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Title

Women in graphic design 1890-2012 = Frauen und Grafik-Design / edited by Gerda Breuer, Julia Meer.

Publication

Berlin : Jovis, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

• Breuer, Gerda.
• Meer, Julia.

Description

606 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

Why do apparently so few women feature in the history of design? Why is it still the case that so few women speak at conferences? Why are previously well-known women "forgotten"? What effects does the gender debate have on today's everyday working life? Are women judged today solely on the basis of their quality of work? Since professionalization began, female graphic designers have been working actively and successfully, but the artificial synthesis of masculinity and artistic genius has repeatedly prevented women--with few exceptions--to be recognised in "official" design history. Still today, despite the claim that the gender issue is obsolete in graphic design, only a tiny percentage of active female designers enjoy public acclaim. This opulently illustrated volume finally sets out to fill this gap. It presents the most significant female designers and portrays their paths to professionalization, with numerous short biographies alongside essays, sources and detailed discussions.

Alternative Title

Frauen und Grafik-Design

Subjects

• Women designers > History
• Graphic arts > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-600).

Language (note)

• Texts and short biographies in English and German; Includes 9 German, 3 English interviews, 1 German, 7 English documents.

Contents

• Plakatgestalterinnen : eine Spurensuche = Women poster designers : an investigation of traces / Bettina Richter -- Women in graphic design / Ellen Lupton -- Gender und Kreativität : zur Professionalisierung des Berufs der Grafik-Designerin in der Moderne = Gender and creativity / Gerda Breuer -- Grafik-Designerinnen der russischen Avantgarde = Women graphic designers in the Russian avant-garde / Ada Raev -- Eine vergessene Pionierin : Irmgard Sörensen-Popitz, Art Directorin im Beyer-Verlag = A forgotten pioneer : Irmgard Sörensen-Popitz / Patrick Rössler -- Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty : eine Plakatküstlerin auf verlorenem Posten? = Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty : Fighting a losing battle as a poster artist? / Ute Brüning -- Anna Simons / Ute Brüning -- Ray Eames / Jochen Eisenbrand -- The tenth pioneer : thoughts on Cipe Pineles / Martha Scotford -- 'Die Möglichkeiten waren gleich' : ein Bericht über zwei Grafik-Design-Paare aus der ehemaligen DDR = 'The opportunities were equal' : a report on two graphic design couples from the former GDR / Judith Siegmund.
• Stichprobe Typografin : eine Untersuchung von Typografie und weiblichem Verhalten = Type persons who happen to be female : investigating typography and the role and reputation of women / Susanne Dechant -- Schrift-Bilder : Bild-Text-Relationen im Werk zeitgenössischer Künstlerinnen = The art of letters : relations between image and text in the work of contemporary artists / Sabine Bartelsheim -- Never do anything just for money! / Irma Boom -- I am an individual, not a 'model' / Paula Scher -- More of the young men are feminists / Sheila Levrant de Bretteville -- Frauen arbeiten, um glücklich zu sein / Julia Hoffmann -- Ich habe immer das gemacht, was ich für richtig hielt / Tina Roth Eisenberg -- Man lernt, Fachliches von Persönlichem zu trennen / Katja M. Becker -- Man muss einfach dranbleiben / Anna Berkenbusch -- Frauen mit Kindern haben grössere Erfolgschancen / Heike Grebin -- Ich musste lernen, Stärke auszustrahlen / Gisela Grosse -- Frauen wollen geliebt werden / Miriam und Nina Lambert -- Frauen müssen es selber wollen / Iris Utikal -- Gute Gestaltung ist nicht männlich oder weiblich / Jusith Grieshaber.
• Ein offener Brief / Natalia Gontscharowa -- Some aspects of design from the perspective of a woman designer / Sheila Levrant de Bretteville -- The boat / Paula Scher -- Underground matriarchy in graphic design / Ellen Lupton, Laurie Haycock Makela -- Designers and visibility. Design, not biology, is destiny / Véronique Vienne -- Messy history vs. neat history : toward an expanded view of women in graphic design / Martha Scotford -- Higher education / Alissa Walker -- Beyond the glass ceiling : an open discussion / Astrid Stavro -- Der, die, das ... Der Buchstabe, die Frau, das Problem? : Einleitung zu den Kurzbiografien = He, she, it ... Women and the problems of gender in the history of graphic design : introduction to the short biographies / Julia Meer -- Kurzbiografien A-Z = Short biographies A-Z.

Call Number

JQE 16-413

ISBN

• 9783868591538
• 3868591532

LCCN

2012396896

OCLC

785504497

Title

Women in graphic design 1890-2012 = Frauen und Grafik-Design / edited by Gerda Breuer, Julia Meer.

Imprint

Berlin : Jovis, ©2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-600).

Language

Texts and short biographies in English and German; Includes 9 German, 3 English interviews, 1 German, 7 English documents.

Local Note

DIST. BY D.A.P. PROFILES OF WOMEN DESIGNERS IN COLOR. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN.

Added Author

Breuer, Gerda.

Meer, Julia.

Research Call Number

JQE 16-413