Graphic Design Sourcebook: The 100 Best Contemporary Graphic Designers

by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell, Steven Heller (Foreword)

Graphic Design Sourcebook surveys the visually stunning and thought-provoking work of 100 of the world's most exciting and groundbreaking practitioners.
 
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.

Genres: Design

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

Charlotte Fiell is a leading authority on the history, theory and criticism of design and, to date, has written 60 books on the subject.

Charlotte initially studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London and then later at the British Institute in Florence. She subsequently took a BA(Hons) degree in the History of Drawing and Printmaking with Material Science at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London. Following on from this, she trained at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.