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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
    Publication Date: 15/10/2012
    ISBN13: 9780714865591, 978-0714865591
    ISBN10: 0714865591

    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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