Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content

• Germany
• Mid Century Modernism

Advertising 16mm Film. The work of Günter Heil

Little is known about the designer Günther Heil. he established his graphic studio in Berlin and designed many advertisements for 8mm and 16mm film distributor Bruno Schmidt in the 1960s. These were created in the same era as the film distributor Atlas Films was sending films to art-house theatres and were hiring designers Hans Hillmann, Hans Michel, Günther Kieser, Wolfgang Schmidt and Karl Oskar Blase.

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Network Maps and Timetable Design: Navigating the Complex Cityscape

Notes on transit and network map design, including the iconic London Underground map by Harry Beck, the importance of visual clarity, and the role of accessible design in timetable design.

Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives

• Netherlands
• Mid Century Modernism

Bols. Advertising Matter from 1958 to 1961 by Engelmann, Mendell and Oberer

In the late 1950s, Hans W. Brose agency, with designers Pierre Mendell, Michael Engelmann, and Klaus Oberer, crafted a compelling, colourless campaign for Bols.