Library Guides @ VIU: Graphic Design: History of Graphic Design

Selected Books

Retro Graphics by Jonathan Raimes; Lakshmi Bhaskaran
Call Number: NC 1000 R35 2007 (Nanaimo campus)
Publication Date: 2007
The Graphic Design Time Line by Steven Heller; Elinor Pettit
Call Number: NC 998 H455 2000 (Nanaimo campus)
Publication Date: 2000
Typography and Graphic Design by Roxanne Jubert; Ellen Lupton (Foreword by); Deke Dusinberre (Translator); David Radzinowicz (Translator); Serge Lemoine (Foreword by)
Call Number: Z 246 J8313 2006 (Nanaimo campus)
Publication Date: 2006

A Short Introduction to Graphic Design History
Includes typography, book design, advertising, posters, and movements such as Modernism and the Bauhaus school.
AIGA Design Archives
Search by keyword, access by collection or browse by colour, year, industry, discipline, format or location.
Graphic Design Archive Online
Good source for information on 20th century design, including biographical information for influential designers.