‘German publisher, author and artist Hansjörg Mayer (born 1943) has been taking photographs of structures and strange surfaces since the late 1950s. This publication highlights these works, which emphasize the fleeting and the ephemeral (a quality intensified by the advances of camera technology–digital cameras and smart phones).’
From the graphic design archive:
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, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Members Only Content
He designed stamps from around 1955 and in the book Karl Oskar Blase, Briefmarken-Design, Verlag für Philatelistische Literatur, 1981, he was described as one of the most influential stamp designers in Germany.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
The background of Kamekura's mark designs is his boldness in eliminating all the waste, combining simplification derived from Japanese traditional family crests and Western intellectual mechanics of formation with a sharp modern sense of composition.
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