Content includes:
Raimondo Hrabak – Olivetti • World-Wide Graphic Advertising Art
Theodor Hilten – Charles Goslin • Designs of a New York Free Lance Artist
Eberhard Hölscher – he 50th Anniversary of the Insel-Books
Werner Weissbrodt – Piero Fornasetti • Playful Graphic Art from Italy
Hans Kuh – The Visiting-Cards of German Theaters • Theater Prospectus and Theater Programs
Eberhard Hölscher – Erwin Krubeck’s Pedagogical Work
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Stephan Kantscheff (Stephan Kanschev) was a Bulgarian artist born in Kaefer, Todental. His colourful palette and joyous, folk-esque illustrations won him many commissions and his work was celebrated for both its quality and social significance.
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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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Last month (March 2022), I spoke to over fifty Graphic Design undergraduates about the archive and my passion for design history, after which the students had full access to items in the collection and participated in discourse amongst their peers and lecturers. As part of their critical studies unit, the students will be producing essays and content related to the impact, history and aesthetics of selected artefacts.
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