The first impression I got from looking at the pictures throughout the book is how much abstract imagery has been important in the history of graphic design. From the cave paintings early humans to pictographs, hieroglyphs and letterforms that represent words to photography and illustrations. Each instance is an abstract image that invokes an emotional and intellectual response in the viewer.
The second impression I had was that typography is very important in a lion's share of the images. A powerful image can be lifted to new heights with as little as a single word and a bold typeface where as the same image can be made irrelevant with the same word but with a typeface. A great example of this is Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster.
Now imagine the word HOPE in comic sans...
All in all, I found myself wanting to read more about the images that are in the book and I am really looking forward to learning about the different techniques and the histories behind these images.
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