Description

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From critic and historian Steven Heller and award-winning illustrator Seymour Chwast, Graphic Style: From Victorian to Hipster is a visual survey of graphic design styles through the ages that is an essential resource for designers, art and design students, and art lovers and “should be on the shelf of every serious designer/illustrator” (Studio magazine).
 
With more than 700 illustrations, it is the only wide-ranging history of graphic design to be completely visual, and many readers treasure it for its amazing trove of images. This fourth edition has been brought up to date with a new section that encompasses trends from the last decade.

About the Author

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Steven Heller is the author/editor of more than 180 books on design, illustration, and popular culture. He is the recipient of the Smithsonian National Design Award for Design Mind. He lives in New York City.

Seymour Chwast’s distinct style has had a worldwide influence on contemporary visual communications. His designs have been used in advertising, animated films, corporate graphics, posters, packaging, stage sets, magazines, and adult and children’s books. He is a founding partner of Push Pin Studios, and his work is showcased in major galleries and museums around the world. Chwast has honorary doctor­ates in fine arts from Parsons and the Rhode Island School of Design and was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame.