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Information design pioneer Edward Tufte sums up the ever-increasing relevance of graphic design to our times with his observation that “clutter is a failure of design, not an attribute of information.” In the golden age of paraphernalia, it falls to the graphic designer to clarify the clutter, and the ability to compose visual and linguistic data so that it grabs both eye and mind determines the success of just about every merchandized product, from a flyer in the mailbox to the web. Historically, graphic design has also defined the look of entire avant-garde art movements and even whole eras, through album art and movie posters. Below is a selection of our finest monographs and surveys on graphic design, from modernist Italian travel posters to web design.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

A NEW PROGRAM FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN

By David Reinfurt. Preface by Adam Michaels. Foreword by Ellen Lupton.

INVENTORY PRESS/D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781941753217
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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ALCOHOL: SOVIET ANTI-ALCOHOL POSTERS

Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Alexei Plutser-Sarno.

FUEL PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9780993191152
USD $32.95 | CAN $43.95

Pub Date: 4/25/2017
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APPLE

By Ken Miki.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037783863
USD $42.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 1/21/2014
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BILL GOLD: POSTERWORKS

Edited by Tony Nourmand. Foreword by Clint Eastwood. Text by Christopher Frayling.

REEL ART PRESS

ISBN: 9781909526723
USD $95.00 | CAN $133

Pub Date: 4/11/2023
Forthcoming

BRUTAL BLOC POSTCARDS

Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Foreword by Jonathan Meades.

FUEL PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9780995745520
USD $32.50 | CAN $42.5

Pub Date: 8/28/2018
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CORITA KENT: INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL CODE ALPHABET

Introduction by Ray Smith. Foreword by Aaron Rose.

ATELIER ÉDITIONS

ISBN: 9780997593556
USD $50.00 | CAN $69.95 UK £ 45

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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CRISTINA ZICKERT: CRISPY, SOFT & TENDER

Text by Cristina Zickert.

SPECTOR BOOKS

ISBN: 9783959052719
USD $20.00 | CAN $29.95

Pub Date: 1/4/2022
Forthcoming

DESIGN IS STORYTELLING

By Ellen Lupton.

COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

ISBN: 9781942303190
USD $17.95 | CAN $25.5

Pub Date: 11/21/2017
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DESIGNING DESIGN

By Kenya Hara.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037784501
USD $60.00 | CAN $82

Pub Date: 3/20/2018
Active | Out of stock

EARTHQUAKES, MUDSLIDES, FIRES & RIOTS: CALIFORNIA AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, 1936-1986

By Louise Sandhaus. Contributions by Lorraine Wild, Denise Gonzales Crisp, Michael Worthington. Designed by Louise Sandhaus.

METROPOLIS BOOKS

ISBN: 9781938922619
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5

Pub Date: 11/30/2014
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EN VOGUE

Edited by Bettina Richter. Text by Elke Gaugele.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM FüR GESTALTUNG ZüRICH

ISBN: 9783037786413
USD $25.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 9/8/2020
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EYEBALL CARDS: THE ART OF BRITISH CB RADIO CULTURE

Text by William Hogan. Photographs by David Titlow.

FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

ISBN: 9781909829084
USD $30.00 | CAN $40

Pub Date: 2/27/2018
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FRENCH NEW WAVE

Edited by Tony Nourmand. Introduction by Christopher Frayling. Design by Graham Marsh. Text by Alison Elangasinghe.

REEL ART PRESS

ISBN: 9780957261044
USD $59.95 | CAN $85

Pub Date: 12/3/2019
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GODLESS UTOPIA

Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Roland Elliott Brown.

FUEL PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9780995745575
USD $34.95 | CAN $49.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
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HELVETICA

Edited by Lars Müller.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037780466
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5

Pub Date: 11/15/2002
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HOW MANY FEMALE TYPE DESIGNERS DO YOU KNOW?

ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS

ISBN: 9789493148321
USD $25.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 1/12/2021
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HOW POSTERS WORK

By Ellen Lupton. Text by Caitlin Condell, Gail Davidson, Ellen Lupton.

COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

ISBN: 9780910503822
USD $29.95 | CAN $39.95

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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IN THE GOOD NAME OF THE COMPANY: ARTWORKS AND EPHEMERA PRODUCED BY OR IN TANDEM WITH THE COLBY PRINTING COMPANY

Edited by Christopher Michlig, Brian Roettinger, Jan Tumlir.

