This is a four-hundred-page first-class survey of the most important German graphic masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The focus is on fourteen men who created graphic styles, many of which still look fresh today. The book is an opportunity to discover designers who are probably not so well known outside Germany.
The posters of Lucian Bernhard and Ludwig Hohlwein get a good showing as do the montages of John Heartfield. Pages 316-317 have the logos and covers for Penguin Books by Jan Tschichold This is an interesting point about so many of the designers mentioned (the book's back pages include a brief synopsis of a further sixty or so) with the rise of Nazi power in the Thirties many designers left Germany for other European countries or America.
I think it's worth saying that the book is a pleasure to look through. There are over a thousand illustrations with well over half in color and presented with an elegant page design. A worthwhile addition to any designer's library.
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