These one-colour forms have a playful but structured aesthetic through their geometric forms, they remind me of the abstract line drawings of Picasso blended with Jan Tschichold and the New Typography.
As a chemist, I have an obligation to be curious – I grab a stack of our chemical journals and start with the advertising section. I start it, the walk through the sand. I don’t want to deny some oases. But soon I’m bored and tired.
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From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Luggage Labels
- Year: 1940s
From the design archive:
- Format: Programme
- Designer/s: Max Huber
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Brochure
- Year: 1940s
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Pablo Picasso
- Year: 1947
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: de Eveleigh-Dair
- Year: 19949
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Jean Jacquelin
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Paul Schuitema
- Year: 1940
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1944
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Paul Sollberger
- Year: 1946
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1945
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Jean-Denis Malclés
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: E Lancaster
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Jon Henry
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Unstated
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Raymond Savignac
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1946
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Box of Completed Magazines
- Year: 2008
From the design archive:
- Format: Leaflet
- Designer/s: Unknown
- Year: 1940s?
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Max Bill
- Year: 1945
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Walter Herdeg
- Year: 1946
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1949
From the design archive:
- Format: Programme
- Designer/s: Max Huber
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Joseph Binder
- Year: 1948
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1947
From the design archive:
- Format: Type Specimen
- Year: 1941
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1947
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1946
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Herbert Matter
- Year: 1943
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Year: 1945