PICTUREBOX/FORYOURART

ISBN: 9781939799036
USD $34.95 | CAN $45.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 11/30/2013
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JOSEF MüLLER-BROCKMANN SUTTL: PIONEER OF SWISS GRAPHIC DESIGN

By Josef Müller-Brockmann.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037784686
USD $39.00 | CAN $52.5

Pub Date: 11/30/2015
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JOSEF MüLLER-BROCKMANN: DESIGN MANUAL FOR THE SWISS FEDERAL RAILWAYS

Text by Andres Janser, Peter Spalinger.

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037786109
USD $50.00 | CAN $69.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
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MAX BILL

FUNDACIóN JUAN MARCH

ISBN: 9788470756320
USD $34.95 | CAN $45.95

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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PETER ARNELL: PROJECTS 1980–2020

Edited by Liyuan Tong. Text by Frank Gehry, Peter Lindbergh, Peter Arnell, Michele Marriot. Contributions by Tristan Thom.

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775746670
USD $170.00 | CAN $240

Pub Date: 12/14/2021
Forthcoming

POSTER WORKSHOP 1968–1971

Foreword by Jess Baines. Text by Sam Lord, Peter Dukes, Jo Robinson, Sarah Wilson.

FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

ISBN: 9781909829107
USD $28.00 | CAN $38.5

Pub Date: 6/12/2018
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POSTERS: SPEED IN ITALIAN ADVERTISING 1890–1955

Edited by Dario Cimorelli, Anna Villari.

SILVANA EDITORIALE

ISBN: 9788836632978
USD $65.00 | CAN $87

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
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POSTERS: THE COLLECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MUSEUM

Text by Roger Mayou, Catherine Burer, Martin Heller.

SILVANA EDITORIALE

ISBN: 9788836640843
USD $30.00 | CAN $42

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
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PROTEST: THE AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037785607
USD $29.95 | CAN $39.95

Pub Date: 6/12/2018
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

SEE RED WOMEN'S WORKSHOP

Foreword by Sheila Rowbotham. Text by Prudence Stevenson, Susan Mackie, Anne Robinson, Jess Baines.

FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

ISBN: 9781909829077
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 2/28/2017
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SEPARATE CINEMA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF BLACK POSTER ART

Edited by John Duke Kisch, Tony Nourmand. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Text by John Duke Kisch, Peter Doggett. Afterword by Spike Lee.

REEL ART PRESS

ISBN: 9781909526068
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 10/6/2014
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STAATLICHES BAUHAUS IN WEIMAR 1919–1923

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037786239
USD $85.00 | CAN $120

Pub Date: 12/17/2019
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SVEN TILLACK: EXPLORISO

Text by Daniel Martin Feige, Jo Frenken, Sven Tillack.

SPECTOR BOOKS

ISBN: 9783959053044
USD $35.00 | CAN $39.95

Pub Date: 7/13/2021
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THE ART OF CAMPARI

Text by Enrica De Biasi, Vicky Gitto, Paolo Cavallo, Pierpaolo Antonello, Roberta Cremoncini.

SILVANA EDITORIALE

ISBN: 9788836640263
USD $35.00 | CAN $49.95

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SILENCE: WRITING FOR DESIGNERS, ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

By Ian Lynam.

ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS

ISBN: 9789493148390
USD $20.00 | CAN $28

Pub Date: 2/9/2021
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THEORY OF TYPE DESIGN

By Gerard Unger.

NAI010 PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9789462084407
USD $50.00 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
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Recommended Reading: A Book List on Graphic Design

