Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production (2017)
Before design was digital.
84 min
Up until just over 30 years ago, when the desktop computer debuted, the whole design production process would have been done primarily by hand, and with the aide of analog machines. The design and print industries used a variety of ways to get type and image onto film, plates, and finally to the printed page. Graphic Means is a journey through this transformative Mad Men-era of pre-digital design production to the advent of the desktop computer. It explores the methods, tools, and evolving social roles that gave rise to the graphic design industry as we know it today.
- Release date
- April 15, 2017
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Norm Chambers
Cast
- Paul Brainerd as Self
- Colin Brignall as Self
- Lou Brooks as Self
- James Craig as Self
- Cece Cutsforth as Self
- Carolina de Bartolo as Self
- Joe Erceg as Self
- Tobias Frere-Jones as Self
- Gene Gable as Self
- Patty Gable as Self
Crew
- Briar Levit · Director
- Michael Braithwaite · Writer
- Briar Levit · Producer
- Norm Chambers · Composer
- Dawn Jones Redstone · Cinematographer
- Emily von W. Gilbert · Editor