AGI : graphic design since 1950 / edited by Ben & Elly Bos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bos, Ben.

Bos, Elly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alliance graphique internationale.

Graphic arts.

Graphic artists--Biography.

Graphic artists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

800 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Summary:

The history of the most important design agency in the world and its members: AGI. AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) was founded in 1951 by a small, select group of French and Swiss graphic designers. Since then AGI has invited some 600 designers from more than thirty countries to join its ranks. Together the members of AGI have written a significant part of the history of graphic design since the mid-twentieth century. This book tells the story of their accomplishments through a series of richly illustrated biographies, plus essays by prominent AGI members on past and present developments in visual communication. The designers featured here include Alan Fletcher, Saul Bass, Paul Rand, Roman Cislewicz, Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, Seymour Chwast, April Greiman, Yusaku Kamakura, Milton Glaser, Marion Wesel, Adrian Frutiger, Tibor Kalman, and hundreds more. 2000+ color illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 796-799) and index.

ISBN:

9780500513422

0500513422

OCLC:

137313168