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Meggs' History of Graphic Design Hardcover - 2011

by Philip B. Meggs; Alston W. Purvis

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The Interactive Resource Center is an online learning environment where instructors and students can access the tools they need to make efficient use of their time, while reinforcing and assessing their understanding of key concepts for successful understanding of the course. An access card with redemption code for the online Interactive Resource Center is included with all new, print copies or can be purchased separately. (***If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code - ISBN: 9781118922248).

The online Interactive Resource Center contains resources tied to the book, such as:

Interactive Resources:

  • Flashcards featuring images from book for image identification self-study
  • Self-test assessment by chapter
  • Image Gallery featuring key designers and their work

Downloadable Resources:

  • Indices of key terms and people


***Winner of the First-Ever QED (Quality, Excellence, Design) award by Digital Book World***
This is the unrivaled, comprehensive, and award-winning reference tool on graphic design recognized for publishing excellence by the Association of American Publishers. Now, this Fifth Edition of Meggs' History of Graphic Design offers even more detail and breadth of content than its heralded predecessors, revealing a saga of creative innovators, breakthrough technologies, and important developments responsible for paving the historic paths that define the graphic design experience. In addition to classic topics such as the invention of writing and alphabets, the origins of printing and typography, and postmodern design, this new Fifth Edition presents new information on current trends and technologies sweeping the graphic design landscape--such as the web, multimedia, interactive design, and private presses, thus adding new layers of depth to an already rich resource.

With more than 1,400 high-quality images throughout--many new or newly updated--Meggs' History of Graphic Design, Fifth Edition provides a wealth of visual markers for inspiration and emulation. For professionals, students, and everyone who works with or loves the world of graphic design, this landmark text will quickly become an invaluable guide that they will turn to again and again.

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  • Title Meggs' History of Graphic Design
  • Author Philip B. Meggs; Alston W. Purvis
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: fifth
  • Pages 603
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ
  • Date 2011-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780470168738 / 0470168730
  • Weight 4.75 lbs (2.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.1 x 8.81 x 1.49 in (28.19 x 22.38 x 3.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic design (Typography) - History, Book design - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010053089
  • Dewey Decimal Code 686.220

About the author

The late Philip B. Meggs was a designer, educator, and author. He was School of the Arts Research Professor, Communication Arts and Design Department, at Virginia Commonwealth University; visiting faculty at Syracuse University and the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland; and contributing editor to Print magazine. He authored more than a dozen books and 150 articles and papers on design and typography, including a section on graphic design in Encyclopedia Britannica. He was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame and received its Educator's Award for lifetime achievement and significantly shaping the future of the fields of graphic design education and writing.

Alston W. Purvis is Professor of Graphic Design at the Boston University College of Fine Arts. During his career, he has worked as an instructor at The Cooper Union and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at The Hague. His photographs have been exhibited in Amsterdam, London, New York, and Paris. He is the author of Dutch Graphic Design: 1918-1945 and H. N. Werkman; and coauthor of Graphic Design 20th Century; A Century of Posters; Wendingen: A Journal for the Arts 1918-1932; Creative Type; Dutch Graphic Design: A Century of Innovation; Jan Tschichold: Posters of the Avant Garde; Posters NL; Jan Tschichold, Master Typographer: His Life, Work and Legacy; The Ballets Russes and the Art of Design; and Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles.

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