Type Graphics: The Power of Type in Graphic Design

Richardson, Margaret E.

ISBN 10: 156496714X / ISBN 13: 9781564967145

Published by Rockport Publishers, Inc., Gloucester, MA, 2000

About this Item

First Printing. A FINE, bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans flaws. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in full color and black-and-white photography with accompanying descriptive captions. "What makes good design great? The answer: impeccable use of type. The choice of type and how it is used is the crucial element for effective design in any media, from print in award-winning magazines, to memorable book jackets and book design, to sensitive Web sites, to flashy snowboards. Contemporary typography transforms design into high art. The designers featured here redefine typographic design. Each is a stylist and interpreter, and often, also a type designer. 'Type Graphics' takes you into the studios, the minds and the range of work of more than 20 of the most influential designers of our time." 192 pages. NOTE: Due to size and weight of the book additonal shipping cost will be requested/required for EXPEDITED and OUT-OF-U.S. shipment. GD4.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Type Graphics: The Power of Type in Graphic Design
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers, Inc., Gloucester, MA
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156496714X
• ISBN 13: 9781564967145
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.