Design Education

Graphic Design Books for Students Part 1

From time to time members of the Graphic Design History group and others have asked for a number of recommendations for books related to design history, theory and specific areas of graphic design. This is the first of a series of articles from educators, designers and archivists featuring book recommendations and resources.

Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Czech Republic
• Mid Century Modernism, Czech Modernism

Oldřich Hlavsa and his design for Typografia magazine

Oldřich Hlavsa worked primarily in publication design and typography and played a major part in Czech graphic design history. He designed over 2000 book covers and published a series of his own books related to typography.

Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design

• America
• American Modernism

Student work from the 1964 Class of Typography, at Pratt Institute, New York

The August 1964 issue highlights the Typography class at the Pratt Institute in New York, a relatively new course at the time. Pratt, one of the most renowned art schools in the United States, had departments for graphic design, painting, art education, industrial design, and applied graphics in the 1960s. The typography course combined theoretical lectures with practical workshops, aimed at students beginning their journey into the discipline.