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National Academic Mailing List Service: Design History
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-history.html
Text-based forum for design issues, local information, and reviews by the Design History Society in the United Kingdom.
National Library of Australia: Follow the Sun
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/
View a collection of 1930s to 1950s Australian travel posters. Browse images by destination, symbol, style, or artist.
P.R. Incorporated: Graphic Design History
http://www.princorporated.com/art_graphic-design-history.htm
Read an account of design history from cave paintings and the first books to the genesis of printing and the design qpplications that extend to the computer age.
Parkland College: GDS 131 Graphic Design History
http://gds.parkland.edu/gds/131/
Review an online course given by Parkland College's Fine and Applied Arts Department in Champaign, Illinois.
Pushpin Group
Explore the graphic and illustrative work of Seymour Chwast, one of the founding members of the iconic Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser and Edward Sorel.
Remember Those Great Volkswagen Ads?
Profile of book which is a compilation of Volkswagen's press, radio and television campaigns.
Salon: Tibor Kalman
http://www.salon.com/people/obit/1999/05/19/kalman/
The obituary of this innovative designer, best known for the work he created with his New York design firm and his brief editorship of Colors magazine.
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Posters American Style
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/
View major posters from the last century. Learn about their design, printing and historical impact on culture. Includes audio.
Typotheque: Articles: Design History
http://www.typotheque.com/site/articles.php?topic=8
Browse a variety of articles from authors such as Ellen Lupton and Steven Heller, collected by this type foundry based in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Unimark International
http://www.unimark-international.com
Read about the formation, success and eventual decline of the design firm founded by Ralph Eckerstrom, former design director for Container Corporation of America, and Massimo Vignelli.
University of Florida: Graphic Design: Typography
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/art3283c/index.htm
Examine typographic specimens in book designs from the 15th to 20th centuries. From the Rare Book Collection of the Department of Special Collections.
Website About Corporate Identity
View a catalogue, bibliography and resource list for examples of corporate graphic design. Includes identity guidelines, agencies, and recommended texts.
Wikipedia: Dada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada
Read about the history, literature and design characteristics of this anti-art cultural movement that grew from World War II to 1920.
Wikipedia: El Lissitzky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky
Read about the life and works of this Russian avant-gardist who helped develop Suprematism and influenced architecture, literature, art, photography and design.
Wikipedia: Graphic Design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design
Read an account of early and modern graphic design history in this encyclopedia article. View sample images.


