Drawing and Design No 25, Vol 5, May 1917

1910s Graphic Design History

Graphic design from the archive designed and printed in the 1910s, alongside design articles focused around this decade.
Drawing and Design No 25, Vol 5, May 1917

Design Articles based on this decade

60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1910, Typografia

Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design

60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1910, Typografia

60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 21 (1910). Czech commercial printing and book design as Secession ornament progressed to early modernist typography, with work by Alois Rieger, Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála and many more.

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60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1912, Typografia

Typography & Type Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1912, Typografia

60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 23 (1912). Czech commercial printing and book design as Secession ornament progressed to early modernist typography, with work by Jindra Dvořáček, Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála and many more.

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Industry Unions and Design Magazines

Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content

Industry Unions and Design Magazines

Across Europe, industry unions and trade journals shaped the professionalisation of graphic design between 1890 and 1930. Journals such as Typografia, Das Plakat, The Penrose Annual and Typographische Jahrbucher.

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60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1911, Typografia

Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design

60 Examples of Czech Typography from 1911, Typografia

60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 22 (1911). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála, V. H. Brunner and many more.

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Art Nouveau to Modernism – Graphic Design History

Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements, Typography & Type Design

Art Nouveau to Modernism – Graphic Design History

From Jugend and Ver Sacrum to Penrose Annual, an essay on design movements, shaping modernism, and early graphic design.

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Covering Art Nouveau, the Czech magazine, Typografia

Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

Covering Art Nouveau, the Czech magazine, Typografia

A great way to visualise these stylistic variations and their progression is by looking through magazine covers and interior pages produced during the movement. The covers of Typografia that best represent the Czech Secese style of Art Nouveau were produced between 1907 and 1911.

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1910s Graphic Design

Puritas Disinfectants Co. Ltd, Invoice & receipt, Leicester, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Puritas Disinfectants Co. Ltd, Invoice & receipt, Leicester, 1912

  • Format: Invoice
  • Year: 1912
Binns & Speight, Limited, Credit note, Bradford, 1913

From the graphic design archive:

Binns & Speight, Limited, Credit note, Bradford, 1913

  • Format: Credit note
  • Year: 1913
W. Whiteley & Sons, Limited, Invoice, Lockwood, Yorkshire, 1917

From the graphic design archive:

W. Whiteley & Sons, Limited, Invoice, Lockwood, Yorkshire, 1917

  • Format: Invoice
  • Year: 1917
Potter & Clarke, Limited, Invoice, London, 1910

From the graphic design archive:

Potter & Clarke, Limited, Invoice, London, 1910

  • Format: Invoice
  • Year: 1910
Benjamin Shaw & Sons, Receipt, Huddersfield, c.1910s

From the graphic design archive:

Benjamin Shaw & Sons, Receipt, Huddersfield, c.1910s

  • Format: Receipt
  • Year: c.1910s
William Dyson, Timber Merchant, Invoice, Huddersfield, 1915

From the graphic design archive:

William Dyson, Timber Merchant, Invoice, Huddersfield, 1915

  • Format: Invoice
  • Year: 1915
Nouveau Théâtre, Season 1913–1914, 1913

From the graphic design archive:

Nouveau Théâtre, Season 1913–1914, 1913

  • Format: Programme
  • Designer/s: F. Lavergne
  • Year: 1913
Typografia, ročník 23, 12, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 12, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: J. Štehlík
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 11, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 11, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jindra Dvořáček
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 10, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 10, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Josef Rosol
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 09, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 09, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Antonín Šírek
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 08, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 08, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 07, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 07, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Václav Šedivý
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 06, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 06, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Václav Šedivý
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 05, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 05, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Alois Chvála
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 04, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 04, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Václav Šedivý
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 03, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 03, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Štěpán Dvořák
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 02, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 02, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Václav Šedivý
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 23, 01, 1912

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 23, 01, 1912

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Method Kaláb
  • Year: 1912
Typografia, ročník 24, 12, 1913

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 24, 12, 1913

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jindra Dvořáček
  • Year: 1913
Typografia, ročník 24, 11, 1913

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 24, 11, 1913

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jindra Dvořáček
  • Year: 1913
Typografia, ročník 24, 10, 1913

From the graphic design archive:

Typografia, ročník 24, 10, 1913

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jindra Dvořáček
  • Year: 1913