In the early 20th century, many of the magazine published a special review of the various streams in graphic design, posters, typography, and lithography. Gradually, in accordance with the development time, in which the more far-reaching publications, amongst these magazines already exist that cover all aspects in all areas.

There is one graphic magazine positioning Switzerland as a center for graphic design after World War II era. His name is graphic, first published in Zurich in 1944. The format of these magazines use some of the procedures pradigma; layout using the grid, a publication by using three languages: French, German and English. In addition to the focus of contemporary graphic design, this magazine also reviews the historical displays, printing techniques to print and graphic arts, and all of which are considered as crafts, but contrary to the graphic design industry.

Views of a magazine depends on the design decisions regarding the format, cover, internal Pase, and the contents of the article, the same as the font selection and application of images to design a single page. Art Director, who coordinated all the elements are recognized as an activity, the first time “proclaimed” in the United States in 1920, where a badaan named Art Directors Club, known as a division of labor that has specialized in the design for a publication.

Reached the peak of modern magazine design heyday in the 1950s and 1960s with the New York Style (New York-style design). (more…

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