Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content

• Germany
• Mid Century Modernism

Photo Graphik. The Design Supplement of Der Druckspiegel 11, 1964

The supplement in the November issue of Der Druckspiegel from 1964 featured a ton of work designed by Peter Steiner, a graphic artist; Peter Beck, his colleague; and Rolf Herkner, a photographer. The three of them worked in collaboration to design ‘graphic-typographic-photographic experiments’.

Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements

Manifestos on Kinetic Art

Kinetic art refers to art the depends on movement for its desired effect and is closely related to op art. Upon scanning a few of the inner inserts from the Kinetics exhibition catalogue from the Hayward Gallery, London, 1970, I came across these five small manifestos on kinetic art.

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

• Japan
• Commercial Modernism

1920s Japanese Publicity Design of the Shochikuza Theatre

Japan's first foreign film venue, Shochikuza Theatre (1923) is an icon of Modernism. Its Art Deco-influenced advertising, showcased in the 1925 Shochikuza News magazine, offers a glimpse into Japans influences from the West.