REPRESENTATIVESOf Design
It’s difficult to establish hard-edged boundaries around the years in which designers make an impact, in part because many of the individuals and groups noted in this section stretch across numerous decades. However, certain developments help establish broad timelines where they thrived or made their biggest impact.
Spurred by the graphic innovations and new visual languages developed through Constructivism in Russia, de Stijl in the Netherlands, and Bauhaus in Germany, it’s possible to see the genesis of graphic design, as is known today, with imagery and typography coming together more clearly and with more defined purposes, whether for matters of commerce or protest. In the 1950s, ...
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