The Graphic Design Reader is a highly useful resource that will give wider exposure to a wealth of significant and insightful writing on graphic design, much of it new or not widely anthologized
Journal of Design History
The Graphic Design Reader is the most inclusive collection of graphic design writing to date … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; professionals.”
CHOICE
This scholarly and engaging collection of key readings provides an excellent body of work for those who wish to understand how the subject of graphic design is moving from a field towards a discipline.
Association of Illustrators
A vital intervention in critical writing, design theory and design practice ... [Which is] brilliantly organised ... A detailed and intellectually comprehensive introduction gives both necessary context and contemporary insights.
Design Observer
[Gives] serious attention to design writing ... This hefty tome should find a home on the shelves of anyone interested in design writing.
Eye Magazine
Consolidating and expanding all key strands which satellite and enhance a field very close to my heart, this anthology allows readers to examine the interconnected scope of this remarkable field.
John Walsh, Senior Lecturer of Graphic Design at Manchester School of Art, UK
A well-organized, wide-ranging, and bountiful collection of graphic design's history, practices, and ideals. The Graphic Design Reader deserves space on any graphic design student or practitioner's shelf.
Kristian Bjørnard, Graphic Design Faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
The Graphic Design Reader is one of the most exciting books I’ve seen published in the field of graphic design. It is more than a historical overview, more than a single viewpoint. This book contains the past and the future of graphic design practice. It not only gathers together a critical collection of key writings and visual essays - it has been curated expertly to provide a launching point for new futures in graphic design thought, education and practice. I have no hesitation in recommending this new publication to anyone involved in graphic design practice and education; designer, student or teacher.
Neal Haslem, Associate Dean of Communication Design at RMIT, Australia