Graphic Style : From Victorian to New Century

Graphic Style is a visual survey of graphic design styles through the ages. First published in 1988, it has become an essential resource for designers and students. With more than 700 illustrations, it is the only wide-ranging history of graphic design to be completely visual, and many readers treasure it for its amazing trove of images. This new edition has been brought completely up to date, with sections devoted to styles of the twenty-first century, including the widely popular "Street Art" and "Handlettering" movements. Graphic Style, a collaboration between Steven Heller, a distinguished design critic, and Seymour Chwast, a celebrated illustrator, deserves to be in every designer's, artist's, and art lover's library.

Steven Heller is a historian and critic of graphic design. The recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, he is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than 130 books on design and popular culture. His career is intertwined with two great New York institutions, the New York Times (as an art director and as writer of the Visuals column in the NYTBR) and the School of Visual Arts (as program director and teacher). Seymour Chwast is co-founder and now director of The Pushpin Group, an internationally acclaimed design firm. The recipient of the 1985 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, his award-winning illustrations and designs have been used in advertising and posters as well as in 30 books for children. MOMA and the Library of Congress have collected his posters.