Graphis 218, 1981/82

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Content includes:
A.M. Cassandre. A Poster Genius in Retrospect, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Parco. The Making of an Image, by Naoko Nakayama, Vienna
Anatomy of a Banknote, by Roger Pfund, Geneva
Roger Bezombes: Air France – A new series of airline posters, by Alastair Allen, Ludlow
The Farmer as Land Artist, by Dr. Georg Gerster, Zumikon-Zurich
Photographis 82, by Dr. Markus Kutter, Basle
Robert Weaver. Pioneer of painterly illustration in America, by Steven Heller, New York

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Graphis 218, 1981/82. Cover design by Paula Scher (Photo John Paul Endress)
Graphis 218, 1981/82. Cover design by Paula Scher (Photo John Paul Endress)
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Mark Bloom has designs for globally recognised brands, produces some of the finest, most accessible modern typefaces and heads up Mash Creative and CoType Foundry. His type foundry has always been a port of call for our studio's brand projects and he continues to develop these, each with a fantastic print specimen.

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Bäumer gave the company a unique brand image amplifying its graphical image after a time of post-war economic recovery. This style of advertising composition can be seen across many 1960s campaigns, especially from other German designers such as Anton Stankowski.
In minor printed matter we constantly meet the new typography, but it is relatively rare to find posters designed on the new lines. And yet poster-designing is a field where new typographical methods might be employed with great effect.

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His distinctive style echoes the artistic expressions of fellow Italian designers Giovanni Pintori and Erberto Carboni. Tovaglia's mastery in taking concepts and translating them into visually compelling narratives is evident in this selection of advertisements I have scanned from Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1955.