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Printed ephemera and design history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Graham Hudson
Graham Hudson*
Affiliation:
Canterbury College of Art
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Abstract

Besides being visually interesting ephemera has a vital role to play in the teaching of the history of design and printing; indeed, many aspects cannot be taught without reference to it. Nor can the subject be covered in isolation, for the development of ephemeral printing is part of the greater whole within which are subsumed the history of book design and typefaces and broader cultural and historical concepts.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , Spring 1981 , pp. 20 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1981

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