| Description |
800 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 796-799) and index. |
| Contents |
AGI: graphic design since 1950 -- Introduction: AGI, a graphic Olympus -- AGI, a logical product of the 1950s -- AGI history in the 1950s -- AGI history in the 1950s: we want you! -- Members' biographies 1951-1959 -- The 1960s: revolution in the air ... -- AGI history in the 1960s: it's about communication -- Member's biographies 1960-1969 -- The 1970s: heyday? -- AGI history in the 1970s: a time of consolidation -- Members' biographies 1970-1979 -- The 1980s: aids & computers 'Marching in' -- AGI history in the 1980s: new waves violating old rules -- Members' biographies 1980-1989 -- The 1990s: Cold War exits -- AGI history in the 1990s: the end of print? -- Members' biographies 1990-1999 -- The 21st century: a new millennium -- The AGI steps into the 21st century: at almost 50 years old ... -- Members' biographies 2000-2006 -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"The AGI - the Alliance Graphique Internationale - unites the world's leading graphic designers and artists in a professional club of common interest and achievement. It is an elite club. Since its inception in 1951, its members have been collectively responsible for the identity design of most of the world's top corporations and institutions as well as for countless examples of globally known packaging, publications, illustration and posters. This lavishly illustrated work of reference presents biographies of almost every AGI member to date, including such luminaries as Saul Bass, Alan Fletcher, April Greiman, Adrian Frutiger, Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, Cassandre, Dick Bruna, Bruno Munari and Irma Boom, accompanied by reproductions of their best - and often iconic - work. It also includes over thirty essays by some of the most prominent AGI members, who consider the history of recent graphic design and its present developments, as well as offering a thorough history of the AGI itself: its worldwide meetings, congresses, seminars, exhibitions and publications."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Alliance graphique internationale.
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Graphic arts.
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Graphic artists -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Bos, Ben.
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Bos, Elly.
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| ISBN |
9780500513422 (hbk.) |
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0500513422 (hbk.) |
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