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Graphic design in America : a visual language history / Mildred Friedman and Steven Heller.

Contributor(s): Friedman, Mildred S | Heller, Steven | Walker Art Center.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams : Walker Art Center, [1989]Description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0810910365.Subject(s): Commercial art -- United States -- Exhibitions | Graphic arts -- United States -- Exhibitions | DesignDDC classification: 741.6
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 741.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00054444
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Catalogue of an exhibition opening at Walker Art Center in November 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Library Journal Review

This catalog is published to coincide with an exhibit organized by the Walker Art Center. Essays and testimonies from prominent designers attempt to review graphic arts ``in aesthetic terms and as a barometer of the society they reflect.'' As in many other exhibit-related books, this effort does not have enough depth for the scholar yet is not sufficiently enticing to the general reader. Coverage is unfocused, and too many essays are ponderous, particularly in contrast to the candid and enlightening views expressed by the designers. Curiously, the book lacks visual appeal (footnotes dwarf stamp-sized illustrations on some pages). Philip B. Meggs's A History of Graphic Design ( LJ 6/15/83) is a better purchase for most libraries.-- Stephen Rees, Bucks Cty. Free Lib., Levittown, Pa. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Graphic Design in America positions itself comfortably between two other recent design history publications, P.B. Meggs, The History of Graphic Design (CH, Oct'83) and R.R. Remington and B.J. Hodak, Nine Pioneers in American Graphic Design (CH, Oct'89). Though its coverage is limited primarily to US design, it does provide an amazing abundance of colorful material, much of it never before published. The 160-year chronology of US design representing a multitude of media gives an accurate and unique overview of America's design history and heritage. As college design programs proliferate and enrollments increase there is an urgency for a clear statement about graphic design from social, historical, and professional and general readers. Careful editing has enabled ten authors to compose nine chapters that range from a fascinating time line to insightful interviews with current designers. A comment in the foreword speaks to the role and influence of design in daily life: "From the face of the clock that wakes us,. . .to the weather map on the evening news,. . .graphics are a constant in the lives of a captive audience. . . ." Highly recommended for any college or university library and may prove to be interesting reading for the general public as well. -D. Ichiyama, Purdue University

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