(Preface) ‘How does a design agency consistently produce outstanding work? How does the same agency inspire clients to adopt unconventional ideas? How does it grapple with the constantly changing demands of new technologies and position itself for the future? The answers to these questions lie in a process unique to Cahan & Associates that involves extensive exploration, collaboration, and play. The result is design that is exceptional for its visceral impact, yet still grounded in strategic thinking. Through an interview with founder Bill Cahan and comments from the firm’s designers; essays and articles by critics, journalists and fellow designers; photo essays; successful-and unsuccessful — proposals to clients; and a portfolio of completed work, the book is a comprehensive portrait of a firm for whom process is just as important as the finished product.’
To Have and To Hold, contains hundreds of bag designs collected during over half a century. The book is a must-buy for anyone interested in ephemera, the history of design or British high street history.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
In the late 1950s, Hans W. Brose agency, with designers Pierre Mendell, Michael Engelmann, and Klaus Oberer, crafted a compelling, colourless campaign for Bols.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆) was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.
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