Design Archive Feature, Ephemera

Collecting Graphic Design History and Design Reviewed

Graphic design continues to be documented and an increase in individualised documentation and curated social media accounts are furthering our knowledge of design from a worldwide historic standpoint. I would not feel complete without the collected design that spans the shelves of my archive. It’s my identity, my passion and my hobby.

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

• Czech Republic
• Art Nouveau and Jugendstil

40 Examples of Czech Typography from 1907, Typografia

40 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 18 (1907). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Otokar Císař, Method Kaláb, and Mořic Novotný.

Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Switzerland
• Mid Century Modernism, International Typographic Style (Swiss Style)

Max Huber. Swiss Graphic Designer | 1919 – 1992

Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography.  Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.