Content includes:
Decorative Arts 1837-1910
Contemporary Decoration For Furniture by C. G. Tomrley
Review of Current Design
Design for Railways by Ian Colquhoun
Contemporary British Film Sets
New Uses for Glass Fibre
The Radiation Group of Companies by Paul Reilly
Motor Coaches: 1952 by George Williams
Designs From Sweden
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Ephemera, Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content
100 Indian matchbox labels, c.1945–1975. Nationalist iconography, illustrated wildlife, and trade marks from small manufacturers across India
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My lectures and workshops also help bridge the gap between academia and industry. Through my lectures and collecting, I strive to promote design as a ever-changing dynamic industry that has the power to shape and improve the world we live in.
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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
I have always loved the design work created for Olivetti. The colourful midcentury designs by Italian designer Giovanni Pintori, the minimal typographic poster by Swiss designer Walter Ballmer and my personal favourite the 1959 poster for Olivetti designed by Herbert Bayer. I recently found out Triest Verlag released a new book, Visual identity and branding at Olivetti which contains further work by Xanti Schawinsky, Renato Zveteremich, Ettore Sottsass, Hans von Klier, Egidio Bonfante and Walter Ballmer.
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