jason godfrey

　　Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is a compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. It covers a huge range of material – historic titles from pioneering type foundries to the best of recent monographs from today’s leading studios – and provides a unique insight into the evolution of graphic design in the twentieth century. Graphic design manuals by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Müller-Brockmann are included, alongside pioneering instructional titles on advertising and the impact of the avante-garde. Monographs designed by and covering the major individuals and studios of the era – from A.M. Cassandre and Alexey Brodovitch to Stefan Sagmeister and Peter Saville – are detailed, along with groundbreaking anthologies on trademark design, Polish film posters, corporate identity and more. All the books, whether classic histories of Bauhaus design or rarely seen sourcebooks of symbols and type, are illustrated with a wide selection of spreads and covers, all in colour. In addition, leading international designers have provided lists of favourite titles from their own libraries. "An authoritative list of graphic design books... A beautiful publication featuring spreads from 100 seminal works... The book offers a mouth-watering selection of fodder for the graphic design bibliophile" Creative Review