This accessible book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design. Lavishly illustrated, it is both a great source of inspiration and a provocative record of some of the best examples of graphic design from the last hundred years. The entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain)
to stylistic (swashes on caps, loud typography, and white space)
to objects (dust jackets, design handbooks)
and methods (paper cut-outs, pixelation).