August 2013
Beginner
240 pages
6h 16m
English
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Notes
1. Steven Heller, “Words to Design By,” Print, August 15, 2012.
2. Herbert Spencer, Pioneers of Modern Typography (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990), 67.
3. Art Directors Club, “Hall of Fame: W.A. Dwiggins,” 1979, http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1979/?id=264
4. Jan Tschichold, The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006), 68.
5. R. Roger Remington, “AIGA Medalist: Lester Beall,” http://www.aiga.org/medalist-lesterbeall/, 1993.
6. Quentin Newark, What is Graphic Design? (Hove, UK: RotoVision, 2007), 134.
7. Steven Heller and David R. Brown, “AIGA Medalist: Herbert Matter,” http://www.aiga.org/medalist-herbertmatter/, 1984.
8. Martha Scotford, “The Tenth Pioneer,” Eye, no. 18, ...
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