Content includes: Otto Arpke; Grundsätzliches zur »Neuen Photographie« • Fundamentals of the »New Photography«; Photostudien: Stefan Schwarz • Photo Studies: Stefan Schwarz; Ernst Kretschmann; Die künstlerischen und kulturellen Werte einer Plakatsammlung (Hans Sachs) . The Artistic and Ideal Value of a Collection of Posters (Hans Sachs)
Selected Artists: Otto Arpke, Otto Baumberger, Lucian Bernhard, Fromenti, Franz Paul Glass, Th. Th. Heine, Ludwig Hohlwein, Julius Klinger, Max Körner, Ernst Kretschmann, Edgar Miller, Louis Oppenheim, Paul Scheurich, Stefan Schwarz, Walter Trier
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Collected Japanese ephemera From the late 1920s to the mid-1930s, from Japan's transformative period, with its robust industrial force accompanied by an increase in consumer culture.
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Design Archive Feature, Ephemera
Graphic design continues to be documented and an increase in individualised documentation and curated social media accounts are furthering our knowledge of design from a worldwide historic standpoint. I would not feel complete without the collected design that spans the shelves of my archive. It’s my identity, my passion and my hobby.
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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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