{"product_id":"italian-graphic-design-chiara-barbieri-9781526194763","title":"Italian Graphic Design: Culture and Practice in Milan, 1930s-60s","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian graphic design offers a new perspective on the subject by exploring the emergence and articulation of graphic design practice, from the interwar period through to the appearance of an international graphic design discourse in the 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book asks how graphic designers learned their trade and investigates the ways in which they organised and made their practice visible while negotiating their collective identity with neighbouring practices such as typography, advertising and industrial design. Attention is drawn to everyday design practice, educational issues, mediating channels, networks, design exchange, organisational strategies and discourses on modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a wide range of primary sources and placing an emphasis on visual analysis, this book provides a model for a contextualised graphic design history as an integral part of the history of design and visual culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chiara Barbieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526194767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526194763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.57d","brand":"Chiara Barbieri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089381601535,"sku":"9781526194763","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1286251d-fafc-4478-b508-5be9e1e4a74e.jpg?v=1769109897","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-graphic-design-chiara-barbieri-9781526194763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}