The Graphic Design Sourcebook: 200 Years of Commercial Art from the Robert Opie Collection : Opie, Robert: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: The printed matter decades - This is not the same format as Opie's wonderful large-size scrapbooks but a smaller book covering two hundred years of commercial art, basically packaging and booklet covers. It was probably the mid-eighteenth century when color printing got into its stride and companies started to print eye-catching graphics. For example, pages fifty-four and five have a selection of French fabric and thread labels using colour for illustrations, borders and type. There are pages and pages of basically throw-away printed matter, which Mr Opie wisely collected: matchbox labels, cigarette packets, luggage labels, ice-lolly wrappers, can labels, tobacco wrappers and cigar labels, milk bottle tops (from the US 1930-1940s) sheet music covers, Russian drink labels, the list goes on and on. The contents run up to the turn of the century, though there is a spread of drink containers from 2023. The book is all colour (plus a ribbon bookmark) and I'm guessing that a lot of the material is in one of the Opie scrapbooks, which cover the decades from Victorian times up to the 1970s (surely time now 80s and 90s?) but the interesting thing is seeing so much printed matter from decades ago. You can look inside the book at Westread Book Reviews then click 2025 and September. Review: wow ... - Was expecting something slightly bigger, something more akin to the 70s 60s etc volumes but no, it was a smaller and easier to handle hardback book but was a superb selection of images throughout with print from the 1700s to ice lollies and underground mags and much more. I have been wondering for a while why there has been no continuation of the series of those 70s 60s etc books, well, this is it. An absolutely joy and I can only hope that they will bring out a volume 2, 3 etc with even more unusual categories of designs Total joy
| Best Sellers Rank | 466,314 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 2,591 in Sales & Marketing 3,434 in Commercial Graphic Design 4,839 in Business Development & Entrepreneurship (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (6) |
| Dimensions | 17.15 x 1.12 x 24.16 cm |
| ISBN-10 | 1911397370 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1911397373 |
| Item weight | 1.05 kg |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 208 pages |
| Publication date | 7 Nov. 2023 |
| Publisher | Unicorn |
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The printed matter decades
This is not the same format as Opie's wonderful large-size scrapbooks but a smaller book covering two hundred years of commercial art, basically packaging and booklet covers. It was probably the mid-eighteenth century when color printing got into its stride and companies started to print eye-catching graphics. For example, pages fifty-four and five have a selection of French fabric and thread labels using colour for illustrations, borders and type. There are pages and pages of basically throw-away printed matter, which Mr Opie wisely collected: matchbox labels, cigarette packets, luggage labels, ice-lolly wrappers, can labels, tobacco wrappers and cigar labels, milk bottle tops (from the US 1930-1940s) sheet music covers, Russian drink labels, the list goes on and on. The contents run up to the turn of the century, though there is a spread of drink containers from 2023. The book is all colour (plus a ribbon bookmark) and I'm guessing that a lot of the material is in one of the Opie scrapbooks, which cover the decades from Victorian times up to the 1970s (surely time now 80s and 90s?) but the interesting thing is seeing so much printed matter from decades ago. You can look inside the book at Westread Book Reviews then click 2025 and September.
A**E
wow ...
Was expecting something slightly bigger, something more akin to the 70s 60s etc volumes but no, it was a smaller and easier to handle hardback book but was a superb selection of images throughout with print from the 1700s to ice lollies and underground mags and much more. I have been wondering for a while why there has been no continuation of the series of those 70s 60s etc books, well, this is it. An absolutely joy and I can only hope that they will bring out a volume 2, 3 etc with even more unusual categories of designs Total joy
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