Selected Contents: Zigaretten-Beigaben • Cigarette Pictures; Ipp-Photos; Robert L. Leonard, New York; Oleg Zinger; Kupfer-Sachs
Selected Artists: Gerhard Großmann, O. H. W. Hadank, Kupfer-Sachs, Robert L. Leonard, Olle Svanlund, Carl Tesche, Gerhard Ulrich, Oleg Zinger
Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Movements
The Arts and Crafts movement, in particular its graphic design output is less documented than Art Nouveau and was primarily associated with Britain. Where Art Nouveau spread through international exhibitions and a shared decorative vocabulary that translated easily across posters, magazines and architecture, Arts and Crafts was rooted in British guilds, workshops and societies rather […]
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆) was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories, Studios & Collectives
A total of 24 posters were created for the campaign during 1964, using the arrow symbol as a key features, representing power, motion and speed. The handmade lithographs use up to 19 colours, which were individually printed at large scale. The posters also utilise the brand colours red and yellow from Shells corporate identity.
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