Special issue on The Poster
Cover design by Wilhelm Willrab
Content includes: Das Plakat • The Poster; F. C. Herrick und das moderne Plakat • F. C. Herrick and the Modern Poster; Das Plakat – ein Kunsterzeugnis? • [The Poster – a Product of Art?]
Selected Artists: Fritz Ahlers, Otto Arpke, Herbert Bayer, Julius U. Engelhard, Hans Rudi Erdt, Albert Fuss, Julius Gipkens, Ludwig Hohlwein, Max Körner, Busso Malchow, Theo Matejko, Dora Mönkemeyer-Corty, Louis Oppenheim, Franz Peffer, Karl Rabus, Eugen Spiro, Jupp Wiertz, Lucian Zabel
Movements, Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
Art Deco graphic design history: its Paris origins, key pioneers Cassandre, Carlu and McKnight Kauffer, and how the style evolved across Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US.
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Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Members Only Content, Movements
The Bauhaus approach to design emphasised simplicity, functionality, and the integration of modern technologies and materials. A century later, many of the principles taught at the school remain fundamental to contemporary design practices.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
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.
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