{"title":"Aggie Toppins","description":"\u003cp\u003eAggie Toppins offers insightful explorations into the world of visual culture, with a focus on the history and theory of graphic design. Readers can expect thoughtfully crafted works that illuminate the evolution of design principles and their cultural significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in Arts \u0026amp; Culture, Toppins’ books blend scholarly analysis with accessible prose, making complex ideas in graphic design history engaging for both students and enthusiasts alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thinking-through-graphic-design-history-by-aggie-toppins-9781350327207","title":"Thinking through Graphic Design History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphic design has a paradoxical relationship to history. While it claims to promote originality and innovation—ideas that emphasise the new and unique—design practice is deeply embedded in previous ideals. Too often, design students encounter the past in brief visual impressions which seduce them to imitate form rather than engage with historical contexts. Even though it has claimed to be objective and even comprehensive, graphic design history has focused largely on individual careers and Eurocentric achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the past swells with untapped potential. Graphic design history can serve the field of today and tomorrow, but its narratives require updates. History, like design, is always changing—and like design, history is driven by present-day questions. \u003cem\u003eThinking through Graphic Design History\u003c\/em\u003e shows how students and practising designers can enrich their work by thinking historically about design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith thoughtful analyses, stimulating creative prompts, inspiring case studies, and perspectives from designers all over the world, this book challenges our traditional understanding of graphic design history, and the very notion of the design canon, offering ways to shape socially engaged, critical practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428349755628,"sku":"9781350327207","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350327207.jpg?v=1774496975"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/aggie-toppins.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}