Special issue on German Type Founder & National Advertising Fair
Contents: Betrachtungen zur Reichs-Reklame-Messe • [Observations during the National Advertising Fair]; Psychotechnik in der Reklame • [Psychological Methods in Advertising]; Kunst und Normung (Walter Porstmann) • [Art and Standardization]; Deutsche Schriftgießereien • [German Type Founders]; Das Ende des Historismus (Paul Renner) • [The End of Historism]
Selected Artists: Ludwig Enders, Ruth Hofmann, Hertha Jess, Hans Leistikow, Carl Schulpig, Martin Weinberg
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From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements
A 1,500 essay on the transformative era of graphic design from the 1970s to the 1990s. Moving beyond the constraints of modernism, designers like Wolfgang Weingart and April Greiman redefined visual communication through bold experimentation with type, colour, and early computer graphics. This essay highlights how postmodernism and New Wave design introduced complexity, individuality, and digital innovation in to graphic design.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Paul Schuitema emerged as one of the Dutch pioneers of new typography. This article features a selection of the cover designs and a few inner spreads from my collected issues of De 8 en Opbouw.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Katayama worked in several art and design disciplines from graphic design and sculpture to environmental works and sculpture. His design work features rhythms and patterns and has a resemblance to modern jazz and the studies of Josef Albers.
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