Join the Mailing List

Membership

Graphic Design History from Design Reviewed

Country Fair, October 1951, Macdonald Hastings, 1951

Information

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: John Hanna
  • Year: 1951
  • Client/Publisher: Macdonald Hastings
  • Size: 172mm x 247mm

Linked Information

Country Fair, October 1951, Macdonald Hastings, 1951. Cover design by John Hanna
Country Fair, October 1951, Macdonald Hastings, 1951. Cover design by John Hanna
Country Fair magazines early issues featuring illustrated covers by Austrian born commercial artist John Hanna.
More graphic design artefacts
Graphic Elements of The World 3, Kashiwa Art Publishing, 1984
From the design archive:

Graphic Elements of The World 3, Kashiwa Art Publishing, 1984

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Yasaburo Kuwayama
  • Year: 1984
View Artefact
Gebrauchsgraphik, 11, 1950
From the design archive:

Gebrauchsgraphik, 11, 1950

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jo von Kalckreuth
  • Year: 1950
View Artefact
Idea 131, 1975-7. Cover design by Ben Bos, Total Design
From the design archive:

Idea 131, 1975-7

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ben Bos, Total Design
  • Year: 1975
View Artefact
Graphic Design 30, 1968
From the design archive:

Graphic Design 30, 1968

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ikko Tanaka
  • Year: 1968
View Artefact

view more of the graphic design archive

More graphic design history articles
Cubansk Filmuge 1982 Artist: Reboiro, 1982 50,5x76 cm
  • Design Inspiration

The Danish Film Institute’s collection of Cuban Film Posters

The Cuban film poster conveys the spirit and ideals of the Cuban revolution. A time of political change, an uprising that ended the brutal dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. The Danish Film Institute have a collection of Cuban Film Posters from the past 50 years.
The Student Work of The Polytechnic School of Printing, London, 1910
  • Design Archive Feature

Student Work (1907 – 1910) from The Polytechnic School of Printing, London

I came across two sample books containing printed examples of the work executed by the students in the Composing and Machine Departments of the Polytechnic School of Printing, between 1907 and 1910. I couldn't resist adding these to the archive.

Members Content

The design work of Olle Eksell
  • Designer Profile, Members Only Content

Olle Eksell

Olle Eksell is well known for his advertising illustration, book jackets and playful packaging design. He first studied engineering and later decided to become a graphic artist. He began his career as a window decorator in 1935, and studied under Hugo Steiner between 1939 and 1941.

Members Content

National-Zeitung SA Basel designed by Gerstner + Kutter, Basel in 1960
  • Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content

Swiss Posters from the 1960 Best Poster Award (Die besten Plakate des Jahres 1960)

The 1960 awards presented 420 poster entries from Swiss designers. Notable winners included Robert Büchler's typographic poster for the Museum of Applied Arts Basel and J. Müller-Brockmann’s Der Film poster for the Museum of Applied Arts and Gerstner + Kutter's asymmetric typographic poster for National-Zeitung SA Basel.