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Future, Fortune, and the graphic design of information

Kindel, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-5891 (2017) Future, Fortune, and the graphic design of information. In: Black, A., Luna, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-1217, Lund, O. and Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836 (eds.) Information Design: Research and Practice. Routledge, pp. 127-146. ISBN 9781472430700

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Abstract/Summary

This is a study of graphic information designed for Future Books/Future magazine (UK) and Fortune magazine (USA) in the years immediately after the Second World War. It highlights work made by the Isotype Institute for Future, which is then situated against contributions by Abram Games and F. H. K. Henrion. Similar work in Fortune under the art editorship of Will Burtin is discussed in a parallel account, drawing on examples by him and by others including György Kepes, Matthew Liebowitz, Alex Steinweiss and Ladislav Sutnar. Attention is drawn to links and relationships between to the two periodicals and the graphic information published in both. Further comparisons are made between underlying editorial and design strategies pursued by Otto Neurath (Isotype Institute) and Will Burtin. An argument is made for recognising the little-known innovations of Future alongside the long-acknowledged innovations of Fortune.

Item Type:Book or Report Section
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Typography & Graphic Communication
ID Code:53282
Publisher:Routledge

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