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Gomez-Palacio, Bryony & Armin Vit. Graphic Design, Referenced. Rockport: Quayside. 2009. 400p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-59253-447-0. $50. GRAPHIC ARTS
A major challenge of comprehensive books on graphic design is to fit the numerous dimensions of the field into a work that is logical and readable. The best so far have been more or less chronologically arranged, notably Phillip Meggs's long-standing History of Graphic Design (4th ed., Wiley, 2005) and Stephen Eskilson's Graphic Design: A New History (Yale, 2007). The authors of this book, both founders of UnderConsideration, an online graphic design networking site, provide an accessible overview of graphic design in a …