Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Why it matters

This broad history gives the collection chronological scaffolding. It helps individual monographs and movements sit within longer changes in writing, printing, photography, media, and professional practice.

Best for

Best for students, teachers, and designers who need a dependable reference for placing visual work in historical context.

What you’ll learn

You will trace recurring relationships among technology, patronage, culture, and form while building a larger map of the field’s major movements and practitioners.