Graphic Design Rants and Raves

Graphic Design Rants and Raves

by Steven Heller
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 03/01/2017

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Design is everywhere. Graphic design enters into everything. This is the scope of designer Steven Heller’s latest essay anthology that covers the spectrum of graphic design and related art and culture. Looking at design as practice, language, culture, and power, each of the forty-plus essays is a self-contained story. Heller pours out his ideas-criticisms and celebrations-on such topics as:


A history of our modern Hindu-Arabic numerals, and a look at the letter K

Brand design utilized by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump early in the 2016 Presidential race

The tumultuous relationship between design and sex

The Charlie Hebdo massacre and the principles of free expression

Icons revisited, including Paul Rand (not to be confused with the politician Rand Paul), Ralph Ginzburg, Frank Zachary, George Lois, and Print magazine

Food packaging, the design of milk, and USPS stamps

The obsessive use of cuteness, and the sad and happy history of the ubiquitous happy face


From commercial advertising to government institutions to cultural revolution, from the objects that push design forward to those that seep into the everyday, Graphic Design Rants and Raves is an exploration of how visual design has arrived in the twenty-first century.


Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

ISBN:
9781621535393
9781621535393
Category:
History of art / art & design styles
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
03-01-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Allworth
Steven Heller

Steven Heller is Senior Art Director at The New York Times. He is also editor of the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design and co-chair MFA/Design Program of the School of Visual Arts in New York.

He is author and co-author of numerous books including Graphic Style: From Victorian to Post-Modern and Graphic Wit and Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design.

In 1996, Heller received the New York Art Directors' Special Educator's Award.

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