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W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design

W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design

Dwiggins, W. a.
Kennett, Bruce

Hardcover

General DesignTypography & Calligraphy

Publisher Price: $60.00

ISBN10: 0998318000
ISBN13: 9780998318004
Publisher: Letterform Archive Books
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 496
Weight: 4.35
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.20 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

A book to spend a year with ... Dwiggins did more to promote, diversify, and integrate the graphic, typographic, and printing-arts disciplines than anyone of his generation. --Steven Heller, design historian

Often credited with inventing the term graphic design, W.A. Dwiggins was a quintessential maker--fabricating his own tools and experimenting with design in areas as wide-ranging as stamps, currency, books, kites, marionettes, theatrical sets and lighting. While he began his career in advertising, Dwiggins became a book designer. He also created several typefaces including Electra and Caledonia, which are still used in publishing today. More than any of his contemporaries, Dwiggins united the full range of applied arts into a single profession: designer. Despite this feat, a thorough study of this revolutionary figure has never been published widely in the trade--until now.

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