Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers (Third Edition)

Alan and Isabella Livingston

Thames & Hudson ($19.95)

The best budget-priced graphic design dictionary on the market just got better with this third edition featuring more than 200 new and updated entries taking into account advances in digital technology and website design.

Including a timeline outlining the evolution of graphic design, a full index and a subject index broken down into subjects such as Art Directors, Movements/Styles, Technical Information and Typeface Designers, this copiously illustrated dictionary is a veritable Tardis of a book, its small size belying the sheer amount of information it contains.

More than that, it will prove an important source of inspiration for budding designers as well as an affordable access point for those general readers wishing to understand better the world of graphic design.