Bauhaus, Modernism, and the Illustrated Book – Alan Bartram

Bauhaus, Modernism, and the Illustrated Book – Alan Bartram (Yale University Press, 2004, 160 pp.)

A concise, image-rich study of how Bauhaus ideals and wider modernist thinking revolutionised 20th-century book design. Veteran typographer Alan Bartram walks the reader through landmark experiments by El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Jan Tschichold, Paul Rand and others, showing how asymmetric layouts, sans-serif type and grid systems replaced Victorian ornament. Clear commentary sits beside more than 100 illustrations, making the book both an engaging read and a handy visual reference for designers and collectors alike