Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content

Network Maps and Timetable Design: Navigating the Complex Cityscape

Notes on transit and network map design, including the iconic London Underground map by Harry Beck, the importance of visual clarity, and the role of accessible design in timetable design.

Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content

• Germany
• Mid Century Modernism

Abstract Publicity – Self-Advertisements of the Stuttgarter Nachrichten by Fritz Seitz, 1963

The graphic designer had to create a series of ads whose new publicity effects were to confirm or accentuate the already existing • image • of the paper. In this case, the planning was not based on a would-be psychological analysis of the reading public.

Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• France, United Kingdom
• Mid Century Modernism

Illustrated Journeys: The Designs of Eric Lancaster

As part of my ongoing series documenting publicity design in the tourism industry, here is my third piece. This time, I am showcasing my collected work of Eric Lancaster, a highly skilled graphic artist whose designs played a vital role in shaping the visual identity of mid-20th-century French tourism.