Warde (née Becker), Beatrice Lamberton Becker (1900–1969)
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 332
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- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- Oxford University Press
- Open access status
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- Month
- March
- Year
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48493
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Additional information
- This is the first published, accessible biography of Warde, who was and continues to be an influential woman of typography and graphic design but who also has cultural significance beyond this area.
Drawn from studies of newly available primary resources, this work represents a departure from the accepted, existing knowledge of Warde which previously relied on detail from her self-presentation as an important figure of the printing industry and consequent, long-established, unquestioned perpetuation of perceptions of her life and professional achievements. Important to graphic designers and typographers and those studying these subjects, this biography illuminates one of the most influential figures impacting these areas. It begins to explore her life and the origin and motivation for her ideas as well as eliminating myth-making surrounding her achievements. With significance not only to researchers of graphic design and typography, this biography is important to those studying gender, religion and Twentieth History history; areas where Warde and her work have significance but have previously been unexamined.
To dispel the myth-making surrounding Warde, and position her as a culturally significant figure, this biography results from extensive study of archival sources and in particular, evaluation of the newly available, Warde Archive at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Findings from this research have been analysed and drawn together with detail from other existing sources of research on Warde’s life and work.
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