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Graphic Design

Bibliography

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Bibliography (A. Hoener)

This is a selected bibliography for Graphic Design Students. Many more
relevant books are in the library. Consult the Library Catalog for library locations.

Essential Design Books
Bringhurst, Robert. The elements of typographic style/c1996.
Heller Steven Looking closer:critical writings c1994.
Lupton, Ellen. Design, writing, research:writing 1996.
Lupton, Ellen. Mixing messages:graphic design in c1996.
Meggs, Philip B. A history of graphic design/c1983.
Muller-Brockmann, Josef. Grid systems in graphic design::Verlag Arthur
Niggli;Hastings House Publishers, 1981.
Rand, Paul, 1914- Paul Rand, a designer's art. 1985.
Siegel, David. Creating killer Web sites:the art c1996.
Spencer, Herbert, 19 Pioneers of modern typography/1983, c1982.
Spiekermann, Erik. Stop stealing sheep & find out how 1992.
Tschichold, Jan, 190 The new typography:a handbook for c1995.
Tufte, Edward R., Envisioning information/c1990.
Updike, Daniel Berke Printing types, their history, form 1951.b
Zapf, Hermann. Manuale typographicum:100 typograp 1968.

Recommended
Biggelow, Charles Fine print on type:the best of 1989.
Bringhurst, Robert. The elements of typographic style/c1996.
Carson, David. The end of print:the graphic desi 1995.
Carter, Rob. Typographic design:form and commu c1985.
Carter, Sebastian. Twentieth century type designers/1987.
Craig, James, 1930- Graphic design career guide/1983.
Dowding, Geoffrey. An introduction to the history of p 1962, c1961
Drucker, Johanna, 19 The visible word:experimental typ 1994.
Frutiger, Adrian, 19 Type, sign, symbol/c1980.
Gill, Bob, 1931- Graphic design made difficult/c1992.
Gill, Eric, 1882-194 The letter forms and type designs o 1977
Goudy, Frederic W. ( Typologia:studies in type design 1977.
Heller Steven Looking closer:critical writings c1994.
Heller, Steven. Design career:practical knowledge c1987.
Heller, Steven. Design literacy:understanding gra c1997.
Heller, Steven. Designing with illustration/c1990.
Heller, Steven. Low-budget/high-quality design/1990.
Heller, Steven. Paul Rand/1999
Hofmann, Armin, 1920 Graphic design manual;principles a [c1965]
Hollis, Richard. Graphic design:a concise history c1994.
Hopkins Center. Herbert Bayer:from type to landsc c1977.
Hurlburt, Allen, 191 Photo/graphic design:the interact 1983.
Hurlburt, Allen, 191 Publication design;a guide to page [1971]
Jaspert, W. Pincus. The encyclopaedia of type faces [1970]
Kamekura, Yusaku, 19 The graphic design of Yusaku Kameku [1973]
Kelly, Rob Roy, 1925 American wood type, 1828-1900:not 1977, c1969.
Lawson, Alexander S. Printing types;an introduction [1971]
Lupton, Ellen. Design, writing, research:writing 1996.
Lupton, Ellen. Letters from the avant-garde:mode 1996.
Lupton, Ellen. Mechanical brides:women and machi c1993.
Lupton, Ellen. Mixing messages:graphic design in c1996.
Lupton, Ellen. The bathroom, the kitchen, and the c1992.
McLean, Ruari. Jan Tschichold:a life in typograp c1997.
McLuhan, Marshall, The Gutenberg galaxy:the making 1980
McMurtrie, Douglas C The book;the story of printing & b [1943]
Meggs, Philip B. A history of graphic design/c1983.
Meggs, Philip B. Type & image:the language of gr c1989.
Morison, Stanley, 18 Four centuries of fine printing;tw [1949]
Morison, Stanley, 18 Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sep 1969]
Morison, Stanley, 18 German incunabula in the British Mu 1975.
Morison, Stanley, 18 On type designs, past and present;1962.
Morison, Stanley, 18 Selected essays on the history of l 1981.
Morison, Stanley, 18 The typographic book, 1450-1935;[a c1963]
Muller-Brockmann, Jo Geschichte des Plakates. Histoire d [1971?]
Muller-Brockmann, Jo Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers. (1968).
Muller-Brockmann, Josef. Grid systems in graphic design::Verlag Arthur
Niggli;Hastings House Publishers, 1981.
Pierpont Morgan Libr Art of the printed book, 1455-1955;1973.
Plantin, Christophe, Calligraphy & printing in the sixte 1964.
Purvis, Alston W., 1 Dutch graphic design, 1918-1945/c1992.
Rand, Paul, 1914- Design form and chaos/c1993.
Rand, Paul, 1914- From Lascaux to Brooklyn/1996..
Rand, Paul, 1914- Paul Rand, a designer's art. 1985.
Rand, Paul, 1914- Paul Rand, his work from 1946 to 19 1959.
Rand, Paul, 1914- Thoughts on design. 1951 [c1947]
Reiner, Imre, 1900- Modern and historical typography:1948.
Remington, R. Roger. Nine pioneers in American graphic d c1989.
Rosen, Ben. Type and typography:the designer' 1976.
Rosentswieg, Gerry. Graphic design:Los Angeles/c1988.
Rothschild, Deborah Graphic design in the mechanical ag c1998.
Ruder, Emil. Typographie/c1981.
Ruder, Emil. Typographie;ein Gestaltungslehrbuc [c1967]
Ruegg, Ruedi. Basic typography:design with le [1989]
Siegel, David. Creating killer Web sites:the art c1996.
Spencer, Herbert, 19 Pioneers of modern typography/1983, c1982.
Spiekermann, Erik. Stop stealing sheep & find out how 1992.
The Chicago manual of style. 1982-LATEST ONLY KEPT (REF DESK).
Thomson, Ellen Mazur American graphic design:a guide t c1992.
Thomson, Ellen Mazur The origins of graphic design in Am c1997.
Tschichold, Jan, 190 The new typography:a handbook for c1995.
Tufte, Edward R., Envisioning information/c1990.
Tufte, Edward R., 19 The Visual display of quantitative c1983.
Updike, Daniel Berke Printing types, their history, form 1951.b
White, Alex. How to spec type/c1987.
Zapf, Hermann. Hermann Zapf & his design philosoph c1987.
Zapf, Hermann. Manuale typographicum:100 typograp 1968.

