Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design

Influences looks at who and what is influencing and provoking graphic designers’ working methods and research processes today. Two hundred of the best, established and up-and-coming graphic designers around the world reveal their inspirations. From Charles and Ray Eames to John Cage, teaching to yawning, Frank Zappa to Ghandi, Charlie Chaplin to Kraftwerk – the collected answers show the influences driving contemporary design practice. Taking the form of a lexicon, the entries are indexed alphabetically with a list of biographies in the appendix.