Retro Graphics: A Visual Sourcebook to 100 Years of Graphic Design

by Jonathan Raimes, Lakshmi Bhaskaran

Retro Graphics makes it easy for DIY designers to mimic the most prominent styles of the past hundred years. A plethora of authentic design modelsfrom Art Deco and Gothic Revival to Pop Art and Post Modernismare presented and broken down into their component parts in this handy sourcebook. These entries include step-by-step techniques, color palettes, typefaces, illustration styles, and ornamentation to help anyone create the look of such diverse materials as Victorian advertisements and pulp fiction book jackets. History can't be revived, but it can be simulated with this richly illustrated and meticulously researched visual encyclopedia.

Genres: Design, Science Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2007

Reviews

[G∞p · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was looking forward to this guide of design periods with type and graphic tutorials, but while it is generally educational and fun, most of the actual tutorial pieces are laughably rudimentary and derivative, even for the time

[Yukie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fan-fricken-tastic for non-graphic designers. Offers color and font samples reminiscent of classic poster/graphic styles.

[Marci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this book. Especially the section for Art Nouveau. You get some wonderful insight to the colours and the fonts used in each of the periods covered.

[Marian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helps to remind me of some classic composition and font styles. Fun book.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Incredibly useful, and very concise as well. Used it for many projects.