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The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design
Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms used within graphic design and associated disciplines.
Over 250 terms are explained and contextualised, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary graphic design. The dictionary covers traditional practice and process terms as well as modern terminology. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as Perfect binding, Deboss and Strikethrough, as well as movements and styles including Surrealism, Psychadelia and Postmodernism.
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design is an invaluable reference tool that improves the reader’s understanding of the professional terms applied in the world of graphic design.
Key features
- A comprehensive guide for graphic design students, as well as aspiring and professional designers.
- Over 250 terms used in the world of design are fully explained and illustrated.
- Beautifully presented with many illustrations to provide added inspiration.
Readership: Introductory
- AVA’s Visual Dictionaries form our foundation reading list. These titles offer clear, comprehensive and visually informative definitions to the key terms in a discipline’s vocabulary.
- Each title offers a wide overview of the discipline as a whole, its history and contemporary practice. It also provides a useful reference tool throughout higher education.
Gives information students need in a concise, accessible form.
Derek Yates, Camberwell School of Arts, UK
978 2 940373 43 7
$24.95 srp
288 pages
250 colour images
160mm x 120mm
Paperback with flaps
Autumn 2006
