Graphic design discourse : evolving theories, ideologies, and processes of visual communication / Evolving theories, ideologies, and processes of visual communication edited by Henry Hongmin Kim ; foreword by Steff Geissbühler. - First edition. - 455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-455).

"Since its inception, the field of graphic design--whose primary aim is visual communication--has struggled between two contradictory poles: design resulting from a rigorous, fixed set of rules, and design that expresses the hand of the artist. But what if designers focused on process and critical analysis over visual outcome? Through a carefully selected collection of more than seventy-five seminal texts spanning centuries and bridging the disciplines of art, architecture, design history, philosophy, and cultural theory, this illuminating anthology establishes a new paradigm for graphic design methodologies for the twenty-first century"--

9781616895587 (paperback)


Visual communication--Methodology.
Graphic arts--Methodology.
DESIGN / General.
DESIGN / Graphic Arts / General.
DESIGN / Essays.

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