AIGA Design Archives

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Design Category
Information design, 1995
Design firm
Century Books (New York, New York)
Collection
(1996) Information Graphics: Design of Understanding

Description

This massive volume enables general readers to comprehend the pivotal events of the present century and prepare for the yet-to-be-imagined challenges of the next. Considered the most comprehensive and ambitious visual and textual account of our century, the book was the result of the collaborative efforts of editors, writers, and graphic designers, who melded an authoritive text with over 2,500 illustrations —including archival photographs, paintings, and specially commissioned maps, diagrams, and charts.

Credits
Art director: Linda Root
Design directors: Walter Bernard, Milton Glaser
Illustrators: Nigel Holmes, Mirko Ilic, Various
Photographer: Various
Writer: Various
Printers: R.R. Donnelley (Text), McQuiddy Printing (Jacket)
Paper: Westvaco 70# Sterling Gloss
Publisher/client: Turner Publishing