Graphic Design Sourcebook

This informative guide to contemporary graphic design showcases a wide variety of projects, from websites, apps, banner ads, packaging, and infographics to exhibition design, social-issue posters, corporate-branding campaigns, and interactive media. Every entry includes a detailed biography and a short précis of the creator's approach, written by the designers themselves. An introduction assesses the status of graphic design in our increasingly digitized world and offers predictions of its future trajectory with the advent of advanced 3D technologies and the erosion of traditional advertising campaign conduits. Graphic Design Sourcebook is an essential guide for anyone interested in the power of visual communication, and an absolute must-have publication for students and professional practitioners alike.
Graphic Design Sourcebook surveys the visually stunning, thought-provoking work of 100 groundbreaking practitioners, with projects ranging from websites, apps, banner ads, and infographics to social-issue posters, corporate branding, and interactive media. Every entry includes a biography and a short précis of the creator's approach, written by the designer. An introduction assesses the status of graphic design in our increasingly digitized world and offers predictions of its future trajectory.

Charlotte & Peter Fiell are leading authorities on twentieth and twenty-first century design, and have written over 40 bestselling books on the subject. Charlotte studied at the British Institute in Florence and at Camberwell College of Arts, London, where she studied the History of Drawing and Printmaking with Material Science. She later trained at Sotheby's Educational Studies, also in London. Peter also trained at Sotheby's, and received an MA in Design Studies from Central Saint Martin's, London.