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Eberhard Hölscher: Städtebau und Ortsgestaltung Planning of towns and villages
Eine ungewöhnliche Plakataktion
An unusual procedure concerning posters
Anton Sailer: Berliner Schaufenster im «Haus der Stoffe»
The Berlin show-windows of the «House for Fabrics»
Eberhard Hölscher: Plakate für einen Zeitungsroman
Posters for a newspaper serial
Erhard Göpel: Pressezeichnungen von Gerda von Stengel
Drawings for the press by Gerda von Stengel
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Friedemann Lichtwitz
Eberhard Hölscher: Amerika-Haus München
The America House in Munich
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Heinrich Steding
Eberhard Hölscher: Faschingsdekorationen von Grete Groth
Decorations for Carnival by Grete Groth
Neue Drucktypen der Bauerschen Gießerei, Frankfurt a, Main
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
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, Members Only Content, Movements, Typography & Type Design
From Jugend and Ver Sacrum to Penrose Annual, an essay on design movements, shaping modernism, and early graphic design.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Dick Elffers, had been the chosen designer for the printed matter of the Holland Festival for much of the festival's years, he used a painterly style for his work with the festival between 1954 and 1965 and later a more abstract style between 1969 and 1972. As well as publicity design, Elffers was commissioned to design the summer stamps to promote the Holland Festival in 1972.
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