Traces the early development of design talent, exploring the possibility of a unique range of characteristics that makes design success predictable from an early age.
The first book to focus on Edward McKight Kauffer's designs for book jackets, including illustrations of some 250 jackets and an account of the publishers who commissioned them.
Covering mid-20th century textile advertising Trading Textiles not only illustrates what was happening in graphic design generally but the changing character of the textile industry itself.
A comprehensive look at the history of the history of beauty-product advertising, charting the skills of advertiser promising to make beauty-dreams come true.
An account of early advertising agencies, their entrepreneurial directors and original graphic designers and the development of a profession that ascribed to itself not only a crucial role in the economy of the UK but a moral role in advising government and educating the people.
A succinct text accompanies a selection of the most innovative advertisements of the day. This book is small, snappy and as stylish as the adverts it showcases.
This beautifully compiled book illustrated with over 200 images from the P&O, Heritage Collection is a nostalgic glance astern at the glory days of P&O, both at sea and on shore.
