Content includes: Gebrauchsgraphik in Hamburg • Commercial Art in Hamburg; The Poster and Politics (French Election Posters); The political Poster [(German Election Posters)]; Advertising – Science or Art?; Economy and Advertising: Steel and Iron
Featured designers include Fritz Behn-ke, Atelier Bernhard-Rosen, John Heartfield, Paul Helms, Hermann Köster, Willibald Krain, Anna Lünemann, Alfred Mahlau, Theo Matejko, Max Renner, Ilse Schröder, Bernd Schuchert and Alfred Stiller, Karl Tillessen
Just like people, cities are complex systems. Planners and designers play a key role in making them function smoothly through well-designed signage systems and visual identities. These elements must not clutter the environment but instead serve to inform, direct, and warn the public effectively.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Bob Salpeter was trained by Paul Rand at IBM and educated in New York, at the School of Visual Arts and the School of Industrial Art. Salpeter went on to build an extensive and impressive career working with clients such as the American Museum of Natural History, the World Golf Hall of Fame, the American Cancer Society, Scott Printing and IBM.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
The Paris Poster Hoardings of 1938. Posters gleam forth accentuating the melody of this city as they direct the eye to articles of everyday use and above all to people who are the talk of the hour.
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