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The history of graphic design shown through 500 classic works.

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"Tap into the fetish of the letterset with The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design a typographic box of delights."— Vogue

"Wonderful... The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is a history of visual astonishment."— The Observer

"Truly an archive... So each entry is like an individual art work... A defiant stand, perhaps, against the digital world, and all about the beauty of paper and printing... Perfect for devotees... A super-indulgent box of surprises, from the iconic Gitanes packaging to Milton Glaser's I Love NY."— Financial Times

"The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is the commercial art cannon embodied: 500 topic sheets on everything from a 700-year-old Buddhist text to the album art of Beck's 'The Information'."— The New York Times Style Magazine

"...Good graphic design can be informative, persuasive - and sometimes even moving. The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design... surveys some of the highlights over the past 600 years."— The Wall Street Journal

The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design

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    A Loose-leaf by Kerry William Purcell, Nick Bell, Caroline Archer

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      Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd
      Published 15 October 2012
      ISBN-13 9780714865591
      978-0714865591
      ISBN-10 0714865591
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      Graphic design

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history of graphic design shown through 500 classic works.

      Trade Review

      "Tap into the fetish of the letterset with The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design a typographic box of delights."— Vogue

      "Wonderful... The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is a history of visual astonishment."— The Observer

      "Truly an archive... So each entry is like an individual art work... A defiant stand, perhaps, against the digital world, and all about the beauty of paper and printing... Perfect for devotees... A super-indulgent box of surprises, from the iconic Gitanes packaging to Milton Glaser's I Love NY."— Financial Times

      "The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is the commercial art cannon embodied: 500 topic sheets on everything from a 700-year-old Buddhist text to the album art of Beck's 'The Information'."— The New York Times Style Magazine

      "...Good graphic design can be informative, persuasive - and sometimes even moving. The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design... surveys some of the highlights over the past 600 years."— The Wall Street Journal

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