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Many thanks to Kerr Houston and BmoreArt for the thoughtful review of Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 7ed.! We greatly value criticism and are pleased folks are talking about the transformation of the new […]
Among other design and structural updates in the 7th edition, captions and figures are now presented differently. With over 1,000 figures, images are essential to enriching the text. To connect and for better reference, a small version of each image is shown on the […]
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With new book finally released, I’m having a lot of eels, but mostly this. More to come… https://youtu.be/_HEkxxhUlxs?si=wAf5xH2T2VW4_xuW
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stack of boxes containing books from publisher
close up of labels on boxes with Megg’s History of Graphic Design 7e printed on them
It's a book! Delivered at 12:09pm and weighing in at just shy of 100lbs. Megg's History of Graphic Design 7ed. is finally here! Expect many photos soon.
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After 5.5 and a half years of work, tomorrow we'll finally see and hold the sum of countless conversations, hours of looking / reading / writing, days of designing, and years of working with and redefining purpose. It will be thrilling and a fair amount terrifying to finally page through Meggs' […]
From our production specialist: “I have no revisions or questions concerning your book, and I am moving on to the next stage.” Meggs’ History of Graphic Design goes to print today! Supposed to arrive at store by end of September. #mhogd7ed #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #graphicdesign
Introducing Representing! "Drawings, trademarks, custom fonts, patterns and symbolic images can be used to embody people, places, products, services and ideas." Spanning 27,000 years, this chapter documents the use of visual signs depicting individuals, groups […]
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Meet Mobilizing. "In a visual culture, graphic design is an influential social medium. Throughout history, and especially in times of conflict, graphic designers have created posters, newspapers, and other graphics to recruit, boost morale, protest ideologies, or […]
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Exalting opening spread from the 7ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design.
We would like to introduce you to the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design.
Meet Exalting. We have restructured the book with chapters demonstrating motivations (themes) of why we create graphic design. Many people and movements now occupy multiple chapters […]
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We are thrilled to share the final Table of Contents for the soon-to-be-released 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Page design is nearly complete for all 500 pages and are doing prepress with final files being sent to print in the next couple weeks.
There […]
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And, we came across this gem from the 3rd edition of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Wowee!!!
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A new chapter we are excited about is a timeline documenting important graphic design and cultural events from pre-history to present. The Timeline takes a unique form that we hope is understandable. Traditionally timelines chart time linearly from top-to-bottom or […]
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An update on our progress with completing the 7th edition of Meggs' History of Graphic Design... Sandie and I have typeset 2/3 of the anticipated 500 pages. The cover design is now also complete. We are on target for a delivery of final files by the end of June 2025.
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Cover mechanicals compete and submitted! We keep chipping away at this 600 page weight. Onward! #mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #bookdesign
