Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design

This update to the first book to provide explicit case histories of the successful marriage of form and content in graphic design explores more than 125 classic and contemporary works-30 of them brand new-explaining why they are aesthetically significant and how they function as good design. These thought pieces offer a vast taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that move today’s global design community and fans.•0 Full of new stories about the graphic icons and idols of today’s design culture • This replaces 1-880559-76-5 which has sold nearly 20,000 copies