can be emotive, expressive, illustrative and interpretive. The designers featured in Type Graphics: The Power of Type in Graphic Design have managed to transform expectations and create startling designs that challenge static notions of the role type plays in design. Work from a diverse pantheon of internationally known designers captures the fluidity, the sensitivity and the art of designing with type. These stylists and practitioners of typographic virtuosity provide a range of work which has individuality, attitude and graphic flair. Collectively the demonstrate the power of type in contemporary design.

Margaret E. Richardson is a writer and editor specializing in design and art projects. As editor of U&lc: the International Journal of Graphic Design and Digital Media, Richardson worked with an array of prestigious designers and the magazine garnered many design awards. Richardson writes for Print, atypi.org and dz3.com, while also teaching a class in the History of Graphic Design at Portland State University.