‘During the past two decades, the art of typography in America has been transformed by an unprecedented explosion of new electronic technology and new styles. All over the country, talented designers have been brining to typography a creativity and vitality that is reshaping and reinvigorating the entire field. American Typography Today captures the range and excitement of these developments by providing profiles of 24 notable typographic designers, and by surveying major aspects of twentieth-century typography. The book as a whole reports on the current state of American typographic design, and is an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration.’
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
A 1928 article on typographic carnival posters, originally in German, published in Typographische Mitteilungen, Vol 25, No 02, February 1928
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Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Movements
The Arts and Crafts movement, in particular its graphic design output is less documented than Art Nouveau and was primarily associated with Britain. Where Art Nouveau spread through international exhibitions and a shared decorative vocabulary that translated easily across posters, magazines and architecture, Arts and Crafts was rooted in British guilds, workshops and societies rather […]
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A new interpretation of the work of Bramante, suggesting an agenda for contemporary architectural practice.
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