The Graphic Design Bible The definitive guide to contemporary and historical graphic design for designers and creatives

The definitive, contemporary guide to modern and historical graphic design for designers and creatives.

Discover the history and theory of graphic design from the past 150 years, and how that comes to bear on contemporary design.

Designer, writer and lecturer Theo Inglis takes readers through the core building blocks of graphic design such as composition, color, medium and typography, and explores how each element has been both utilized and revolutionized by designers through history, and how their influence is still felt up to the present day.

equipped with a wealth of information and practical advice, this comprehensive book will expand your knowledge of the world of design and provide you with practical take-aways to inform your own creative practice.

Theo Inglis is a freelance graphic designer, design writer and has taught as a lecturer in Graphic Design at the University of Suffolk. His debut book on design history, Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design, was published by Batsford in May 2019. He was a contributor to Type Directory, published by Thames & Hudson in 2019 and worked as a freelance reporter for Grafik magazine and Monotype, the world's leading font company, from 2016-17.


He has written for AIGA's Eye on Design, It's Nice That, Communication Arts magazine, Creative Review, the Financial Times, Computer Arts and the Recorder. Freelance clients have included Pentagram, Penguin Random House, The Poetry School, openDemocracy and a wide variety of independent literary and radical publishers.

Theo holds a BA in Graphic Design from Norwich University of the Arts and an MA in Critical Writing in Art& Design from the Royal College of Art.