(Preface) ‘The label plays a unique informational role in the field of graphic design. Its evolution has been largely governed by the exigencies of production and the perfecting of manual and mechanical methods of reproduction. These different elements are examined in the following brief study, which precedes a visual presentation of thousand different labels from the 17th to the 20th century. Some of the examples present striking similarities or contrasts, and the illustrations have been chosen with this mind, rather than classified according to product, country or period.’
Unit Editions launches Fred Troller Design on Volume – the first comprehensive survey of the work of a pioneering designer who brought Swiss modernism to America in the 1960s, via influential projects for clients including IBM, American Airlines and Geigy.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements
A 1,500 essay on the transformative era of graphic design from the 1970s to the 1990s. Moving beyond the constraints of modernism, designers like Wolfgang Weingart and April Greiman redefined visual communication through bold experimentation with type, colour, and early computer graphics. This essay highlights how postmodernism and New Wave design introduced complexity, individuality, and digital innovation in to graphic design.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Advertising matter from post-World War II Britain for British Aluminium Company. Designs by Abram Games, Tom Eckersley, FHK Henrion, Pat Keely, and James Hart, who collectively crafted over 100 four-color and 300 black-and-white advertisements.
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