A history of British magazine design

A history of British magazine design
Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quinn
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A history of British magazine design

What does a magazine's look and feel say about it? Sometimes more than its written content. Starting with the advent of two periodicals ; Punch in 1841 and the Illustrated London News a year later ; this groundbreaking study investigates the design history of British magazines over the past 170 years, right up to the beginnings of digital distribution. This pioneering survey of a still-developing story encompasses graphic design, typography, photography, and innovative print technology, and explores why magazines have looked how they do and how they have changed over time. The wealth of superb illustrations is drawn from the V&A's National Art Library's unparalleled archive of periodicals.

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Publisher
V&A Publishing
Language
English
Pages
224

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A history of British magazine design
2016, V&A Publishing
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Table of Contents

Introduction: How the magazine became a magazine
Punch and the Illustrated magazine
The Mass-market weekly
The Great war and photogravure
War and austerity
Magazine for swingers
Style bibles and computers, lads' mags and celebrities
Beyond print - and back again.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
745.4
Library of Congress
NC998.6.G7 Q56x 2016, Z246.5.M34, NK1160.Q85 H5 2016, Z246.5.M34 Q56 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
224 pages
Number of pages
224

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27215051M
ISBN 10
1851777865
ISBN 13
9781851777860
LCCN
2013945524
OCLC/WorldCat
898114016

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20035010W

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