Progressive German Graphics

By Leslie Cabarga

Book Overview

Using highly conceptual and geometric shapes, early 20th-century German designers experimented with a simplicity of form that was years ahead of the times. The first English-language book to explore the social, aesthetic, and historical influences on the commercial arts in Germany-including the Bauhaus and Constructivist movements-this important volume features a fascinating text and a lively array of German and Austrian packaging, letterhead, trademark, and advertising designs from a tumultuous era. Characterized by a relatively free, creative expression, and striking similarities to today's computer generated designs, this reference will prove invaluable to graphic and commercial arts and students, as well as to cultural historians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811803740
• ISBN13: 9780811803748
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 8.0"