Graphic Style: From Victorian to Hipster
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Graphic Design
Graphic Style: From Victorian to Hipster Details
About the Author Steven Heller, America’s leading critic and historian of graphic design, is the author or editor of more than 170 books on design and popular culture, an influential design educator at the School of Visual Arts, and a recipient of the Smithsonian National Design Award. Seymour Chwast is a cofounder and now the director of the Pushpin Group, an internationally acclaimed design firm. His award-winning illustrations and designs have been used in advertising and posters as well as in 30 books for children. Both live in New York City. Read more
Reviews
This new edition of "Graphic Style" is identical to the previous edition (2011), with one new chapter added-- 16 pages on so-called "Hipster" design of the 2010s. The authors' introduction says this is the "fourth and final edition" of their text, and like the previous three editions, it's intended to serve as a complement to more detailed graphic design history books (like Meggs' "History"), by providing a "bird's eye view" of the field.I've found previous editions of this book to be useful in the way the authors describe, and have recommended it to students because it offers a quick overview and cultural context for key movements in design history. I'm a completist, so I don't mind the amount of repetition from one edition to the next. But other owners of the 2011 edition may want to think twice before upgrading to the 2018 version.
