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Anatomy of Design
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Anatomy of Design

by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilic
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
8h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
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uncovering the influences and
inspirations in modern graphic design
steven heller and mirko ilic´
Graphic design is a composite of many influences and inspirations. Johannes Gutenberg,
the inventor of movable type, inspired by the beauty of illuminated manuscripts though
cognizant of the need for mass communication, replicated the hand-scribed letterforms
found on sacred religious tracts. Yet he forged old and new into the most revolutionary
technology since the wheel. Gradually, slavish mimicry of hand letters shifted—owing to
the gifts of skilled ...
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ISBN: 9781592535545