Contents
Paul Stiff: Austerity, optimism: modern typography in Britain after the war
Stuart Hall:
The social eye of Picture Post
Robin Kinross:
Design in central-European London: interactions between émigrés and natives in the 1940s
David Lambert: Wolfgang Foges and the new illustrated book in Britain: Adprint, Rathbone Books, and Aldus Books
Matthew Eve: Isotype in trouble, 1946–1948
Robin Fior: Recollections of designing and politics in London, 1957–1970
Call to action: political posters of the 1960s by Robin Fior, Ken Garland, and Ian McLaren
Ian McLaren: Designing for CND
Paul Stiff and Petra Cerne Oven: Ernest Hoch and reasoning in typography
Robin Fior: Working with Edward Wright
Sally Jeffery: Desmond Jeffery the printer
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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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Yoshio Hayakawa was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1917 and became a leading designer and artist in postwar Japan. His work was a harmonisation of traditional Japanese art with Western art.
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Advertising Design, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Following on from my previous articles on post-war Italian publicity design, an additional annual from 1962-63 showcases more examples of Italian advertising.
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