Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Members Only Content

• Germany

Karl Oskar Blase and his Stamp Designs for Deutsche Bundespost

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.

Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• France
• Mid Century Modernism

The Illustrative Covers of French Journal, Publimondial

Publimondial was founded André Roulleaux in 1942 and remained in circulation until 1960. The French journal was published by Art et Publications and was subtitled ‘The Magazine of Graphic Arts and Advertising Technique’.

Book Reviews & Press Releases

To Have and To Hold: A visual collection of paper bag ephemera from a bygone era

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.