Special Feature – Pixels Speak: Worlds of Tiny Dots and Design Aesthetics
Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Movements
The Arts and Crafts movement, in particular its graphic design output is less documented than Art Nouveau and was primarily associated with Britain. Where Art Nouveau spread through international exhibitions and a shared decorative vocabulary that translated easily across posters, magazines and architecture, Arts and Crafts was rooted in British guilds, workshops and societies rather […]
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
These advertisements marked a move away from the illustrated American ads of glamour and American life, and instead used modernist principles and illustrated animals and characters to have a friendlier, more distinctive style of communication.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography. Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.
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