Women graphic designers : rebalancing the canon / Elizabeth Resnick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Resnick, Elizabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women graphic artists--Biography.

Women graphic artists.

Women commercial artists--Biography.

Women commercial artists.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025.

Summary:

"The first in-depth anthology of previously published and newly commissioned illustrated essays on individual female graphic designers representing many diverse cultures who worked professionally during the 20th century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Uemura ShMen : The pine that stands alone yet which is one of many / Ian Lynam

Jane Atché : The smoking woman / Vanina Pinter

Varvara Stepanova : Life under construction / Olga Severina

Fré Cohen : A Dutch Jewish socially conscious feminist artist / Alice Roegholt

Ans van Zeijst : A dynamic designer within religious and secular contexts / Ginger van den Akker

Maria Keil : The polyphonic work of a pioneering Portuguese designer / Maria Helena Souto

Sufism and science in Saloua Raouda Choucair’s design work / Yasmine Nachabe Taan

Dorrit Dekk : Making a name for herself in graphic design / Ruth Sykes

Roswitha Bitterlich : Between two or more worlds / Paula Ramos and Raquel Castedo

Anita Klinz : The art of book design / Laura Ottina

Jacqueline S. Casey : Design and science / Elizabeth Resnick

Lora Lamm : Between Swiss and Italian graphic design / Carlo Vinti

Claudia Morgagni : Woman, graphic designer, teacher / Cinzia Ferrara and Francesco E. Guida

Nelly Rudin : A concrete graphic designer / Sandra Bischler-Hartmann

Dorothea Hofmann : Patiently persevering / Margo Halverson

Karmele Leizaola : The first woman graphic designer in Venezuela / Faride Mereb

Gülümser Aral Üretmen : A pioneering Turkish female graphic designer / Ömer Durmaz and Murat Ertürk

Tomoko Miho : The personification of European modernism / Elizabeth Resnick

Anneliese Ernst : Graphics for use / Rose Epple

Dolly Sahiar : Layers of artistry in editorial design / Rukminee Guha Thakurta

Odiléa Toscano : Elegance and wit for printed graphics and public architectural spaces / Sara Miriam Goldchmit, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos, and Luciene Ribeiro dos Santos

Thérèse Moll : An enigma gone too soon / Elizabeth Resnick

Eiko Emori : Designer, artist, and trailblazer / Stephan Rosger

Dorothy E. Hayes : Shaping the narrative of Black creatives in design / Tasheka Arceneaux Sutton

Agni Katzouraki : The “light” of Greek aesthetics in graphic design / Marina Emmanouil

Bonnie MacLean : Pioneering psychedelic poster artist / Elizabeth Resnick

Eulindra Lim : The rise of women in Singapore design / Justin Zhuang

Elizabeth Fitz-Simon : Professionalizing graphic design in Ireland / Linda King

Anna Monika Jost : A nomadic practitioner / Chiara Barbieri and Davide Fornari

Anna Eymont, Myriam Kin-Yee, and Alison Hulett : EKH, the quiet Australians / Jane Connory

Making a difference : The graphic design work of Trish de Villiers / Deirdre Pretorius

Mahnoosh Moshiri : Designs as a poet, writes as an illustrator, and lives as an artist / Parisa Tashakori

Arlette Haddad : An Arabic type design hermit / Bahia Shehab

Farideh Shahbazi : Illustrator, graphic designer, and publisher of children’s books / Mehrdokht Darabi

Polly Bertram : From new wave to AGI / Chiara Barbieri and Davide Fornari

Sylvia Harris : The enduring influence of a resolutely Black and worldly citizen designer / Anne H. Berry

Kyungja Keum : Golden days / Yoonkyung Myung

Winnie Wai-kan Kwan : The nurturer of museum design, public engagement, and life balance / Wendy S. Wong

Elisabetta Ognibene : A militant feminist designer / Monica Pastore

Mara de Oliveira : A woman designer from northern Uruguay / Luis Blau

Marjaana Virta : Designer for text and textile / Arja Karhumaa

Sujata Keshavan : Indian graphic design pioneer / Tanishka Kachru.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed March 24, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Women graphic designers

ISBN:

9781350349285

1350349283

9781350349261

1350349267

9781350349254

1350349259

OCLC:

1456591117

Publisher Number:

CIPO000326129

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license