Content includes:
Introduction: The Garden City Legacy by Simon Pepper
Parker and Unwin
The Architectural Partnership of Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin 1896 to 1914 by Dean Hawkes
The German Connection
Housing in Frankfurt 1925 to 1931 and the new Wohnkultur by Nicholas Bullock
The French Connection
The Garden City Idea and the Growth of Paris by James Read
The Russians
Russian Responses to the Garden City Ideanu Catherine Cooke
1914 to 1918
Home Front: Garden Suburbs for Munition Workers 1915 to 1918
Helmut Schmid Typography explores the typographer’s oeuvre in its entirety. The book’s generous design allows each image to breathe, and the accompanying texts narrate Schmid’s life and career in an informative and pleasant manner.
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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Regional Histories
Both educators have a keen interest in multiscriptual design, Arabic type design, and graphic design and recently released A History of Arab Graphic Design. I contacted Bahia and Haythem to find out more.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Franco Grignani (1908-1999) was one of the twentieth century’s most important Italian graphic designers. Scanning the inner pages of Gebrauchsgraphik 04, 1962, I have managed to collate a selection of the advertisements created in the 1950s and early 1960s, showcasing his groundbreaking design work.
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