Reference Books

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

  • ArtSpeak: a Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords,1945 to the present.
        [REF N6490.A87 1997]
  • ArtSpoke: a Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords,1848 to 1944.
        [REF N6447.A85 1993]
  • Artwords:a Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory. [REF N71 .P32 1997]
  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. [Ref Z 40.C67 1996]
  • The Calligraphers' Dictionary. [Ref Z43.F67 1990]
  • Contemporary Artists. [REF N6490 .C6567 2002]
  • Contemporary Designers. [REF NK1166.C66 1990]
  • The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. [REF N31.D5 1996]
        Dictionary of Art is also available online as the Oxford Art Online
  • A Dictionary of Colonial American Printers' Ornaments. & Illustrations [Ref Z 208.R43]
  • Encyclopedia of Cryptology. [Ref Z 103.N344]
  • The GATF Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications. [Ref Z118.G29]
  • Pictograms, Icons, & Signs: a Guide to Information Graphics. [REF NC 1002 L63 A2513 2006
  • The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century. [REF N6490 .P72 2000]
  • Prentice Hall Graphic Communications Dictionary. [REF Z118 L96 2000]
  • The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers. [REF NC 997 L54 2006]

    Directories

  • Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market. [REF N8600.A76]
  • The Official Museum Directory. [REF AM10.A2 O4]

    Print Index

  • Art Index. [REF Shelf 8] 1929-2002

    Databases

    Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) ArtAbstracts (Ebsco)
    Artstor (Search for images)
    Oxford Art Online
    Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
    ProQuest

    Web-Sites

    Adam: gateway to art, design, architecture, and media information on the Internet

    Ad*Access: over 7,000 images of advertisements printed in US and Canadian newspapers between 1911 and 1955. Part of the Duke Endowment Library 2000. 

    American Memory Project: 90 collections that include broadsides, posters and pamphlets from the 16th to 19th Century.

    War Poster CollectionA selection of World War I and II posters from the University of Washington Libraries Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives collections. Included are propaganda on purchasing war bonds, the importance of national security and posters from allied and axis powers.

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