Swiss graphic design : the origins and growth of an international style, 1920-1965 / Richard Hollis.

Main entry:

Hollis, Richard.

Title & Author:

Swiss graphic design : the origins and growth of an international style, 1920-1965 / Richard Hollis.

Publication:

London : Laurence King, 2006.

Description:

271 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The new typography: towards a new graphic design 1920-1938 -- 2. The survival of modernism: conflicts and contradictions 1939-1949 -- 3. Towards a Swiss style 1950-1957 -- 4. 'New' graphic design 1958-1965 -- 5. An international style.

Summary:

By the 1950s, Switzerland had developed a distinct graphic language and a unique style of graphic design. This book gives an account of this period in graphic design history, setting the stylistic developments into the social & cultural context of the times.

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ISBN:

9781856694759
1856694755
1856694879 (pbk.)
9781856694872 (pbk.)
0300106769
9780300106763

Subject:

Graphic arts Switzerland History 20th century.
Graphic design (Typography) Switzerland History 20th century.
Arts graphiques Suisse Histoire 20e siècle.
Graphic arts.
Graphic design (Typography)
Grafische vormgeving.
Gebrauchsgraphik Schweiz Geschichte 1920-1965.
Switzerland.
Zwitserland.
Schweiz Gebrauchsgraphik Geschichte 1920-1965.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 262847
Call No.: BIB 193974
Status: Available

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