100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design - Steven Heller, Véronique Vienne, Laurence King

This accessible book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design. Lavishly illustrated, it is both a great source of inspiration and a provocative record of some of the best examples of graphic design from the last hundred years. The entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain), to stylistic (swashes on caps, loud typography, and white space), to objects (dust jackets, design handbooks), and methods (paper cut-outs, pixelation).