American Modernism: Graphic Design, 1920-1960
Product DescriptionThis insightful book is the first to present a comprehensive survey of the Modernist movement as it emerged in America between 1920 and 1960 in various graphic media. It identifies and examines great works in advertising, information design, identity, magazine design, print, dimensional design, and posters that by mid-century had defined American graphic design. R. Roger Remington begins by discussing the emergence of Modernism and its major historical influences, including European avant-garde art movements, technology, geopolitical issues, popular culture, educational innovations such as the Bauhaus, architecture, industrial design, and photography. The heart of the book brings together the…
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Product DescriptionMichiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers’ Sustainism Is the New Modernism declares the dawn of a new cultural era, as we transition from modernity to sustainity–towards a world that is more connected, more localist, more digital and more sustainable. As the authors of this clear-eyed manifesto argue, “sustainism marks a shift not only in thinking and doing but in collective perception–of how we live, do business, feed ourselves, design, travel and communicate, as much as how we deal with nature.” In the twentieth century, whether we knew it or not, our world was shaped by modernist values, from the…
