Title:
Design literacy (continued) : understanding graphic design
Author:
Heller, Steven.
ISBN:
9781581150353
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Allworth Press, ©1999.
Physical Description:
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Objects -- Propaganda -- Cold War Graphics -- The Peace Symbol -- End Bad Breath / Troilus and Cressida / How to Commit Suicide in Souh Africa / Gulf War Graphics -- Hate Sites -- Racism / Forever Free / Nineteenth Amendment Postage Stamp / 41 Shots, 10 Cents / Media -- Das Plakat -- Advertising Arts -- Picture Magazines of the Thirties -- West / Zap Comix -- Story / Garden Design / Wallpaper* and Nest -- ESPN Magazine -- Dr. Strangelove / The World According to Garp / Multi-Maus / Cheap Thrills / Shock and Roll -- Language -- Art Deco New York -- Blackletter -- Typographische Mitteilungen / Hot-Metal Type Specimens -- American Typography of the 1960s -- Bell Centennial / Hand Lettering / Digital Type Specimens -- Pussy Galore / Mrs Eaves / The Area Code (Parenthesis) / Little Blue and Little Yellow / Ancient Life / Grandma -- Jambalaya / Commerce -- Russian Film Posters / Tel Aviv Film Posters -- Show Cards -- Notgeld -- Decorative Book Jackets / Book Covers / Food Packages.
Abstract:
"Author Steven Heller continues his engaging exploration of the significance and histories of various objects of design and their impact on both the particular and broader cultural environments in which they exist. Grouped into the collective themes of propaganda, media, language, and commerce, the objects discussed range from Zap Comix to Cold War graphics to Leo Lionni's children's books to au courant magazines of the 1990s. This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, such as Norman Rockwell's lasting impression on Americana, issues of plagiarism and censorship, and the "Big Idea" in advertising, and includes profiles of designers whose bodies of work helped determine the look and content of design today."--Jacket.