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    Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
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    Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design

    By Steven Heller

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    This update to the first book to provide explicit case histories of the successful marriage of form and content in graphic design explores more than 125 classic and contemporary works-30 of them brand new-explaining why they are aesthetically significant and how they function as good design. These thought pieces offer a vast taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that move today's global design community and fans.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllworth Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2004
    ISBN9781581159448
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    Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
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    Steven Heller

    Steven Heller is the co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur Program. He is the author, coauthor, and editor of over 170 books on design, social satire, and visual culture. He is the recipient of the 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award for "Design Mind." He lives in New York City.

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