Printed at American Web, Denver, CO.
Art director and editor: Rudy VanderLans.
Emigre Fonts: Zuzana Licko.
CONTENTS:
Bill Gubbins, thinkinkinkink (short story).
J. Smeaton Chase, Our Araby: Palm Springs and the Garden of the Sun (from a book first published in 1920; presented as type specimen, photographs: VanderLans).
Elliott Earls, (portraits of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitters).
The Readers Respond, (mail).
Emigre Product Catalog, (introducing Vendetta typeface family by John Downer, and Cholla typeface family by Sibylle Hagmann). PDF Download
Darick Chamberlin, Brand of the Century (essay on Shawn Wolfe and Beatkit).
Martin Venezky, Notes on the West (visual essay).
Deborah Griffin, Lemon Chiffon Cadillac with Buttercream Interior (introducing Cholla typeface family, interview with Sibylle Hagmann and Denise Gonzales Crisp).
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Advertising Design, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Following on from my previous articles on post-war Italian publicity design, an additional annual from 1962-63 showcases more examples of Italian advertising.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature
The transformation of Radio Free Berlin's publicity from dark and provincial to striking and imaginative. Cultural announcements and radio programs designed by Hans Förtsch, Sigrid von Baumgarten, and Reinhart Braun
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Ootje Oxenaar designed the summer stamps for the Netherlands using an assignment from De Nederlandsche Bank based on banknotes. The assignment resulted in the collaboration of Oxenaar, the printer, the laboratory and the banking specialist, in which they experimented with the design of securities on printed matter.
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