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AGI Graphic Design Since 1950
This incomparable Who's Who in the world of graphic design will be an essential addition to all designers' libraries.
The Alliance Graphique Internationale - the AGI - is an elite club. Since its inception in 1951, its members have been collectively responsible for the identity design of most of the world's top corporations and institutions
as well as for countless examples of globally known packaging, publications, illustration and posters.
This lavishly illustrated reference presents biographies of almost every AGI member to date, including such luminaries as Alan Fletcher, Josef Mller-Brockman, Adrian Frutiger, Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, Cassandre, Dick Bruna, Bruno Munari and Irma Boom, accompanied by reproductions of their best - and often iconic - work.
Also included are over thirty essays by some of the most prominent AGI members who consider the history of recent graphic design and its present developments, and also present a thorough history of the AGI itself: its worldwide meetings, congresses, seminars, exhibitions and publications.
Foreword
AGI: Graphic Design Since 1950
Introduction: AGI, a Graphic Olympus
AGI, a Logical Product of the 1950s
AGI History in the 1950s: We Want You!
Members' Biographies 1951-1959
The 1960s: Revolution in the Air . . .
AGI History in the 1960s: It's About Communication
Members' Biographies 1960-1969
The 1970s: Heyday?
AGI History in the 1970s: A Time of Consolidation
Members' Biographies 1980-1989
The 1990s: Cold War Exits
AGI History in the 1980s: New Waves Violating Old Rules
Members' Biographies 1980-1989
The 1990s: Cold War Exits
AGI History in the 1990s: The End of Print?
Members' Biographies 1990-1999
The 21st Century: A New Millennium
The AGI Steps into the 21st Century: At Almost 50 Years Old . . .
Members' Biographies 2000-2006
Conclusion
Essays
Members Index
Non-Members Index
Deceased Members
International Executive Committee
Work in Archives
Bibliography
Selected Websites
Credit where credit's due
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