Content includes:
Fumio Tachibana. Paper and Letters’ Text: IDEA Ed. [No.271/1998]
Gitte Kath ‘Unplugged Design’ Text: Lars Dybdahl. [No.252/1995]
Bruno Monguzzi. Text: Gene Federico [No.267/1998]
Werner Jeker ‘Simple, yet Innovative Composition” Interviewer/Text: Catherine Bürer [No.253/1995]
Jonathan Barnbrook. ‘Typographic Design’ Text: Takuya Matsunoki [No.253/1995]
Cornel Windlin An attitude detacched without disavowing the times. Text: Martin Heller [No.263/1997]
STUDIO DUMBAR “The Whole Story” Part 1: ‘Recent Works’ (No.252/1995] Part 2: ’25 Years Gert Dumber’ [No.253/1995] Part 3: ‘Dumbar’s Influence’ [No.254/1996) Part 4: ‘The Dumbar Phenomenon’ [No.255/1996)
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Franco Grignani (1908-1999) was one of the twentieth century’s most important Italian graphic designers. Scanning the inner pages of Gebrauchsgraphik 04, 1962, I have managed to collate a selection of the advertisements created in the 1950s and early 1960s, showcasing his groundbreaking design work.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
Perusing an issue of Der Druckspiegel from 1962, I found these fantastic examples of Swiss Design, produced for the University Ball at the University in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1961. The advertising matter included posters, newspaper advertisements, cinema slides, invitation cards and a booklet.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Kohei Sugiura’s work spans an impressive range of mediums, including record jackets, publication covers, posters, exhibition catalogues, and stamps. He perfectly merged functionality and data visualisation with aesthetics. Drawing on his background in architecture, Sugiura applied a systematic, programmatic methodology to graphic design, similar to the approach of Swiss designer Karl Gerstner.
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