Content Includes:
Building The World of To-Morrow: The New York World’s Fair by Walter Dorwin Teague
Ourselves As Others See Us
Selling The Savoy Hotel
Campaigning Camera-No. 2 by Walter Nurnberg
The House Built On a House Journal by E. Symes Bond
Popularising The Publicity Photograph In Italy
Design Dossier: Otto
Campaigns Commentary
Making The Poster Pull Its Weight: Frank Pick Sets Standards for the Designer
Around And About
In Colour: Poster By Joseph Binder For The New York World’s Fair
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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Magazines & Publishing
As a champion of graphic design history, I was thrilled to find the upcoming book "Penrose 1964-73: The Herbert Spencer Years," a captivating visual anthology dedicated to honouring Spencer's legacy as a trailblazer in modern typography. Spanning 288 pages, this book commemorates Spencer's influential editorship at the Penrose Annual from 1964 to 1973.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
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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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories, Studios & Collectives
A total of 24 posters were created for the campaign during 1964, using the arrow symbol as a key features, representing power, motion and speed. The handmade lithographs use up to 19 colours, which were individually printed at large scale. The posters also utilise the brand colours red and yellow from Shells corporate identity.
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