Philip Meggs

Philip Meggs was a graphic designer who was influential in defining the history of graphic design. He was born May 30, 1942, in Florence, S.C. He received a master’s degree of fine arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. He began his career as a senior designer from Reynolds Aluminum. Later he served as art director for A.H. Robins Pharmaceuticals. It was after teaching students at Virginia Commonwealth that he was inspired to write his book on graphic design because of the student’s lack of fundamental knowledge of the history of graphic design and how it relates to art and industrial design. His book is said to be the first compete overview of the history of graphic design. He also wrote several other books throughout his career and won many awards for his influence on the field of graphic design.