Special issue on Poster Design
Featuring the work of Fritz Ahlers, Ahrlé, Otto Arpke, Lucian Bernhard, Wilhelm Deffke, Arno Drescher, Julius U. Engelhard, Hans Rudi Erdt, Josef Fenneker, Julius Gipkens, Olaf Gulbransson, O. W. H. Hadank, Thomas Th. Heine, Ludwig Hohlwein, Hans Ibe, Ludwig Kainer, Julius Klinger, Max Körner, Busso Malchow, Theo Matejko, Dora Mönkemeyer-Corty, Rolf Niczky, Louis Oppenheim, Tommi Parzinger, Franz Peffer, Emil Pree- torius, Karl Rabus, Paul Simmel, Paul Scheurich, Walter Schnackenberg, Jupp Wiertz, Lucian Zabel, Valentin Zietara, Heinrich Zille
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements, Regional Histories
Wolfgang Weingart's artistic design delved into the intricacies of Swiss typography, skillfully dissecting its elements while venturing into texture and type experimentation. His layered montages radiated dynamic kinetic energy, standing in stark contrast to the minimalist approach of his instructors, embracing a more maximalist aesthetic.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
50 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. XIX (1908). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Otokar Císař, Method Kaláb, and Mořic Novotný.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
Gerstner, Gredinger + Kutter's advertisments for Merkur and the problem of ideographs, with a translated article by Masaru Katzumie from Graphic Design 15, April 1964
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