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Critically authoritative, visually stunning, and physically massive, Art of the Modern Movie Poster is the first and last word on post-World War II film poster design. Showcasing fascinating examples from 15 nations, this collection of more than 1,500 exemplary designs is a must-have for film buffs, designers, and poster aficionados alike. […]

Josef Müller-Brockmann’s A History of Visual Communication explores the cultural and historical evolutions of advertising. It reflects on how ideas give birth to visual graphics in contemporary design. The latter part of the book delves into modern commercial art. This exhaustive collection of contemporary art supplements his intent: simple and functional advertising, experimental pieces that [...]

A leading voice of the modernist movement, Jan Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist. Active Literature, an in-depth study of Tschichold's modernist period, is based on extensive archival research that uncovered a wealth of new photographs of his design work. […]

First published in 1928 in Germany and out of print for many years until this English publication, this text has been recognized as one of the most important statements of modern, twentieth-century typographical design. This curious and fascinating work ranges through theories of social criticism, art history, architecture, and the emerging importance of photography as [...]