2000 International Identities by Leading Designers.

At once a manifesto, a manual and a sourcebook, this volume presents the entire output of an artist with a fascination for the untapped artistic power of computer programming. Maeda's discoveries took him from computer studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to art school in Japan.

Revised and updated to include all aspects of graphic design from 1840 to the present day, this classic reference defines key movements, trends, styles and techniques, and covers an international range of graphic designers, typographers, illustrators, poster artists and printers.

This text explores witty thinking, looking at clever ideas rather than funny drawing, and gathering together the best examples of graphic wit since the 1960s. Work is included from more than 300 designers in the US, Britain, Europe and Japan.

This book calls itself an anti-monograph. It tells the unromantic tale of two unestablished guys trying to build a design business and how they muddle through, while creating exceptional work in the process.

This cross-cultural study looks at money and power, morality and tax, the very rich, the poor, lottery and pools winners, gamblers and tycoons, and why some people gain more pleasure from giving money away than from spending it. Using a wide range of material, it will be of interest to psychologists, sociologists and the world of business.