Content includes:
Hans Baumeister – Calendar Competition ’78
Alexandre Alexandre – Cyril Arnstam, No respect for Napoleon
Adolf Buchleiter/Helmut Krauch – Kites and other flying objects, a project of the working group ’Playing and free play’ at the Comprehensive University of Kassel
Peggy Lindner – Bjørn Wiinblad, Art and Furniture
John Halas – BBC London, British Television as a Publisher
J.J. de Lucio-Meyer – DESIGN COUNCIL POSTER AWARDS 1977
Nina Gockerell – Egerländer Vogelbilder
Lanny Sommese – Pratt Institute,New York
Christoph Michaels – NOVUM REPORT, Manfred-Roeker-Studio
Design Archive Feature, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Both the And So To Embroider & And So to Sew bulletins were published by the Needlework Development Scheme. Established in 1934 and operating until 1961, the scheme was a partnership between educational establishments (Scottish art schools, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow) and industry.
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Just like people, cities are complex systems. Planners and designers play a key role in making them function smoothly through well-designed signage systems and visual identities. These elements must not clutter the environment but instead serve to inform, direct, and warn the public effectively.
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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
I have always loved the design work created for Olivetti. The colourful midcentury designs by Italian designer Giovanni Pintori, the minimal typographic poster by Swiss designer Walter Ballmer and my personal favourite the 1959 poster for Olivetti designed by Herbert Bayer. I recently found out Triest Verlag released a new book, Visual identity and branding at Olivetti which contains further work by Xanti Schawinsky, Renato Zveteremich, Ettore Sottsass, Hans von Klier, Egidio Bonfante and Walter Ballmer.
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