Best-selling Titles from Graphic Design Bookshelf

Bill Gold: PosterWorks REEL ART PRESS Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 448 pgs / 450 color / 50 bw. | 4/11/2023 | Awaiting stock  |   US $95.00	En Vogue LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM FüR GESTALTUNG ZüRICH Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 110 color. | 9/8/2020 | In stock  |   US $25.00	See Red Women's Workshop FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Pbk, 8.75 x 12.25 in. / 184 pgs / 90 color / 25 bw. | 2/28/2017 | In stock  |   US $39.95
Corita Kent: International Signal Code Alphabet ATELIER ÉDITIONS Clth, 9.5 x 13.5 in. / 80 pgs / 29 color / 5 bw. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00	How Posters Work COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM Hbk, 9.5 x 9 in. / 208 pgs / 300 color. | 5/26/2015 | Out of stock  |   US $29.95	Design Is Storytelling COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 250 color. | 11/21/2017 | In stock  |   US $17.95
Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 5 x 8 in. / 248 pgs / 255 color / 5 bw. | 4/25/2017 | In stock  |   US $32.95	Brutal Bloc Postcards FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 176 color. | 8/28/2018 | In stock  |   US $32.50	Godless Utopia FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 6.5 x 8 in. / 192 pgs / 190 color / 10 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $34.95
Protest: The Aesthetics of Resistance LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.25 x 9.5 in. / 448 pgs / 126 color / 73 bw. | 6/12/2018 | Not available  |   US $29.95	Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 222 pgs / 324 color / 80 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $50.00	Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923 LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.75 x 9.75 in. / 226 pgs / 18 color / 149 bw. | 12/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $85.00
Apple LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 164 pgs / 224 images. | 1/21/2014 | In stock  |   US $42.00	Designing Design LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 472 pgs / 389 images. | 3/20/2018 | Out of stock  |   US $60.00	Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 264 pgs / 396 images. | 11/30/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.00
Helvetica LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 4.75 x 6.25 in. / 256 pgs / 400 images. | 11/15/2002 | In stock  |   US $25.00	Theory of Type Design NAI010 PUBLISHERS Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00	In the Good Name of the Company: Artworks and ephemera produced by or in tandem with the Colby Printing Company PICTUREBOX/FORYOURART Pbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 324 pgs / 300 color. | 11/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $34.95
Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art REEL ART PRESS Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 320 pgs / 270 color / 30 bw. | 10/6/2014 | In stock  |   US $45.00	French New Wave REEL ART PRESS Hbk, 10 x 11.5 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color / 50 bw. | 12/3/2019 | In stock  |   US $59.95	The Art of Campari SILVANA EDITORIALE Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 96 pgs / 75 color. | 4/23/2019 | Out of stock  |   US $35.00
Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum SILVANA EDITORIALE Hbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 256 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986 METROPOLIS BOOKS Hbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 432 pgs / 275 color. | 11/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $55.00	A New Program for Graphic Design INVENTORY PRESS/D.A.P. Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 180 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $25.00
Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 192 pgs / 380 color / 24 bw. | 2/27/2018 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Poster Workshop 1968–1971 FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 128 pgs / 140 color / 100 bw. | 6/12/2018 | In stock  |   US $28.00
Max Bill FUNDACIóN JUAN MARCH Hbk, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 352 pgs / 170 color / 40 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $34.95	Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955 SILVANA EDITORIALE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 190 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $65.00

Graphic Design Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

A New Program for Graphic Design INVENTORY PRESS/D.A.P. Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 180 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $25.00	Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 5 x 8 in. / 248 pgs / 255 color / 5 bw. | 4/25/2017 | In stock  |   US $32.95	Apple LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 164 pgs / 224 images. | 1/21/2014 | In stock  |   US $42.00
Brutal Bloc Postcards FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 176 color. | 8/28/2018 | In stock  |   US $32.50	Corita Kent: International Signal Code Alphabet ATELIER ÉDITIONS Clth, 9.5 x 13.5 in. / 80 pgs / 29 color / 5 bw. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00	Design Is Storytelling COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 250 color. | 11/21/2017 | In stock  |   US $17.95
Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986 METROPOLIS BOOKS Hbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 432 pgs / 275 color. | 11/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $55.00	En Vogue LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM FüR GESTALTUNG ZüRICH Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 110 color. | 9/8/2020 | In stock  |   US $25.00	Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 192 pgs / 380 color / 24 bw. | 2/27/2018 | In stock  |   US $30.00
French New Wave REEL ART PRESS Hbk, 10 x 11.5 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color / 50 bw. | 12/3/2019 | In stock  |   US $59.95	Godless Utopia FUEL PUBLISHING Hbk, 6.5 x 8 in. / 192 pgs / 190 color / 10 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $34.95	Helvetica LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 4.75 x 6.25 in. / 256 pgs / 400 images. | 11/15/2002 | In stock  |   US $25.00
In the Good Name of the Company: Artworks and ephemera produced by or in tandem with the Colby Printing Company PICTUREBOX/FORYOURART Pbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 324 pgs / 300 color. | 11/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $34.95	Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 264 pgs / 396 images. | 11/30/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.00	Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Pbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 222 pgs / 324 color / 80 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $50.00
Max Bill FUNDACIóN JUAN MARCH Hbk, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 352 pgs / 170 color / 40 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $34.95	Poster Workshop 1968–1971 FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 128 pgs / 140 color / 100 bw. | 6/12/2018 | In stock  |   US $28.00	Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955 SILVANA EDITORIALE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 190 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $65.00
Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum SILVANA EDITORIALE Hbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 256 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00	See Red Women's Workshop FOUR CORNERS BOOKS Pbk, 8.75 x 12.25 in. / 184 pgs / 90 color / 25 bw. | 2/28/2017 | In stock  |   US $39.95	Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art REEL ART PRESS Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 320 pgs / 270 color / 30 bw. | 10/6/2014 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923 LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.75 x 9.75 in. / 226 pgs / 18 color / 149 bw. | 12/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $85.00	Theory of Type Design NAI010 PUBLISHERS Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00