‘This stunning book assesses the work of Intro, part of the new wave of innovative design and digital media companies. Best known for its music industry work, Intro embraces print, web and moving-image design.’
Advertising Design, Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Regional Histories
IBM puts a premium on functional design, forms and colours which make it far easier for the potential customer to gain an insight. In this respect the IBM methods are exemplary. The IBM already opened studios of artistic and graphic design for its German and Italian offices and a few years ago another such studio was established in Paris. Frank René Testemale was entrusted with its organisation and was appointed its business and art director.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Crouwel was the successor to Willem Sandberg who used an avant-garde approach in his work, utilising torn-paper montage, mixing of sans serif and old Egyptian typefaces and often off-center positioning. Crouwel steered away from this artistic approach and implemented a cohesive design system and a strong identity that emulated the corporate identity boom of the 1950s and 60s.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content
Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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